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12 Years today since my kidney transplant!

by Tim_Carter
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That was a great day for me. All is still good!

And to Kim - I hope yours is forthcoming soon. I know exactly how you feel.

Well - just thought I'd put that out there.
  • Profile picture of the author Patrician
    Happy Anniversary Tim - and right on World Kidney Day! (see Kim's post here today)
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  • Profile picture of the author Tim_Carter
    Thanks.

    Yeah - I didn't even know that. That must be a good omen!
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  • Profile picture of the author dgridley
    Congrats!

    I have a staghorn kidney stone and no medical insurance so having to wait things out. Doctors wanted to operate in 2001 and I could have had the surgery free but the hospital was over 200 miles from home and I had no way to get back and forth at the time.
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  • Profile picture of the author KimW
    Congrats Tim!

    It's people like you that give me hope!
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Great news for you to share, Tim. Looks like we'll be putting up with Kim for many long decades here. I can live with that.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    WOW! From what I have heard, YOU ARE LUCKY! As many here know, I got a mechanical valve in my heart a while ago. WHY mechanical? I actually asked the doctor. He said I was too young for a tissue valve since they are expected to last about 6 years. When I went to a support forum to see how people were doing and all, one person was complaining because she had THREE operations. One about every 6 years, to replace HER valve. I think there might have been as much as a year difference, but it seemed like clockwork. And Kim said, as I recall, artificial kidneys were the same.

    Who knows, water heaters are often guaranteed for 6 years, and often start to breakdown around that time, but THAT is because people don't replace the sacrificial anode. I really hope you are either a VERY close match, and lucky in that way, or just doing something right.

    Anyway, GOOD LUCK!

    Steve
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