Hello, my name is James Daniel Stevens, my kidney disease is PKD that I inherited from my Mom.
In 2001, I went on PD but in October I received a transplant from a co-worker of mine. In 2004, I had surgery to remove my very large native kidneys.
But due to surgery complications, my transplanted kidney stopped working. I went on HD but in January 2005 my transplanted kidney started working again enough for me to come off dialysis.
Unrelated to my kidney situation, in 2007, I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer but it was early stage and I was able to have a successful procedure to
remove the early stage tumor.
In that timeframe, another friend of mind wanted to give me another kidney. We had to wait until January of 2011 to have the transplant procedure. The 2nd transplant was done by surgeons from Balboa Nephrology.
In 2014, I along with another friend of mine, Dennis Bourque in conjunction with Balboa formed ReMend for providing mentoring for kidney dis
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Hello, my name is James Daniel Stevens, my kidney disease is PKD that I inherited from my Mom.
In 2001, I went on PD but in October I received a transplant from a co-worker of mine. In 2004, I had surgery to remove my very large native kidneys.
But due to surgery complications, my transplanted kidney stopped working. I went on HD but in January 2005 my transplanted kidney started working again enough for me to come off dialysis.
Unrelated to my kidney situation, in 2007, I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer but it was early stage and I was able to have a successful procedure to
remove the early stage tumor.
In that timeframe, another friend of mind wanted to give me another kidney. We had to wait until January of 2011 to have the transplant procedure. The 2nd transplant was done by surgeons from Balboa Nephrology.
In 2014, I along with another friend of mine, Dennis Bourque in conjunction with Balboa formed ReMend for providing mentoring for kidney dis
transplant from a co-worker of mine.
Sorry, I wasn’t able to complete my comment.
Essentially we formed ReMend in conjunction with Balboa Nephrology in San Diego.
I also provide mentoring to family members that have PKD and are on dialysis or received a transplant like my middle Son.
I agree with the issues highlighted in the conversation.
I myself have not had any problems with my transplant medications. My eGFR is at 78-82!
Dansteve@mac.com