Kidney Quotations

It started last year, during the summer. I went to the doctor and they found out it was kidney stones, so they had surgery done to help get those out and to pass them... More just kept coming in. So I had all together before the last show... I had like five surgeries.

My son John was just under a year old when I collapsed with a life-threatening kidney disease. The shame and guilt resulting from my unplanned pregnancy had continued to fester to the point that my toxic feelings literally poisoned my body.

When you're doing kidney transplants, you have to find out who can exchange kidneys with whom, doing blood tests to make sure it's true. You can't just work on the preliminary data. Then you have to organize the logistics.

The brain is the most complicated organ in the universe. We have learned a lot about other human organs. We know how the heart pumps and how the kidney does what it does. To a certain degree, we have read the letters of the human genome. But the brain has 100 billion neurons. Each one of those has about 10,000 connections.

I believe for some high-technology medicine, like transplants and kidney dialysis, age should be a consideration in the delivery of that technology. In a world of limited resources, we have a larger duty to a 10-year-old than to a 90-year-old.

Kidney donors don't have to be close relatives of recipients, but they do need to have the right blood type. And kidneys from living donors tend to last many years longer than kidneys from deceased donors.

Living with a single kidney is almost exactly like living with two; the remaining kidney expands to take up the slack. (When kidneys fail, they generally fail together; barring trauma or cancer, there's not much advantage to a backup.) The main risk to the donor is the risk of any surgery.

When we heard it was her appendix, we all thought the worst. But then, it turned out to be kidney stones.

We found that on I.Q. and other aspects of brain function, as well as kidney function, the group that received the mercury-based amalgam was exactly the same as those that received a composite.

When he got sick, giving him a kidney was the least that I could do. There was no hesitation involved. There was no decision involved. I had to do it. Kevin never asked it of me. Even with my wife, there was no decision to be made. He was the most unselfish person I knew. I never regretted it.

We also see the same health problems you would see in any hospital setting -- cardiac patients, diabetes, kidney and pulmonary problems and occasionally a gunshot wound,

There are plastic devices bladder catheters, implants for kidney dialysis, Hickman tubes, pacemakers every implant you can think of is a magnet for bacteria. The idea of having a permanent chemical bond to the metal is a new approach. This can be used for every metal and plastic implant, with every antibiotic.

There are plastic devices - bladder catheters, implants for kidney dialysis, Hickman tubes, pacemakers - every implant you can think of is a magnet for bacteria. The idea of having a permanent chemical bond to the metal is a new approach. This can be used for every metal and plastic implant, with every antibiotic.

The extremely low level of organ donation in Australia is leaving hundreds of people young and old living on the edge for an average of four years with their lives on hold while waiting for a telephone call for a kidney transplant.

We usually have in the area of 400 people on our waiting list, just for kidneys. We do an average of about 120 or 125 kidney transplants a year, so there are a lot more people waiting than actually get them.

When I graduated from high school, I weighed 125 pounds because of wrestling. Suddenly, I realized I could eat whatever I wanted - plus, creatine was new at the time. I went from 125 to 175 pounds, working out like crazy. I was yoked. But I wasn't drinking enough fluids and ended up with a kidney stone - and 3 weeks of pure hell.

Many of these patients have been repeatedly told there is no hope of ever receiving a kidney transplant,

She was a diabetic and she had had a kidney transplant. She was a wonderful lady, and she would do whatever she could for you.

Some are reporting kidney problems after enduring prolonged periods working in the heat and humidity while wearing their character suits,

One in eight people you know in Virginia have signs of kidney disease ranging from the earliest stages to the very advanced. Unfortunately, many didn't know they had a problem until it had advanced too for.

Now we're getting towards the end of the year and we're battling some skin infections and kidney ailments that just happen to be part of the sport.

On rare occasions, someone will call up and say they would like to donate a kidney to someone they don't know.

I am alive today because I had advance warning about kidney disease. When I was eleven years old, I was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes.

I have kidney cancer. At this point in time, they feel very confident that they got everything. They run tests to make sure it hasn't spread. There has never been an indication from anyone that it has spread.

Having been laying still for so many hours and being poorly hydrated for that period of time has resulted in some kidney dysfunction. We assume that will be a temporary phenomenon while the kidneys recover.

He's doing well. The kidney is doing great. He's in some pain from the surgery, but we couldn't ask for anything better.

Hundreds of people are lining up to take tests for infections, heart and kidney problems and dehydration.

