Christmas on Dialysis: Like many people around the world, Christmas can be a tough time for those with Chronic Kidney Disease. Many patients face the festive period alone or in a hospital with only the hospital staff as company. Others face time on dialysis, attached to a machine for 4 or 5 hours out […]
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It’s very difficult to summarise 40 years of my life into this relatively short article but I will do my very best. ————————————– I was born in February 1984, folded in half. My mum tells me that all she knows is that at some point I did a somersault; and when it was time
How long is the wait for a kidney in the UK? Key points The average wait for a deceased donor kidney transplant (DDTx) in the UK is 16 months There are many factors that can influence how long you might wait for a kidney transplant from a deceased donor If you have a living donor,
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Nikki’s Story: Part 4, The Final Chapter – The Bright Side of Life The Bright Side of Life It was 2009. I’d put the hideous transplant saga behind me and moved back to the school where my career began as a parent helper in the 90’s. I loved it and made some fantastic friends. The
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If you are a patient on the transplant list, you may find this a harrowing read. Some people may have two, three or more transplants in their lifetime. March 2007. The Proclaimers were walking 500 miles at number one in the charts. I was working at a lovely primary school in a nearby village
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Once I started dialysis in 1990, my life improved considerably. After the last four years of struggling to manage my FSGS despite several hospital admissions, I was beginning to feel well again. The dialysis machine fascinated me. It was a Gambro AK10; it had a little tube at the front which, if I ultrafiltrated
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How many kidney transplants per year in the UK? About 3000. But the demand for donor organs far exceeds supply, with 5250 patients waiting. Hence some are never transplanted. The average wait for a transplant is about about 16 months. In the latest (2023) analysis the median average was 497 days. But this varies significantly
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How many people have kidney failure (ESRF) in UK? About 70,000 – have patients with ESRF in the UK (with 8000 new patients per year). Of those, about 40,000 (55%) are transplanted. But 30,000 (45%) are not, and dependent on (1) thrice weekly 4 hour (usually) sessions of haemodialysis, or (2) peritoneal dialysis (PD). Both
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How many people have a kidney transplant in UK? About 40,000. This is out of approximately 70,000 patients with ESRF in the UK (and 8000 new patients per year). Of those, about 40,000 (55%) are transplanted. But 30,000 (45%) are not, and dependent on (1) thrice weekly 4 hour (usually) sessions of haemodialysis, or (2)
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How many people are on dialysis in UK? About 30,000. This is out of approximately 70,000 patients with ESRF in the UK (and 8000 new patients per year). Of those, about 40,000 (55%) are transplanted. But 30,000 (45%) are not, and dependent on (1) thrice weekly 4 hour (usually) sessions of hemodialysis, or (2) peritoneal
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