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About Me:: I am 48 years old. I had a kidney transplant at 25, and a liver and kidney transplant at 46. I work part-time and am pretty healthy considering... I have an optimistic outlook. I have recently been diagnosed with diabetes, add that to the list. The diabetes education I am receiving is great, so my numbers are staying in the healthy range.

I have never been married, and don't have any children, but now I am in love and living "happily ever after" with the man of my dreams. I am grateful for the extra time the transplants have given me.

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At 3:50pm on April 8, 2008, Kate Hannigan said…: Hi Gordon,

I went and read your updated profile.

Currently I'm on 5mg of prednisone and 1mg prograf in the am 2mg prograf in the evening. I also take inderal LA 80mg for blood pressure and to prvent migraines, lexapro for depression, and .25mg respirdal for anxiety. Oh yea, and 30 units of lantus for diabetes. The diabetes came from the liver failure and age. It started before I got the transplant. With my original kidney transplant in 1984 (from my brother) I was on 5mg of prednisone and 100mg cyclosporine. It was great living on such low doses. My brother and I were a perfect match.

You are remarkable for working full-time with your transplant. I have been on disability since 2004, I think. I got fired from my last full-time job for not being able to do the work. I was in marketing. Marketing continuing education programs for doctors. I was fatigued and unable to concentrate. Eventually encephalopathy got really bad and I had to move in with my sister and her family. But 4 months post transplant I moved out to a shared housing situation. Now I live with my boyfriend.

I don't know if working full-time is in my future. Luckily I don't feel any pressure to try it too soon.

I'd love to hear about your family.

--Kate

At 12:28am on April 8, 2008, Gordon Buchanan said…: Hi Kate. It's nice to meet you. I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying being in love!

I was working full time since I had my transplant in 1990 until about 2 years ago when I was put on the list for a new liver. Since then I've mostly been too tired.

Why did you get diabetes? Is it from your medications? What are you taking for immunosuppressants? Recently, I was taking tacrolimus (Prograf) and I got diabetes after only one month of use. I switched back to Neoral and the diabetes went away. The Prograf also gave me bad leg pains and seizures (although my doctors think the seizures were from an infection).

Cheers!