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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / December 2006I am scared!!!!!
Hi, doing great on low carb but my sister needs a kidney transplant. I am willing to give up one kidney but I am scared. IF I am a good match, can I live fine the rest of my life with one kidney? Will I have to stop low carb due to one kidney and protien? I am so confused but need to save her life. I guess my question is can I live with only one kidney for another 40 to 50 years? Well this was a big shock. Sorry but you people are so smart figured I would ask. I will of couse ask all the surgeons these questions this is only the first stages. Marilyn Are you a troll, or really just that stupid? > Hi, doing great on low carb but my sister needs a kidney transplant. I > am willing to give up one kidney but I am scared. IF I am a good [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > of couse ask all the surgeons these questions this is only the first > stages. Marilyn > Hi, doing great on low carb but my sister needs a kidney transplant. I > am willing to give up one kidney but I am scared. IF I am a good > match, can I live fine the rest of my life with one kidney? Will I > have to stop low carb due to one kidney and protien? I am so confused > but need to save her life. I guess my question is can I live with > only one kidney for another 40 to 50 years? Yes, you can, if it's a healthy kidney. Healthy kidneys are not damaged by protein or low carb, they're damaged by glucose, that's why diabetics have so much kidney damage. I, and other diabetics have reversed early kidney damage by switching *to* low carb. Well this was a big > shock. Sorry but you people are so smart figured I would ask. I will > of couse ask all the surgeons these questions this is only the first > stages. Marilyn Good luck. Susan first off no way am I a troll I am and have been to this group quite a bit. I just have a big decision and I really am scared. I dont really want to donate but its my sister, and should a family member help? I need to speak to some medical transplate specialists. I dont want to hurt my health. Thanks > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Susan first off no way am I a troll I am and have been to this group quite a bit. I just have a big decision and I really am scared. I dont really want to donate but its my sister, and should a family member help? I need to speak to some medical transplate specialists. I dont want to hurt my health. Thanks > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Susan Every post you've made here points to you either being a troll, or being very, very stupid. Perhaps both. > first off no way am I a troll I am and have been to this group quite a > bit. I just have a big decision and I really am scared. I dont really [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> >> Susan why do you say that my sister is dying, she needs a kidney and I thought I would throw a question out to some of the more intelligent people here. I really dont give a f.ck what you think, you are a selfish , uncompassionate person who cares little or nothing of others you dont even bother me anymore , I feel sorry for you thats it. > Every post you've made here points to you either being a troll, or being > very, very stupid. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >> > >> Susan Also a.shole I would be what is called a LIVING DONOR, that means I have saved a life, can you say that about your selfish ways or yourself? You are such a a.shole you would not bat an eye to help a sibling in this situation !!! > why do you say that my sister is dying, she needs a kidney and I > thought I would throw a question out to some of the more intelligent [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > >> > > >> Susan I cannot imagine to whom you are posting UNLESS it is the idiot that most of us here have killfiled. Do it! Killfile the idiot! He will only make you mad. Do not listen to the posting of a sick, irrational man. Pat in TX > I cannot imagine to whom you are posting UNLESS it is the idiot that most of > us here have killfiled. Do it! Killfile the idiot! He will only make you > mad. Do not listen to the posting of a sick, irrational man. > > Pat in TX Uh, Pat? You may have wandered into the wrong thread. Susan > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Uh, Pat? You may have wandered into the wrong thread. Not if she's telling catskills to killfile JC. That's sound advice in response to ANY post here.  SignatureSaffire 205/145/135-140 (aka JUST RIGHT!) Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 *** This post originated in alt.support.diet.low-carb -- its appearance in any other forum is deceptive and unauthorized. *** >> > I cannot imagine to whom you are posting UNLESS it is the idiot that >> > most of >> > us here have killfiled. Do it! Killfile the idiot! He will only make >> > you >> > mad. Do not listen to the posting of a sick, irrational man. >> Uh, Pat? You may have wandered into the wrong thread. > Not if she's telling catskills to killfile JC. That's sound advice in > response to ANY post here. > Saffire Like this one? jcderkoeing wrote: > Every post you've made here points to you either being a troll, or being > very, very stupid. > Perhaps both. Just what a scared, caring person needs to hear, right? Killfile the idiot! Pat in TX >>>>I cannot