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Category: Our Kidney Transplant Stories
Nutrition Tips for Healthy Kidneys
December 29, 2017
by jtemcio
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Eating a healthy diet is important to kidney function. The kidneys have a lot of work to do and it is a dirty job. When...
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National Kidney Foundation of Illinois Gift of Life Gala
November 13, 2017
by jtemcio
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Paul and I were able to attend the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois’ 32nd Annual Gift of Life Gala. It was a black tie affair held...
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Why You Need to Get Screened for Kidney Disease
December 21, 2016
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Why You Need to Get Screened for Kidney Disease By: Paul Temcio Since my kidney transplant in 2014, my wife and I have become part of the National Kidney...
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National Kidney Foundation “Kidney Walk” in Chicago
June 29, 2016
by jtemcio
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On Saturday morning on June 25th 2016, my husband and son and I went to downtown Chicago for a charity event that means so much...
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What is BK Virus Post Kidney Transplant (Polyomavirus) ?
May 12, 2015
by jtemcio
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My husband marked the 6 month anniversary of his kidney transplant on April 1st 2015. He went for his routine lab work two weeks...
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The Perfect Match – Our Kidney Transplant Story
January 1, 2015
by jtemcio
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In the summer of 2004 we found out that my husband may have issues with his kidneys. After lab tests and a double kidney biopsy,...
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More About Being a Match for Living Kidney Donation
August 27, 2014
by jtemcio
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Having a partner with kidney failure is definitely one of life’s difficult times. When I agreed to be a living kidney donor for my...
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Meeting the Kidney Transplant Team
June 23, 2014
by jtemcio
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Finding out my husband was in stage 5 kidney/renal failure was a real shock. He had been previously diagnosed with IgA Nephropothy so we knew that it...
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My Partner has IgA Nephropathy and Kidney Failure, What Now?
May 20, 2014
by jtemcio
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My husband was diagnosed with IgA Nephropathy. For the longest time, even before I knew him, when he was sick with a cold virus he...
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