Hello All,
Prequel:
I am a 51 yr old female, 5 foot 4, 205 pounds down 15 pounds via diet and exercise. I've always leaned toward heavy and my age along with 2 kids,quitting smoking and a sit down job has turned me into the short fat woman I am. Its not hard solid fat, it pretty soft more from lack of exercise than eating.
My sister needs my kidney, not a problem. She is a transplant nurse many years and I know the drill of what I'm getting into.
Here is the thing. We started at her transplant center with no problems, all my tests were amazing, kidney function of an 18 year old etc. My weight at the time of 225 was a problem. I lost the 15 so far and they did not think because of my overall great health that the transplant would be a problem even with a 35 BMI.
Since then my sister got very sick and moved on to total kidney failure. Well because of that she lost her job, and is broke from all the medical bills. In any case her new financial position made the transplant get moved to a new location, Cedar Sinai in LA.
A lovely place-not-...Well they wont even take my information until i get to 30 BMI. Basically they said don't call us until you are there. They wont test or send me any paperwork for the preliminary stuff. Nothing. Acutally pretty damn rude about it. I am just a number as is my sister. Its very frustrating because i am at a plateau in my weight loss and my menopause is causing hormonal issues, I had a cryo-abalation and even with an hour a day on the treadmill and good diet my weight wont budge. I am healthier than ever!
The real issue I have. I know all about the risks percentages for the obese but one center was fine with it especially after seeing my overall health is great. Cedars however is holding up my sisters gift. Its crap and i think the stress is probably not helping the weight loss either.
Relocating hospitals is not really an easy option. It will cause more problems for the post care.
Advice???