mrburden
Well-Known Member
Hi,
Although I have a regular 3-4 monthly renal check-up at my local hospital, I just had my 6 month review with the Oxford Renal team, who have been keeping an eye on my kidney function for some years with a view to me having a kidney & pancreas transplant.
The big news is that it appears my stage 3 chronic kidney disease may be getting better. They have no real idea how or why but, even though I've had a year of antibiotics followed by a popliteal-distal arterial bypass and a below knee amputation, my kidney function has gone from mid 20% up to nearly 50%. Given that surgery usually lowers the kidney function, I'm pretty pleased to hear that I don't qualify for the transplant any longer. This rise in function has been slow but steady for about 2 years now so it doesn't appear to be the sudden increase that can happen just prior to complete failure. Has anyone else had this experience? Can you actually recover from chronic kidney disease?
Although I have a regular 3-4 monthly renal check-up at my local hospital, I just had my 6 month review with the Oxford Renal team, who have been keeping an eye on my kidney function for some years with a view to me having a kidney & pancreas transplant.
The big news is that it appears my stage 3 chronic kidney disease may be getting better. They have no real idea how or why but, even though I've had a year of antibiotics followed by a popliteal-distal arterial bypass and a below knee amputation, my kidney function has gone from mid 20% up to nearly 50%. Given that surgery usually lowers the kidney function, I'm pretty pleased to hear that I don't qualify for the transplant any longer. This rise in function has been slow but steady for about 2 years now so it doesn't appear to be the sudden increase that can happen just prior to complete failure. Has anyone else had this experience? Can you actually recover from chronic kidney disease?
