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I GOT MY KIDNEY TRANSPLANT on June 30, 2023... 2 important reasons is because of my time on the list and the article below:

I found this on NewsBreak: Thousands of Black kidney transplant patients get medical reparations

Thousands of Black kidney transplant patients get medical reparations - NewsBreak Black kidney transplant patients are now receiving medical reparations for flaw in the eGFR formula that's used to estimate kidney function.

I got good news yall...😊first allow me to give a little background....so the kidney disease calculation to determine the percentage of kidney function someone has was calculated different with black people than the other races which made it seem like our function was higher in which it put black people at a disadvantage to qualify to get on the transplant list sooner.

EXAMPLE: let say other race has 20% function..they can now apply to get on the transplant list because the rule of thumb is your function has to be 20% or less to apply.

Ok so a black person has 20% function as well but has to multiply 20x1.2...now the function is 24% which delay black people from getting on the transplant list sooner. DISADVANTAGE 🤔

A group of powerful people shined light on what was happening and now the calculation is the same for everybody 😊

The transplant centers now has to go back thru every active black person on the list info and adjust their active date when they were put on the list but need labs to verify it to adjust the date.

Thank GOD that I kept all my lab reports and was able to send mine in for an adjustment. My active listing date was NOV 19, 2019 and now it's OCT 12, 2017...Thank you Lord!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

The transplant center called me for July appt to do labs and said the doctor want to see me.
I think it's just my yearly followup labs. But one thing about it I'll already have this done when they do call me for the transplant.

Please continue to keep me in your prayers!! God bless you all
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This is my dialysis machine my life line every day treatment 8 hours daily 7 days a week. I connect myself at bedtime. I started Hemo dialysis (blood) while in the hospital with Covid this pass Jan and started home PD dialysis (solution) this pass March. Continue keeping me in your prayers! Love you all !!
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Contact Person: Melissa, Living Donor Coordinator at
James D. Eason Transplant Institute @ Methodist University Hospital
901-478-2879 OR
Tonya, Transplant Nurse Coordinator 901-478-2817
(100% confidential)

MY info: Catherine Hicks
08-14-1960

There is another method if you qualify to donate a kidney but don't match the person you want to donate a kidney too!

I found this on NewsBreak: 'Kidney couple' promotes living donor program

'Kidney couple' promotes living donor program - NewsBreak Wanda and Chip Washington are back at work four months after their paired kidney exchange.