Marcia

I have been on dialysis for over 10 years, during that time, I had two method of dialysis: hemodialysis, peritoneal, and a transplant. These three methods all have pros, and cons. I have a hard time with all three, then I read a report about a woman in England who had a lung transplant grown with her own tissue, she is more active and have the joy of not taking steriods the rest of her life, immediately I became hopeful, hoping this will be the same for kidneys. Personally I this is the best solution. I wish the kidney foundation would focus more on growing organs, because it eliminate alot of issues with the transplant. For instance the steroids, along with the other transplant medications side-effect is horrible from what I have expirenced; mood swings, fatigue, became diabetic, swollen face, sleepless nights, paronioda, plus they can be cancerous. Myself, and other patients are hoping for the new medical miracle of growing kidneys, using our tissue to grown our kidneys will be a low rejection rate, and can always grow another if any problem should occur. I hope this medical breakthrough will be perfected, and made available to kidney patient asap. Whoever is out there in cybeland please help us, I would love to go back to school. I tried with the transplant, but the side-effects of the steriods cause me to withdraw, which cause me to stop taking them, resulting a failed transplant. Transplant is okay, its the steriods meds, I cant deal with. I am on hemodialysis, keeping hope for a chance to regrow my own kidney for a transplant, feeling hopeful that it will be a sucess!