I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Introduction => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: Brianna! on May 25, 2009, 06:09:31 AM
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Hi everyone! My name is Brianna. I'm 16, and i've been on dialysis since december. I was listed as inactive on the list may 15th. I live in Wisconsin. I would really like to talk to people who know what i'm going through. =] I love this smiley. haha :pics; wow.
-Brianna
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Hi, Brianna.
You are going to enjoy this community. There are many young folks here (not me, though! :rofl;)
Here at IHD we share information, frustration and community.
Welcome, :welcomesign; welocme.
Aleta
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:welcomesign; Brianna. You'll love it here. Great information and support for all things kidney related. Hope we hear more from you. :cuddle;
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Hi, Brianna, and welcome to the group. Tons of good information and lots of folks who really care about one another. Come n back and post often!
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Welcome Brianna... wow 16 and having to deal with dialysios.. my heart and thoughts go out to you. You will find a few teens and relatives of teens with ESRD on here who can relate most fully to you, and us old folks too!!!
I've spent many fun times in Wisconsin (Madison & MKE in particular) so I love your part of the world... wishing you all the best with it all and you get ACTIVE on that list real soon!!! :cuddle;
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Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! Yeah, dealing with this at 16 is hard. But I was born with a mild form of spina bifida (Partial Sacral agenesis), it's very mild, I can walk and stuff, so i've dealed with a fair share of hardships in my life. But it makes me stronger. :bandance; I just wish my dad was here. He died in august, and I stated dialysis in December. But yet, I don't want him to see me like this. Ya know what I mean. hmm. well thanks again for the warm welcome. I'll see you all around!!!
-Brianna
RichardMEL--I hate wisconsin! It's too cold there. Why do you like it? LOL. I only like it because of summerfest, and Milwaukee. ;)
:grouphug;
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:welcomesign; Brianna. I hope you'll post often with questions, advice, jokes or whatever. This is a great site for anyone with kidney disease or our friends and relatives.
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Hi Branna and welcome. There are a couple of other ihd-ers your age too.
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Welcome to our community, Brianna! I am glad you decided to be 'active'. So sorry that you had to face this renal challenge at such an early age. But I am hearing real strength in your expression. You will make it through. And now you have your IHD family to go through it all with you :grouphug; There is lots of information and support here - there is even fun! So keep reading and keep posting, so we will know how you are doing.
Bajanne, Moderator
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The title of this thread alone made me want to read your introduction and get to know you right away! :)
Welcome to this wonderful site. You'll find many friends and familiar stories here. :waving;
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Hey again Brianna... :)
I can relate to your comments about your dad and not seeing you "like this" - my own mother passed away 3 or so months before I was forced to start dialysis - and even though she knew it was coming along. I'm sort of glad that she didn't have to deal with seeing me actually go through it with all the other problems she had.
As for why I like WI? Well trufully I never visited in the winter (I'm smart you see!) and I have a great friend up there who I loved visiting so it was always fun.. plus with my accent I almost always got big smiles and great service!!! >:D :yahoo;
Believe it or not, to me, the midwest can be cool!!!
I already promised my friend I will return just as soon as I get that darn transplant thing happening.
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Hello Brianna I am 23 was a little younger then you when I first got sick. A lot of us have been. I am glad you found this site it is wonderful. Hope to see you around.
~Amanda :waving;
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:welcomesign; to a great group of people. I'm sorry about everything you have to go through and sorry about your dad.
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Hi Brianna. Welcome. I was on dialysis for 2 1/2 years. So if there are any questions I can answer for you, please ask. Am sure that anyone on here are willing to help you get thru this. :waving;
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Welcome Brianna, good to have you aboard.
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Hi Brianna only 16 WOW well we are all here and we can all relate to how you feel... WELCOME
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:welcomesign; Brianna. I hate that you have to deal with this so young. Life doesn't seem fair. I hope you will find great support here and lots of friends. We really care about each other. Post often and let us get to know you better. Glad you are here with us :grouphug;
paris, Moderator
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Hi Brianna,
I have three daughters, one is 15 years old and has been on dialysis for 18 months. Her name is Jaclyn. I will send you a PM with her email address. We are in Colorado, but her trasnplant team/hospital is Stanford in California (long story). My second daughter is 18 and has 20-25% kidney function and my oldest is 20 and has healthy kidneys, but A/B blood type so can't donate to sisters. It was really a shock when we found out their kidneys were failing. They have NPHP type 1, which is a recessive genetic kidney condition that causes kidneys to fail in teens between the ages of 13 and 19. I am so glad that I found IHD. This group is so supportive and knowledgeable.
I am sorry that you have to go through this. Hopefully, you will get a new kidney soon. Please check out my daughter's website to learn more about her and us. www.cotaforjaclynp.com
Hopefully, you can get to know each other via email.