There are studies which show the more excess weight a person carries, the greater the risk of some cancers, such as breast, kidney and colon to name a few,

Kidney cancer is one of the cancers that they don't have many treatment options for and everything is pretty much experimental.

It causes kidney failure in the vultures. The kidneys shut down so the uric acid precipitates inside and on the surface of internal body organs. It destroys the animal inside and out within 24 to 72 hours.

I will not sell my kidney on eBay

Out of adversity comes progress. The water will be so clean it could be used for kidney dialysis.

Terri was almost a week into her death process, ... The doctors have said that introducing hydration and nutrition artificially, she may have already suffered massive organ failure and kidney damage. What this may have done is just prolonged her death process.

My mom is a tough woman, ... She's been on dialysis (awaiting a kidney transplant) since I was in the 11th grade and raising three kids as a single woman, and now it's my time (to support the family).

My mom, she had a lot of medical problems, and she eventually died from a kidney infection, and she passed on Feb. 12.

We now know that early detection and treatment, including diet and medication, can slow down the progression of kidney disease and its complications and prevent further damage, in some cases,

The American people saw unforgettably how federal, state, and local governments failed the people of New Orleans just three weeks ago. What the American people don't realize is how they've all been short-changed for the past three years. Minorities are much more affected by kidney failure than whites. There's a dialysis boom on Indian reservations.

We find a kidney from a living donor tends to do better than a kidney from a cadaver donor, even if the cadaver is a perfect match.

We believe the System One represents a revolutionary technology offering a simplified, less labor-intensive and yet more flexible approach for the treatment of kidney dysfunction.

We knew there were certain kidney cancer patients who responded to this drug, but we didn't know the mechanism behind the response. We had to determine the mechanism of response so we could identify the responders.

We were told that he could have a kidney transplant but chances were that in a couple of years his kidneys would just fail again.

When you have kidney stones, you don't give much of a damn about the view,

There are long-term complications from bacterial contamination that affect blood pressure and kidney function (but) the progress of those injuries is preventable if they're identified.

The reason the red flags came up is because of my pops. My pops had kidney problems, so anything that's abnormal with my kidneys is something that should be taken seriously, not lightly.

The government considers heart, kidney and liver transplants a priority, and these issues will be settled this year.

Except for the kidney problems and one artery, he's been fine for the last 13 seasons.

There's only been two times in our 28 years that we haven't worked together: when I was pregnant and in bed with our second child for four months and when David was recovering from kidney cancer. I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as when he was there.

Sadly, as is the case with many stranded whales and dolphins, a combination of factors was likely to be the cause of death. Those factors include severe dehydration, some muscle damage, and reduction in kidney function. The animal, once entering the North Sea, would not have been able to feed, and this is the likely cause of the dehydration.

Our analysis, which includes patients treated in all types of hospitals across the country, shows that dosing errors occur more often in vulnerable patients, such as women, the elderly, or those with kidney insufficiency or low body weight.

African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans.

As diabetes goes up, you see more kidney failure.

You only need one kidney. Doctors say a lot of people are born with one kidney and never know they have only one kidney.

This is not a good situation for the patient. They do not know what their condition is and do not treat themselves to the correct medicine. Diabetes is an illness that can lead to all sorts of serious health complications if it is not controlled correctly, ranging from heart disease, to high blood pressure, kidney and eye damage, and even amputations. For health authorities or medical insurance companies this inevitably means dramatically increased costs.

This is the best Christmas present I could ever have received. Now it's just a matter of getting him back and hoping there is enough kidney function left to salvage so that he doesn't end up back on dialysis.

It's not like you have to sell a kidney to buy them.

The afternoon passed more slowly than a walnut-sized kidney stone.

The van will allow us to sponsor and participate in additional kidney screenings throughout upstate New York.

For nearly 20 years, we have documented the huge impact that diabetes has on the health care system, from kidney failure to dialysis and so on,

The kid is not doing well. His kidney is not doing good. Half of his face is swollen,

This has been one of the craziest weeks I have ever experienced as a coach. I had kidney stones last weekend so I missed two days of practice, so the kids were on their own. Then Chris Schneider (Fort Mill, S.C.) gets pneumonia early this week, and is in closed quarters for the entire week basically. To have our third-best score of the year is a remarkable achievement. They have shown great perseverance all year and to have a performance like this when it really counts is a testament to their character and commitment.

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