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Hair loss after transplant, probably Tacrolimus: Anyone change meds?
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It’s a pleasure to meet you too!! I had a kidney transplant in 2011 and 2nd kidney transplant in 2021. No, I don’t have issue with osteoporosis.
JC positive is a virus that most people can acquire anytime but usually as a kid. Your body can fight it and keep your levels suppressed, but with anti rejection meds it sometimes will break through. The fear is JC + can create PML (attacks sheathing of brain).
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Hi @mott1090 😊
Congrats on your second kidney transplant in 2021! I received my kidney transplant in 2020 (duringthe height of covid).
Eight months after my transplant, I developed CMV and then a few months later, I developed BK virus. I never heard of JC before, but it sounds like it's probably treated like my BK virus.
Did you have a reduction in your immune suppression meds to fight the JC? Also, how did you know that you had JC? (When I had CMV and BK, they were both identified with a blood test).
Did you need a second kidney transplant due to chronic or acute rejection...or something else? It sounds like you had 10 good years with your first transplant and here's to another good run with your new transplant!!