It's been awhile since I posted here; now that I actually have energy, I tend to get overly busy.
I'm now 7 months out from transplant, and everything is going well. The only transplant-related meds that I'm on are Prograf 3 mg in am, 2 mg in pm, and CellCept 500 mg am and pm. My Dapsone and Valcyte were stopped at last month's appointment, and I stopped the Prilosec myself a few weeks ago.
I hesitate often to speak/blog about how I'm doing, because it seems that just when I say all things are good, I take a little step backwards.
"It" comes back - "It" is the fact that I have a life-long chronic illness that manifests itself in different ways, depending on how "It" feels. No, "It" doesn't simply go away, no matter how much I wish it would.
I'm still dealing with ongoing chronic pain/fatigue - and "It" is something no one can figure out.
This past summer, Sam Pifer, a 21 year old adult who worked in North Carolina, came home to visit his parents in rural Pennsylvania. Three days after arriving home, he suffered a severe head injury (ironically, on June 30, my first day back to work after my kidney transplant), was declared brain dead, and his organs were harvested for donation to various recipients.
I can hardly believe it's been 15 months since my kidney transplant. Wow, has time flown!
Have you been wondering about me and about the health of my transplanted kidney? Wondering what I've been up to and what I'm planning for my 'normal' future? Read on...
Not often do two major parts of my life (international adoption and kidney disease) cross paths, but this news article out of Canada speaks to my heart (and kidney) in more than one way.
It's been awhile since I blogged. Life has been very busy, as I'm back to working my full time job during the week, and weekends at my other job (I occasionally take a weekend off, though).
My new kidney is doing GREAT. My creatinine is rock steady at 1.2 to 1.3, my anemia is improving since starting Procrit 2 months ago, and my Immune Cell Function is right where it should be at this point.
I had appointments last week with the Transplant Surgeon and Nurse, and the Transplant Nephrologist.
It's been a few weeks since I blogged, mainly since everything is status quo. Boring is good, though.
I recently had my routine monthly check ups with the Transplant Surgeon and Transplant Nephrologist; I'm still getting bi-weekly labs.
Just re-adding the My Kidney Blog "Stories about Life (and living!) with less-than-perfect Kidneys" to my Technorati Profile!
The My Kidney Blog site has been updated -
~ Upgraded to Drupal 6.4.
~ Installed the new releases of the Comment Notify, Comment Closer and Akismet modules.
~ My Kidney Blog has been added to AllTop.com under the Health category. When you've got a moment, take a peek at AllTop's site and check out the new sidebar button. Good job, everyone!
Hemodialysis patients plagued by insomnia
Adjustments in hemodialysis, avoiding daytime naps may improve sleep.
08/06/2008 - Article Source
NEW YORK--Patients with kidney disease treated with hemodialysis have problems sleeping that can't be explained by advanced age or chronic health conditions, according to new research.
