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My Transplant Story
- Post Created: January 2, 2017
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- By: akash singh
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In 2004 I was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease called Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). This is a rare condition that causes inflammation in blood cells. As a result of this disease my kidneys were badly damaged. I was put on the kidney transplant waiting list. My kidneys were still functioning well enough to avoid dialysis. In 2015 I was informed by my nephrologist that I was very close to being on dialysis. I was stunned as I was planning on moving to Chicago for graduate school. On...
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