Think about it, if you came to me and said” Hey Kim I need a kidney“ and I asked you about the process and you said “oh I don’t know just call this number they will tell you what to do”… how comfortable would you feel moving forward? But if I provided you with resources and facts you would me more likely to more receptive correct? Also the more you know the more comfortable you will feel having this conversation.

On this episode Kathy with the INTEGRIS Health Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute in Oklahoma City who has been a medical social worker for over two decades. She spent most of that time working with people who have end stage renal disease. Transplant financial coordinator Natasha also joins the conversation. She has been with INTEGRIS Health for about 12 years and with the transplant department for the last five and they discuss the financial side of Kidney transplants.

Kim Maynard a Pre-transplant and Living Donor Coordinator for the Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute and Megan Barton a physician assistant discuss the signs of kidney rejection. There are a few different stages of kidney transplant rejection that we watch for after kidney transplant. On this episode we focus on chronic rejection. We explain what chronic rejection is and how it might start to show up in patients and if there is a specific time frame to watch for it.

On this episode Kim Maynard Pre-transplant and Living Donor Coordinator for the Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute, Megan Barton physician assistant and Jared Schafer pharmacist. Today we would like to talk to you about the medications a kidney transplant recipient would be required to take after transplant. Also with us today we have Mary who works in marketing and is also learning about transplant and is here to help ask some questions that you all might have for us so that we can get them answered for you.