Today, while taking my morning constitutional walk through our subdivision, the Mayo Clinic's Transplant social worker called for update of my insurance medical and prescription insurance situation (pretty good!). She mentioned that I was now 10th (for my blood type - A) on Mayo's transplant list. Since I was 24th on the list in January, I guess that it'll be a few months, perhaps December or January, before I receive "the call".
Earlier this summer, when MCG (Medical College of GA in Augusta, GA) notified me that I was in the newly-established "paired transplant" program, I was hopeful that, with an available live but unmatched donor, I would receive a live kidney by this fall. A month or so ago, however, my MCG transplant coordinator explained that their program was still in the process of securing the necessary approvals and that the likelihood on a live kidney donation was still in the undetermined but distant future. C'est la vie.
On the positive side, my current renal function is somewhat above 10%; I'm not yet on dialysis; I'm feeling well and - contrary to Connie's teasing non-medical opinion - I'm in control of my mental faculties.
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