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		<title>2 years post transplant.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[a quick update, I had the transplant 2 years ago &#38; things are going well. Energy level is good, no more dead tired after work.  No leg cramps, bowels settled down fairly well ( Cellcepte, anti regection  drug can be tough, no complaints, especially considering I&#8217;d be on Dialisys now if it were not for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mydamnkidneys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5322689&amp;post=505&amp;subd=mydamnkidneys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Retrospective, Jan. 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well its a new decade, It&#8217;s been a crazy last year to say the least. Looking back ,  with a new Kidney Giving me new life and energy, really puts a different perspective on things.  Just a Heads up if you&#8217;re reading this for the 1st time.  You&#8217;ll encounter some posts  that are quite whiney and self defeating.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mydamnkidneys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5322689&amp;post=498&amp;subd=mydamnkidneys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Blog for My New Kidney</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I felt it only fitting to make a more positive blog to track my New Kidney Journey.   I realize, in hindsite, I have been to much of a  of a Drama King at times. I Must Change that !! My New Kidney New Blog Address http://mynewkidney.wordpress.com/ JUST A FEW DAYS TO GO !!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mydamnkidneys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5322689&amp;post=487&amp;subd=mydamnkidneys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2 weeks to go</title>
		<link>http://mydamnkidneys.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/2-weeks-to-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Final Cross match blood tests were done today (just to be sure there were no sudden changes). Allan also did a final 24 hour urine collection.  Two weeks from today, the boys will be in surgery and Randeen and I will be anxiously awaiting.  Allan has been careful to watch his potassium intake (no cherries&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.but he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mydamnkidneys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5322689&amp;post=485&amp;subd=mydamnkidneys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>JULY 7th update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only 20 days until the transplant. Time will fly by as we get ready and sqeeze all the Summer activities we want to do, into the next 2 weeks.  Allan will be going to Vancouver on July 23rd, and checking into the hospital on the 24th for a pre-transplant clinic. He is told to spend [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mydamnkidneys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5322689&amp;post=483&amp;subd=mydamnkidneys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Transplant Date &#8211; July 27th</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The match was confirmed and the transplant will take place July 27th at St Pauls Hospital, Vancouver ,for both Leon and Allan.  They are giving a gift to an unknown person, who was having trouble finding a suitable donor. These boys are heros!!! They could have just gone ahead with the transplant seeing as Leon [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mydamnkidneys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5322689&amp;post=479&amp;subd=mydamnkidneys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paired Exchange Article from Thurs. 25th Globe and Mail</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[      &#8216;Kidney swap&#8217; a first for Canadian doctors Three Canadian hospitals Successful procedure saw four people in three time zones receive new organs from live donors. Marina Jimenez From Thursday&#8217;s Globe and Mail Last updated on Thursday, Jun. 25, 2009 10:47AM EDT In a Canadian medical first, four people with severe kidney failure [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mydamnkidneys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5322689&amp;post=470&amp;subd=mydamnkidneys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Compatability Bloodwork this Morning</title>
		<link>http://mydamnkidneys.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/compatability-bloodwork-this-morning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, 22nd, 730 am , I&#8217;m sitting in the lab awaiting my turn for the most important bloodwork of my life ( to date ). As mentioned b4, there is a paired donor that looks good on paper. Now they need to do the final compatability test this morning. My blood is drawn and rushed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mydamnkidneys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5322689&amp;post=468&amp;subd=mydamnkidneys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fingers Crossed !</title>
		<link>http://mydamnkidneys.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/fingers-crossed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We ( both Leon aka Donor and I ) Got a call from the Transplant Unit Friday 19th.   They have a promising Paired Exchange Match that looks good on paper.   Today Leon gets blood done and I on Monday for Final Tissue typing for the Paired Exchange transplant. If the bloodwork checks its looking like end of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mydamnkidneys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5322689&amp;post=465&amp;subd=mydamnkidneys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A wife&#8217;s update</title>
		<link>http://mydamnkidneys.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/a-wifes-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another blood test was done June 11th. (Keeping closer tabs on it now that Al&#8217;s function is so low)  Kidney function at 16% , and creatnine levels went even higher. Doc wants to see him again in 2 weeks, and if he is still at this same level or lower, the Kelowna Dr says he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mydamnkidneys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5322689&amp;post=463&amp;subd=mydamnkidneys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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