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Has anyone heard of an artificial kidney being made?

Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Jul 1, 2019 | Replies (51)
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@kathleenla

I am waiting for the bioartificial kidney because I had complications from one of the former transplant drugs, Prednisone. The whole experience was wonderful, but my bones could not handle the steroid.

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Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | Oct 26, 2018

kathleenla, This is extremely interesting to me. I am 9 years post transplant, and have been off prednisone for 4 years. The doctors are monitoring my kidney, which is to be expected. My only bone issue is osteopoenia . Being female, post menopause, and post transplant are all of concern, however.
You have mentioned that you are back on dialysis.
This is new to me and I am curious. I look forward to hearing from you to learn more about your experience.

Are you on the transplant list concurrent with your wait for the artificial kidney?
Would you care to share some of what kind of encouraging information you received in your response from Dr Shuvo?

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