I Had A Kidney Transplant!

Blackthorne · Mon 01/08/2011 17:08:21

Hey there!

I know I talked about being on dialysis and needing a kidney transplant in some other threads, so I thought I'd drop this note here.

Last Friday, I got a phone call saying they had a kidney for me! I went up to the hospital, had some blood drawn - they admitted me and at 3:30 AM, I had a kidney transplant!

The new organ is working well; I'm home already, walking, talking and enjoy a dialysis-free life. I have to take an immense cocktail of anti-rejection drugs for the rest of my life, but it's better than four hours on a machine every day!

Thanks to all who supported me on this.

Bt

bicilotti · Mon 01/08/2011 17:19:26

That's awesome news! I'm happy for you Blackthorne \o/

Darth Mandarb · Mon 01/08/2011 17:38:31

So happy to hear it man! Congrats!

LRH · Mon 01/08/2011 17:42:37

Awesome

Glad it went well!

Atelier · Mon 01/08/2011 19:28:10

Congrats

NickyNyce · Mon 01/08/2011 19:33:33

That's great news, glad to hear your doing well. wishing you health and happiness.

Babar · Mon 01/08/2011 19:36:27

It's great to hear this!

MORE TIME TO MAKE GAMES!

monkey0506 · Mon 01/08/2011 19:47:02

Yay organs! It's great that you got that taken care of. Never been there (or even known anyone who has), but I imagine it's hell. So a fistful of pills vs. living in hell? I'd say you got the better deal this time.

Stupot · Mon 01/08/2011 20:13:24

That's epic! Congrats on your new kidney, man \

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Do these anti-rejection drugs work on women? I could do with some of them. $:-\$

arj0n · Mon 01/08/2011 21:48:36

Great news!

Snake · Mon 01/08/2011 21:53:25

GREAT NEWS

(First I've heard of this $:-\$ )

RetroJay · Mon 01/08/2011 21:57:58

That's Fantastic news, Blackthorne.
I'm glad to hear that you are doing well.

Best wishes.
Jay.

Ryan Timothy B · Mon 01/08/2011 23:41:41

That's great man. I actually didn't know the anti-rejection drugs were a lifetime thing, so that does kinda suck, but better than being ill or needing a machine.

So do you feel healthy now? I know before you said you were feeling pretty horrible. I hope now you're feeling like a million dollars.