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Health related issues

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On January while sitting in the UMC kidney transplant office I was told that I would be put on the transplant list. Silly me. I thought that it was official then. Nothing is official until the paperwork is done.

Yesterday, I got a call from that same office that I was on the transplant list since March 28th and did I get the packet. I guess there are things I need to do to prepare for the transplant. Of course the packet didn’t show up yesterday.

My nurses excitedly told me that the last person with Fresenius who got a kidney about two years ago had gotten the kidney in the same month she was put on the transplant list. Here’s hoping that it will happen in a good time for me.

It’s been almost four years of being lost in the system, doing all of the tests twice and finally seeing the surgeon that I made it. The surgeon was startled that I hadn’t been on the list earlier. I look like a really good candidate.

One slight problem I seem to have is that my homocysteine levels are very low for a dialysis patiet. It will only become a problem after I have a kidney. It just means that I don’t assimilate B vitamins very well from food. The B vitamins combine to form homocysteine, which is an important amino acid.

Exhaustion seems to be my constant friend as well. I think that it might be hormone related because my labs look good to both my nephrologist and my primary care doctor. I will ask about my thyroid levels in the next two weeks.

I’ve reached the mountain so it’s time to blow the horn and celebrate. I’m on the transplant list.