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Category Archives: Immunosuppressants
Don’s Story – Part II: Transplant Experience and Cancer
Don’s journey continues……. On May 20, 1991, after nine weeks on PD, I got the call. Being a Friday night, everyone I knew who could drive was in the pub or already drunk. So, I arranged a taxi for … Continue reading
Dialysis and Post-Transplant Cancer Risk
As if people on dialysis don’t face enough disease risk! Now, we learn that patients who were on long-term dialysis prior to receiving a donor kidney are at an increased risk for cancer following transplant surgery. This was the finding … Continue reading
KidneySteps Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 8
This latest Newsletter provides 5 important health tips for people (like me) with a transplanted kidney. We must protect that kidney so it can last its longest. The kidney could function for decades if we are diligent in following the … Continue reading
A Future Without Anti-Rejection Drugs?
I have a love/hate relationship with my twice daily doses of immunosuppressant drugs. I’m forced to love them because they keep my immune system from waging a full-blown attack on the foreign kidney in my abdomen, allowing it to continue … Continue reading
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Tea Bliss
Ah, the joy of rising early and hovering over a pot of freshly-brewed tea as dawn unfolds. I treasure these few minutes of peace paired with the pleasure of the tea. I drink black, oolong, green, or white. Black tea … Continue reading
Immunosuppressants
A transplant recipient must take immunosuppressant drugs daily for as long as the graft functions. Immunosuppressants weaken the immune system by diminishing the ability of the immune cells to function.
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