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Introduction => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: Pstar on June 22, 2009, 09:40:48 PM

Title: hello new here from Arkansas
Post by: Pstar on June 22, 2009, 09:40:48 PM

well lets see i found out i had kidney disease (alport's syndrome) at the age of 8 from having cat scratch fever lucky me that cat scratched me i did pretty well through my teenage years i played football, basketball, and was just a rough country kid then at about 20 everything just started to get bad first i just tried to eat right and take my meds to slow it down but that didn't work so i went for the home pd and i just felt great for about the first year and a half then i got peritonitis(spell check) so i went on hemo for a while wit the catheter and then got back on home pd and about 2 years later they told me my membrane just wasn't working well enough anymore plus i had developed nuropathe(spell check) so i went ahead and got the fistula and trained to use it at home but when the time came it was just to much for me to handle plus i got a hiatus hernia so now i go to the clinic 3 days a week and its working out pretty well so yeah any ?s just ask  :bandance;

Title: Re: hello new here from Arkansas
Post by: hyperlite on June 22, 2009, 09:45:36 PM

not sure if you were joking about the cat scratch fever or not, but Alport syndrome is an x-linked genetic disease...

Title: Re: hello new here from Arkansas
Post by: Hanify on June 22, 2009, 10:30:21 PM

Hiya Pstar, nice to meet you

Title: Re: hello new here from Arkansas
Post by: Joe Paul on June 23, 2009, 12:43:23 AM

Welcome Pstar, good to have you aboard.

Title: Re: hello new here from Arkansas
Post by: monrein on June 23, 2009, 04:59:15 AM

 :welcomesign;

Title: Re: hello new here from Arkansas
Post by: willieandwinnie on June 23, 2009, 05:27:13 AM

 :welcomesign; Pstar. Glad you joined our group.  :cuddle;

Title: Re: hello new here from Arkansas
Post by: aharris2 on June 23, 2009, 06:03:51 AM

Hi Pstar, Let's see... 20+1.5+2x100sqr root 81/3x(1/3)x1%= ???
Well, let's just say I've done the math (kitkatz, would you check it please) and you are about 24, 25 based on your intro. How'd I do?

 :welcomesign;

Alene

Title: Re: hello new here from Arkansas
Post by: Romona on June 23, 2009, 09:09:43 AM

 :welcomesign;

Title: Re: hello new here from Arkansas
Post by: willowtreewren on June 23, 2009, 09:45:54 AM

It sounds like you have had quite a ride Pstar!

Welcome to IHD!

It's a great place for support and information.

Aleta

Title: Re: hello new here from Arkansas
Post by: peleroja on June 23, 2009, 12:56:43 PM

Welcome aboard.  This is a great place for information and shoulders to cry on!

Title: Re: hello new here from Arkansas
Post by: Pstar on June 26, 2009, 01:57:30 PM

no i wasn't joking about the cat scratch thats really how i found out because i had micro blood in my urine odd huh lol there really wasn't much known about alports back then so my mom didn't know she had passed it along to me, and thanks you guys for welcoming me i needed a place where others understood the stuff we all go through, and yes I'm 25 well fixin to be 25 n about 3 weeks  :bandance;