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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: Chalice on July 02, 2009, 09:00:07 AM

Title: Great News!
Post by: Chalice on July 02, 2009, 09:00:07 AM

I know I'm new here, but many of you have wish me and my mom well and have probably added her to your prayers. I have been praying and praying that she would get better so that dialysis could be put off longer. Well, the prayers have worked! Mom just called me, she just came out of seeing her Neph. Her GFR was 21 in April and is now 35. Her creatnine was 2.1 and is now 1.6! The Neph is calling this turn around "rare" and thought for sure that she would be putting mom on dialysis this month. The Neph wanted to know what we have been doing on a daily basis to see what affect it has had on mom and to keep doing it.

While we know that dialysis is an inevitability for mom, today is a huge win for her health. I wondered if she got all of the exercise that she could take would help to get some blood flow to her kidneys. So, since April, I have been driving mom nuts with walking various places, swimming and any other low-impact sort of things and she always does the housework. I think my theory is right. When you exercise, the ejection fraction increases, therefore, giving your organs more blood. She told me on the phone she is glad that I am her nag and that she thought my experiment on her worked....

Thanks to everyone on here for all of your words and well-wishing!  :flower;

Title: Re: Great News!
Post by: KICKSTART on July 02, 2009, 10:01:15 AM

 :2thumbsup; great some good news for someone ! Keep up the good work!

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Post by: monrein on July 02, 2009, 10:28:37 AM

Now that's the kind of news we'd all love to get.  Keep it going both of you and enjoy this reprieve.

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Post by: rose1999 on July 02, 2009, 12:20:05 PM

Lovely to share your good news, long may it continue.  :2thumbsup;

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Post by: angellady07 on July 02, 2009, 01:54:19 PM

Awesome. I'm so glad your mom is doing so well.  :cheer:

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Post by: Hanify on July 02, 2009, 03:08:35 PM

Yay for your mum

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Post by: Rerun on July 02, 2009, 09:39:24 PM

                                             :flower;

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Post by: okarol on July 02, 2009, 09:43:06 PM

 :cheer: Yay for some good news!!

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Post by: Jean on July 02, 2009, 09:45:07 PM

That is simply wonderful. Hope it continues, who knows, maybe it will, but at the very least you got her a reprieve. Awesome!!!

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Post by: Sluff on July 03, 2009, 04:32:24 AM

Great News!  :thumbup;

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Post by: kristina on July 03, 2009, 01:28:16 PM

Dear Chalice, thanks for sharing the good news with us. Good luck! :waving;

Title: Re: Great News!
Post by: Chalice on July 06, 2009, 06:00:25 PM

Thanks so much! We had a great weekend celebrating Independence Day. It meant more than just a free country this year....... :yahoo;

Title: Re: Great News!
Post by: RightSide on July 06, 2009, 08:21:41 PM

That's wonderful news indeed!  Your mom may be that one-in-a-thousand shot, someone who recovers from chronic kidney disease.

I'll try to send as much good mojo your mom's way as I can!

Title: Re: Great News!
Post by: Romona on July 07, 2009, 04:45:22 PM

 :yahoo; I am so happy for all of you!