the first doctor got pissy when bill said he wanted a second opinion........that is an alarm right there......so two opinions later, the good news is that other things can be done without having to have either dialysis, this year, or a transplant.......

always get a second opinion, or a third, if you have the least bit of a gut feeling that something might be amiss with the first physician. i'll say this for my ex......he encouraged his patients when they suggested it. ethics, ethics, ethics.....(okay, not in marriage...just medicine... )