I just got back from my appointments at Geisinger. I'm now tanked up with Venofer (Iron), and feel like I'm peeing needles after having a cystoscopy to remove my stent. When I had my transplant, they put a green rubber stent between the bladder and kidney, and today it was removed.  It was uncomfortable, but not terrible, but since it's a potential ( Read more... )

 Another status quo day yesterday. Peeing well, pretty much pain free, I'm relatively active, and feel fine.
My weight is stable for the 4th day in a row, as is my BP and temp. Stools still loose, but tolerable. I did have the sensation of something in both eyes last night at bedtime, so I took an Allegra. Not sure what it was, but it's resolved ( Read more... )

Not much new as far as the transplant; everything is status quo (which is good).  Vitals are all stable, and I managed to get more fluid in yesterday. My urine hasn't caught up yet, as I think I might be on the dry side; it's a darker amber color, so I need to take in even more today.

I slept well last night, and no more GI issues from the CellCept ( Read more... )

My new kidney continues to work flawlessly. I haven’t been as good as before with fluid intake, but WILL be back on track today.

My weight is unchanged, BP and temp are stable,  but my input and output are less.

I did have 3 episodes of diarrhea yesterday (thank you, CellCept), I continue with intermittent hand tremors, and hardly slept last night ( ( Read more... )

Not much to report since my last post, although I'm not sleeping well the past 2 nights. Who knows; med side effect?
My vital signs are essentially unchanged. My weight fluctuates, but averages around 210 lbs. As long as I don't gain more than a pound or 2, I'm OK with that.

I did try to put jeans on, but couldn't get them buttoned. My abdomen is a ( Read more... )

Feeling better each day. The minor issues I've had along the way; edema, arm pain, diarrhea, incisional pain, etc are all but resolved.

My daily vital signs are all good today. I also updated my labs, since they are now finally available to me online.

I had my weekly appointments today, which is why I'm posting later than usual.

They had difficulty ( Read more... )

Feeling better today. Not as much fatigue, and no longer feeling cold (of course, it got up to the mid 80's here yesterday, so that helped).

My weight is up a pound from yesterday, BP is great, and I had more in than out, but I'm still putting out almost 100 cc's of urine per hour; must be more of the insensible losses.

Last night, I was able to ( Read more... )

No irregular heart beats yesterday,  but I'm feeling run down, and my appetite isn't the greatest. I did manage to get almost 3 liters of fluid in though. I think I'm catching up on my fluids, because my urine is lighter in color. I'm also at the point now that since I've been measuring my urine, I can accurately guess the amount within 50 ml.

My ( Read more... )

 Doing well this morning, but not so good late yesterday afternoon.
I was having occasional skipped heart beats, and not feeling all that great. When it skipped, I had a split second feeling that I was short of breath. My pulse was not high (92-96), but my BP was 152/66); no fever. I thought it might be a reaction to Prograf, since my level was so ( Read more... )

 Today is my 3 week anniversary of my kidney transplant! It’s hard to believe how much better I feel than compared to the morning of the surgery when I was at dialysis.
I had a good day yesterday. The arm pain for the past 24 hours is practically non-existant.  I did have diarrhea again today, and took 2 Imodium; I hope to soon get that under ( Read more... )