imagine to whom you are posting UNLESS it is the idiot that >>>>most of [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Pat in TX Oh. LOL. I had. I saw no references to him or posts by him in that thread. Susan Who turns on your computer for you, and helps you gain access to the Internet? Are you in one of those assisted living places? > why do you say that my sister is dying, she needs a kidney and I > thought I would throw a question out to some of the more intelligent [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] >> >> >> >> Susan Marilyn, I don't know that anyone here can successfully or even reliably answer your question. There is no research that I can find to guide me in an answer. Probably because nobody has done any. You can talk to the Drs but chances are they will give you the same mumbo jumbo that most of us in the medical community have been taught for years. At least as far as the low carb issue goes. I think this is just one you are going to have to follow your heart about. The question you need to ask yourself is Do I want to risk it? No matter what the consequences might be do I want to risk it? There in lies your answer. Because even if you were not low carbing..... there is nothing to say down the road you won't develop kidney problems from some other source. This is something all live donors have to deal with during thier decision making process. Pat > Hi, doing great on low carb but my sister needs a kidney transplant. I > am willing to give up one kidney but I am scared. IF I am a good [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > of couse ask all the surgeons these questions this is only the first > stages. Marilyn well thats a good point, but I did happen to learn something. When people get kidney failure, or poor kidney function lets say its never in one kidney, its both that get failure, so lets assume that I say no, find a donor on the list and wait 4 - 5years, and I get kidney failure this will happen to both kidneys not just one. So thats interesting. I thank you, Umm the interesting thing is my sister got kidney problems from type 2 diabetes!! So I am still not going back to a low protien diet no matter what I do!!! Thanks PB > Marilyn, > I don't know that anyone here can successfully or even reliably answer your [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > of couse ask all the surgeons these questions this is only the first > > stages. Marilyn > well thats a good point, but I did happen to learn something. When > people get kidney failure, or poor kidney function lets say its never [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > from type 2 diabetes!! So I am still not going back to a low protien > diet no matter what I do!!! Thanks PB I hate to throw a wrench into things for you and her, but if she continues to follow the ADA recommended diet for her DM type 2, the new kidney is just as likely to become damaged. Protein won't damage a healthy kidney, glucose will. Susan :: x-no-archive: yes :: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] :: become damaged. Protein won't damage a healthy kidney, :: glucose will. While we know nothing of the sister with T2DM, surely one can see how uncontrolled BG levels (as likely the result of a half-hearted ADA diet and partly due to patient neglect) leads to family members being put into this position. It's terrible. I feel for Marilyn. I don't know if it helps, but I lost a kidney serveral years ago. I am healthy and following a very low carb diet and I feel better than I have for a long time. > well thats a good point, but I did happen to learn something. When > people get kidney failure, or poor kidney function lets say its never > in one kidney, its both that get failure, so lets assume that I say no, > find a donor on the list and wait 4 - 5years, and I get kidney failure > this will happen to both kidneys not just one. It probably depends on what is causing the failure. My mom (73) just told me that one of her kidneys has scarring from a clot that she had about 6 years ago, and that it's not functioning normally. I don't know if that means BOTH are not functioning normally, though. I know that one of them is about 1/3 smaller than the other one. > So thats interesting. > I thank you, Umm the interesting thing is my sister got kidney problems > from type 2 diabetes!! So I am still not going back to a low protien > diet no matter what I do!!! Thanks PB As far as low-carbing goes, we've had a poster here, Aramanth Dawe, who has had a kidney problems due to pre-eclampsia damage during her pregnancies. She has been low-carbing for 8 years and it seemed to HELP her situation (see http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.diet.low- carb/msg/ba5a13fb4e48f532 as an example). I think the low-carbing aspect of it is a non-issue. The real issue is whether or not you are willing to take a leap of faith that your remaining kidney won't fail at some point down the road. Unfortunately, that's the bottom line you'll have to grapple with if no other option is available for your sister. It's a horrible position to be in for both of you :-( SignatureSaffire 205/145/135-140 (aka JUST RIGHT!) Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 *** This post originated in alt.support.diet.low-carb -- its appearance in any other forum is deceptive and unauthorized. *** |
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