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Introduction => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: RenallyChallenged on September 20, 2015, 03:55:02 PM
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Hey there. Just posting to introduce myself. I'm a 24 year old college student. I lost my kidneys back in 2008 to a lupus flareup. I got a transplant in 2009 after about a year and a half of in-center dialysis (which I hated), which I lost in July of this year. Now I"m back on dialysis, but getting ready to train for NxStage. I'm excited. This week is my last week in-center. Can't wait for it to be over. I've always lurked here, especially back when I first lost my kidneys in 2008. This site was always helpful in getting through it all. I figured it was time I stopped lurking and joined up. So, nice to meet you all. Here's hoping my time here is awesome.
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Hi "RC" I'm so glad you joined. I'm glad you are going to do Next Stage.
Stayed Tuned to IHD
Welcome - Rerun, Admin.
:welcomesign;
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Welcome, to the IHD family where every one is dealing with the same crap. I hope you find this site as helpful as I have. A place where we all face the same demons.
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Hello, and :welcomesign; to our little community...
Visit us regularly, and 0ost often... You 'll get lots of support here...
Darth... Moderator...
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Welcome to the site.
I guess you are not "new" to dialysis but just new to NxStage.
Still should be lost of new stuff for you to learn and discuss here.
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Welcome!
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It's good to have you join our community!
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Welcome, RenallyChallenged! Good luck with your training on the NxStage cycler! You will like it and so will your body.
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Welcome. I also am loosing my kidneys due to lupus, but I was lucky enough to have a 20 year decline after bad active lupus in high school before my kidneys were at a point where I needed dialysis. I'm happy to say I've not have active lupus since the early 1990s, its hard to say when it really went into remission since I was treated with Cytoxan throughout college and Plaquenil until early 2000 when a doctor finally said why are you still on it and phased me off with a wait and see mentality...
Good luck on NxStage, it sure sounds like people feel its the best treatment.
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Thanks for the well wishes everyone. It's nice to meet you all. Sorry I didn't reply earlier, I've just been busy lately. Tomorrow is my last day doing in-center dialysis. Can't wait to start training.
Welcome. I also am loosing my kidneys due to lupus, but I was lucky enough to have a 20 year decline after bad active lupus in high school before my kidneys were at a point where I needed dialysis. I'm happy to say I've not have active lupus since the early 1990s, its hard to say when it really went into remission since I was treated with Cytoxan throughout college and Plaquenil until early 2000 when a doctor finally said why are you still on it and phased me off with a wait and see mentality...
Good luck on NxStage, it sure sounds like people feel its the best treatment.
Yeah, I was on all of that: cytoxan, plaquenil, imuran, prednisone, methotrexate. I got really unlucky during the flareup that took my kidneys and contracted meningitis while I was at the hospital. It made the treatment for the flareup more complicated, I guess. But it's all good.
EDIT: Corrected a few mistakes