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Title: Do Not Give Up Hope!
Post by: CRG59 on June 01, 2009, 11:58:28 AM

To whom it may concern:

On January 10, 2007, I made my first post on this site.  I had been on dialysis for over a year and basically I was ready to stop treatment.  I was asking those on dialysis what they thought and if they had ever had similiar thoughts.

Well, needless to say, I did not stop treatment but just ONE YEAR later, a friend of the family came forward and announced to me that he was going to donate one of his kidneys to me.  His name is Joey Bich (sounds like dish).

After all the evaluations were done, the transplant happened on July 25, 2008!  I think now of all that I would have missed if I had gone through with stopping treatment......

So, if you are depressed and wondering if it is dialysis is any way to live and if it is worth the wait, my word to you is YES, IT IS WORTH IT! 

Now, I always think back to my rebirth of life through his donation and think, "You just never know when you are going to get that letter, or phone call, or visit that will TOTALLY TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND! 

It is my hope that by reading this, you may indeed hang on just one more day and after that....hang on for just one more day and after that.....

Curt

Title: Re: Do Not Give Up Hope!
Post by: monrein on June 01, 2009, 12:30:01 PM

What a very encouraging post CRG59.  It is so hard when we feel really sick to imagine feeling great again and the flip is also true.  When we're really healthy it's hard to know just how despairing we can become through illness.

Please tell Joe that we, people he's never met or even talked to in cyberspace, also think he's a hero for stepping up and donating his kidney and another chance for a more normal life to you.  Living donors rock and that makes Joe a star.

Best of luck and many many many years of health with that new kidney, Curt.

Title: Re: Do Not Give Up Hope!
Post by: Romona on June 01, 2009, 01:41:27 PM

Very nice inspiring message! Congrats on the kidney! God Bess you and Joe! :clap;

Title: Re: Do Not Give Up Hope!
Post by: willowtreewren on June 01, 2009, 02:03:59 PM

Hi, Curt.

I'm so glad that you stuck with it one day at a time. And thanks for an inspirational post. I always get pretty misty-eyed over transplant stories and yours hit the mark.  :thx;

Aleta

Title: Re: Do Not Give Up Hope!
Post by: paris on June 01, 2009, 02:44:55 PM

Nice post!  It helps so much to hear good transplant stories.  We all need to have hope and your story gives us that.   Tell Joey we all think he is a hero for stepping up and giving you a kidney.   :grouphug;

Title: Re: Do Not Give Up Hope!
Post by: kristina on June 02, 2009, 04:45:33 AM

Dear Curt,
It is very true what you are saying.
Sometimes things look very bleak and then all of a sudden,
we look at things from a different angle and things change,
or that phone call, letter or visit arrives
and changes everything for the better.
Thank you so much to share
your experience with us.
Take care and good luck!

Title: Re: Do Not Give Up Hope!
Post by: Rerun on June 02, 2009, 06:23:00 AM

Curt thank you so much.  Post more.

                           :flower;

Title: Re: Do Not Give Up Hope!
Post by: Bajanne on June 02, 2009, 03:56:20 PM

Thanks for sharing that inspiration with us!  Even though I am not waiting for a kidney, I am determined to do whatever I can to prolong my life - even hemodialysis!

Title: Re: Do Not Give Up Hope!
Post by: TeenHatesDialysis on June 04, 2009, 07:02:41 PM

Congratulation Curt!

I love kidney transplant stories.. Love stories and tranplant stories...I can't get enough.  Thanks for hanging in there and being such a positive inspiration.  May you and your new kidney enjoy many kidnniversaries together. :grouphug;

Title: Re: Do Not Give Up Hope!
Post by: Hanify on June 05, 2009, 12:36:07 AM

Great story.  Good on you, and your lovely donor.