# Poster Cerridwyn is going in for a kidney transplant tomorrow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2017, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-cerridwyn-is-going-in-for-a-kidney-transplant-tomorrow/779377 "2017-02-09T05:54:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-cerridwyn-is-going-in-for-a-kidney-transplant-tomorrow/779377/41 "2017-02-10T17:52:00Z")
So glad the surgery went well. Wow, a kidney in the abdomen! Who’da thunk? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-cerridwyn-is-going-in-for-a-kidney-transplant-tomorrow/779377/42 "2017-02-10T18:15:43Z")
You’re in Portland. There are [some Wesan](http://grimm.wikia.com/wiki/Grimm_Wiki) than can smell fresh kidney. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-cerridwyn-is-going-in-for-a-kidney-transplant-tomorrow/779377/43 "2017-02-10T23:11:29Z")
This is fantastic news! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Cerridwyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Cerridwyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerridwyn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-cerridwyn-is-going-in-for-a-kidney-transplant-tomorrow/779377/44 "2017-02-11T02:16:02Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Do you have PKD? > Congratulations for receiving this gift!!! Hello all! Thank you for all the well wishes. MissTake, Yes I inherited PKD from my dad. It is all his fault. Unfortunately he passed from other complications in October of 2001. Today I was forced to get out of bed, walk two steps & sit in a chair. Then they had the audacity to ask me to inhale through this breathing machine, then cough. I ripped my stitches out & hit the pain button about 10 times…LOL:D ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-cerridwyn-is-going-in-for-a-kidney-transplant-tomorrow/779377/45 "2017-02-11T03:42:36Z")
Yay 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-cerridwyn-is-going-in-for-a-kidney-transplant-tomorrow/779377/46 "2017-02-13T18:31:21Z")
I was wondering what the usual “kick-in” period for a transplanted kidney to start working on it’s own is. Anybody have info on this? ---
**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-cerridwyn-is-going-in-for-a-kidney-transplant-tomorrow/779377/47 "2017-02-13T19:20:45Z")
Congratulations and hope everything is going well. Transplanted kidneys can start functioning immediately after being hooked up to the recipient’s circulatory system, especially with living donor transplants where there was very little time between removal of the kidney and transplantation. On the other hand, delayed graft function can happen, more commonly with kidneys from deceased donors which have extended “cold ischemia” time between harvesting and transplantation. In some cases it can take up to several weeks or more for the kidney to start working. ---
**Author:** ![Cerridwyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Cerridwyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerridwyn)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-cerridwyn-is-going-in-for-a-kidney-transplant-tomorrow/779377/48 "2017-02-14T02:30:00Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I was wondering what the usual “kick-in” period for a transplanted kidney to start working on it’s own is. Anybody have info on this? The doctor came by today & said it was looking good although the fluid flow was still red. Within 3 weeks they will know for sure if I have to continue dialysis for a while. After three months would know if I have to go back on the kidney list. Just like my gastric by-pass surgery; after a few days, I am not needing as much pain meds. It still hurts when I move, but the pain is dull as Dora. Looking forward to getting out of the hospital, but gonna miss the vacation time… The staff at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland are amazing. I am talking about all the staff that worked on my floors from doctors to janitorial staff. \<3\<3\<3 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-cerridwyn-is-going-in-for-a-kidney-transplant-tomorrow/779377/49 "2017-02-14T15:43:57Z")
Your staff report is good news. Good staff will make things easier. It’s amazing the difference that makes. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-cerridwyn-is-going-in-for-a-kidney-transplant-tomorrow/779377/50 "2017-02-14T16:12:58Z")
Best wishes for the recovery and onward. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-cerridwyn-is-going-in-for-a-kidney-transplant-tomorrow/779377/51 "2017-02-14T16:21:11Z")
Best wishes for a speedy and painless recovery. I will put you on my prayer list. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-cerridwyn-is-going-in-for-a-kidney-transplant-tomorrow/779377/52 "2017-02-20T16:05:50Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > WOOT!! > > And just as a CSA, remember to note yourself as a donor folks. You won’t need your bits and pieces wherever you end up when you cark it, but plenty of those still living will be blessed with a gift of life. +1000 A fellow we knew through my husband’s work was murdered (hit and run driver as the friend was crossing the street). The family opted to donate his organs. At the wake, his brother pointed out that several other families were having a much better Christmas than they had expected. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-cerridwyn-is-going-in-for-a-kidney-transplant-tomorrow/779377.md?page=2)