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Bhem @JustBhem (70555) • Davao, Philippines 13 Nov 18

I felt sad at the moment. One person I know who was in dialysis is gone. It was said that after her Kidney Transplant, she needs to undergo 2 more major operations, but she was consumed by infections and her new kidney got...

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gone too soon

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Mystery kidney donor is a close friend of the patient

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122297) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 2 Sep 18

Doncella Liggins was on a waiting list for a kidney transplant for a period of six months when she received the good news that a mystery donor was a match to donate her kidney to her. \The catch was that the donor who is a close...

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Sunday Thoughts.

Bhem @JustBhem (70555) • Davao, Philippines 11 Aug 18

It's 11:33 am here and it's a Sunday. I have trouble sleeping last night, as always. I think I might need to ask for sleeping pills again because it's been happening continuously. And it's frustrating me. I just had my 2 bags...

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I want to get cured.

Bhem @JustBhem (70555) • Davao, Philippines 11 May 18

I got to this point of my realization that in order for me to be cured is a transplant. I've been thinking this lately. A kidney transplant is the only option I have. If only I have the money, I would grab that opportunity to...

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my poor, silly husband

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 4 Apr 16

Husband is asleep next to me, snoring his pretty head off. It's an I'm poorly, leave me be! snore, so I'm allowing it for tonight. Husband has Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. My MiL spent every day last week looking after...

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a fleeting glimpse

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 30 Mar 16

We went to Hospital today. No, don't fret! It was a routine kidney check-up for Husband. I tagged along in the hope of seeing the incredible and lovely Dr Phwoar!, but my heart did not flutter because he was not there....

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Illness, Transplant, and Racism

PaintsOnSlate @PainsOnSlate (21845) • Canada 18 Mar 16

My best friend Judy married her college sweetheart in Germany before he was sent to Vietnam. She came to Kansas to see me before she went to Boston and her new job. Judy became very ill. Her Jack was sent home on an Emergency...

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The sterile road to a land called Life

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 18 Oct 15

There isn't much to see from the hospital bed. You may be being wheeled for miles, along stark white, occasionally jovial, often far too bright, corridors but there is only the ceiling to stare at. Sometimes a head or two pop...

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Organ Donor

STOUTjodee @STOUTjodee (3670) • United States 16 Mar 13

Can one be sure when receiving an organ transplant that the organ being transplanted is really going to help you? Or is it a risk one takes when using organ transplants? Should the doctor make sure there is nothing wrong with...

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Modern Family actress Sarah Hyland(Haley) kidney transplant

stealthy @stealthy (8181) • United States 10 Jul 12

Sarah Hyland had a kidney transplant back in May. She had kidney problems from birth and commented that it caused her to be tired all the time. She mentioned that fans of Modern Family may have noticed that her character, Haley,...

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Kidney Transplantation - Help , Advice and Guidance .

edumate @rollylolly (2843) • India 8 Aug 11

Dear Friends ! My sister had a kidney transplantation three years back . All her reports are OK and she is doing fine by the grace of God . The problem she is facing is that of the effects of Steroids that she is taking . She has...

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Celebrating 5 Years

ErrollLeVant @ErrollLeVant (4353) • United States 1 Nov 10

Yesterday morning after worship services, one of my friends came up to me and asked, “ What do you guys have going on Friday night?” I told him I did not think there was anything planned, but that I would have to check with my...

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man dies of uterian cancer from transplant

moonlitmagikchild @moonlitmagikchild (22181) • United States 28 May 10

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37381460/ns/health-cancer/ (NOT REF LINK) Man dies of uterine cancer from transplant of a kidney.. i guess they thought it wouldnt affect him because he was male but he waited FIVE YEARS for this...

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What Is The Government Thinking???

LadyMarissa @LadyMarissa (12148) • United States 20 Oct 09

I was just watching my local news. They did a segment on how Social Security will pay for kidney dialysis & a kidney transplant for any age person needing it. Once they have the transplant, the patient is required to take...

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Hubby's niece is having a kidney transplant today... with the help of her sister

mentalward @mentalward (14690) • United States 29 Jun 09

My husband's sister's oldest daughter has had kidney problems her entire life. She's only 25 years old and her kidneys have been failing quite rapidly in the last year. It turned out that her only sister is a perfect donor...

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Kidney is worth 1,1/2 million dollars -

coffeebreak @coffeebreak (17797) • United States 8 Jan 09

Yes, out in California a husband and wife are divorcing and the husband is suing the wife to return the kidney he gave her few years ago! His attorny said,"either the kidney or 1,1/2 million dollars"..... DO you think he will...

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a real miracle

winterose @winterose (39887) • Canada 30 Dec 08

Morgan Wolman is a drummer here in Montreal, he suffers from a rare kidney condition, he is only 21 years old and needed a transplant, He mom was the donor, but what makes this extra special is that his mom is his adoptive...

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Do You Know Anyone Who Has Had An Organ Transplant?

singlemommy @singlemommy (2955) • United States 14 Dec 08

In June of 2006 my Dad received a kidney transplant. He had been on the waiting list for several years and the day he got the call was a miracle. He had the transplant in St. Louis, Missouri at Barnes Jewish Hospital. I have to...

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Tough Weekend

craftcatcher @craftcatcher (3699) • United States 16 Sep 08

I got a call Friday night, my best friend of 33 yrs, who was is 600 miles from home visiting her son and new Grandson, was rushed to the hospital delirious and almost unconscious. She is waiting for a kidney transplant and just...

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ever had a friend who is dying?????

lquiambao @lquiambao (109) • Philippines 4 Jun 07

HELP!!! I'M SO DEPRESSED... my friend looks like dying and I can't do anything! She's a teacher (a guidance counsellor at that!) in a high school here and had stage-end renal failure, then a kidney transplant operation (younger...

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