Not being a doctor I have no idea if you could go through treatment on top of needing a kidney. I'm really sorry you are having to go through all this pain. Have you had a second opinion? Your case sounds very complicated.
I wish you the very best.
Well the hospital that I went to they said they weren't going to give me a healthy one. It had to be a hep c infected one. I don't know why, though. I was always wanting to start my hep c treatment, but I was wanting to be on dialysis at the same time. I don't know if I could be. My back is starting to turn colors as if I got a really big bruise. My lower back and stomach hurt all the time. Do you think I'd be able to make it through my hep c treatment with my kidneys starting to show signs of shutting down? Any advice will help thank you so much.
I don't understand. A person with hep C who needs an organ transplant can get a donor organ that is perfectly healthy. They only time they use hep C infected organs is when it is the only organ available and the hep C patient will die if he or she is not transplanted immediately. What does needing a kidney have to do with using a hep C organ? You can use a perfectly healthy kidney and if that was not available, you could use a hep C positive kidney instead of waiting for a healthy one. But I can't see why they would be looking for a hep C kidney unless there are no other kidneys available and they think you will need one before one becomes available. Are you on dialysis now?