I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Introduction => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: Sue on March 14, 2012, 05:58:33 PM
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:waving; Hi I'm Sue :) I'm from Perth Western Australia, I was diagnosed with CKD just over 41/2 years ago, brought on by vesicoureteral reflux. I had surgery to re-implant my ureters a couple of years ago which stabilised my kidney function at 16%, All good til last September when my function took a bit of a dive down to 12% ::) After having ureteral stents put in ( and out again lol) and hoping for improvement which never came - It was decided that the time had arrived for fistula formation surgery which I am having on 10th April.
I am hoping that I will be able to have home dialysis (HD) I have already been to training unit, but it seems that I will have to go to in hospital dialysis unit for a while first. I am of course hoping that the big D day is still a while off!
I'm 62 - married have 3 sons and two beautiful grandaughters .
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:welcomesign;
Welcome Sue. Keep coming back...
:clap; :yahoo; :waving;
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Welcome Sue. There are quite a few Aussies here. My daughter lives in Perth - a lovely place, but a bit hot at the moment.
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Hi, Sue, and welcome! There are a lot of good and generous people here who will will glad to share their experiences with you. There's much to learn here and much support. Some laughs too...All the best to you.
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HI, Sue!
:welcomesign;
This is a good place for company and sympathy! :clap;
Welcome to the boards and I hope you can keep off Dialysis for a while, too.
Aleta
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Thank you for the welcome :) It is nice to find a place where people understand.............
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:welcomesign; Sue!
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Hi Sue and :welcomesign; Glad you joined in.
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Sue;
I like Perth. Never been there.
I have had six surgeries and still do not have a fistula. Must be my wimpy arms. So, there I am sitting in the dialysis chair when I emitted this gigantic gaseous emission. Needless to say, the dialysis center was unhappy. So, they kicked me out. Well, I still don’t have a fistula nor do I do dialysis.
Lesson: A little fart cures a lot of evils.
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Hi Sue, and :welcomesign; to IHD.
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Welcome to our community, Sue! It is great to welcome another Aussie. However, I am not feeling so happy with Aussies right now after what they did to the Windies in cricket!!
You have come to a great place for information, support and encouragement. In fact, this is now your new family :grouphug;
Looking forward to hearing from you and being with you in your journey.
Bajanne, Moderator
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welcome Sue :welcomesign; Glad ya made your way here.. Somehow, knowing others in same situation makes ya feel so much more ok with it all.. I mean, if ya gotta go this route, it's sure a lot better to share with others... ??? Hum, dont think im saying this right but :welcomesign; Hope you get some uplift and info...
and.......gl, you are so weard.. but hey, if it works, well, mabie i should have incouraged my hubby to 'let loose' instead of discouraging it..ha
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:D Thanks evryone - This site has already helped me, I guess my biggest fear is fear of the unknown, it is really good to hear peoples experiences. The Dr makes it sound all so simple - kidneys fail - fistula surgery - dialysis !! But it is such a journey with so many twists and turns isn't it....