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Transplants | Last Active: Aug 21, 2023 | Replies (21)
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@hello1234 How scary, right? When I had my biopsies on my native kidneys, there was a laundry list of possible complications. But noone I know of has had a fistula happen as a result of a biopsy.
What chemical will be injected? Any concern it will interfere/interact with your transplant or medications?
Ginger
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Hi @gingerw 😊
Thanks so much for joining in! Yes, there is always a long laundry list of possible adverse outcomes to every drug and procedure, but I don't expect any of the bad ones to happen to me. (Especially a procedure that is done so often at a transplant center).
I am not sure what chemical is used to clot off the fistula, but I have been warned that I may lose that portion of the kidney.
My fear is that the longevity of my beautiful new kidney definitely appears to be in jeopardy.
My baseline creatinine was consistently. 9 and is now 1.1.
My 24 hour creatinine clearance was 70 and is now 50.
Sadly, my kidney function is definitely going the wrong direction.
I was hoping this kidney may have taken me to the end, but now I don't think so.
I feel badly that I didn't follow my instinct and say no to the protocol biopsies since the kidney was functioning beautifully.
I like to use biopsies when something actually needs to be diagnosed but my transplant coordinator insisted that I proceed, so I felt I was at risk of being non-compliant. I definitely didn't want to do anything that risked the kidney. And here I am. Scared.