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Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis Questions

Somewhere around 2 ½ years ago, while having a physical done, it was explained to me by my primary care physician (pcp) that there was blood showing up in my urine for some reason.  This phenomenon is...

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Life on Dialysis: How it works, How I cope

In March of 2000 I was diagnosed with a rare auto-immune disorder called GoodPasture's Syndrome and renal failure, which was secondary to the disease. "Goodpasture Syndrome is a rare disease that can affect...

5 comments    health coping dialysis
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Urological and Nephrological Treatment at BGS Global Hospital

A branch of Global hospitals,BGS hospital in Bangalore in India is a leading name in providing health care services to its patients.Founded by Dr.K Ravindranath,who has made breakthroughs in the fields of...

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A transplant recip's guide to everything. Is that too broad?

inner bitch lives says:40 minutes ago I can't believe I spent an hour constructing a killer blog only to have it disappear into cyberspace. Ok, one more time, and I hope I don't have to do this again. In...

0 comments    health kidney transplant
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End-Stage-Renal-Disease-from-a-Patients-Perspective

End Stage Renal Disease from a Patient’s Perspective End stage renal disease occurs when you kidney function decreases to the point that your kidneys no longer remove wastes, concentrate urine, and...

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My Kidney Transplant Experience

My Kidney Transplant Experience My kidney transplant experience began in September 2004. I had just started dialysis treatments on August 23 rd. I got the call on September 23 rd telling me I had been...

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Kidney Transplants

Kidney transplantation is the surgical procedure of organ transplant of a donor kidney into a patient with a terminally failed kidney.  The symptoms of kidney failure are hard to detect, as the kidneys...

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A Kidney Transplant-Preparing yourself and your Family

As you have noticed in my profile, I have a Kidney Transplant. My Brother gave me one of his Kidneys in 1996, and it is still doing well after all this time. Looking back, I realize that I have gone through...

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Diabetes - A Silent Killer

Taken at the doctors office in Florida before stem cells. My husband Jeff has type 1 diabetes. I’ve learned that sometimes diabetes takes your eyes or your limbs but in his case it took his kidneys. In 1997...

2 comments    health diabetes healthcare
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A Tale of Two Kidney's

 In July 2006, my husbands brother donated one of his kidney's to him. He had been on dialysis for the last two years. There are three brothers. Two of them with a hereditary kidney disease. The youngest...

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