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RedApple1269
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« on: November 13, 2010, 09:09:44 PM »
My name is Tammy I have been on dialysis for 11 years! I just had an anniversary date Oct 31, 1999, I found out I had
 to go on dialysis on my husbands birthday and was going to start 4 days later halloween cant decide if it was trick or treat. My ESRD is hereditary my grandfather passed away in the fifties there was no treatment then for him, my dad was only 10 years old at the time. then around the time i was 16 my dad started to get ready for dialysis by the time i was 19 he was on dialysis for a couple of years then got a transplant the first one failed 17 months later he got another transplant
and he had no relatives who could give him one~! the second one took and lasted 9 years he ended us dying at the age of 56. I went on dialysis when i was 36 i am 47 now, i have 2 girls ages 20 and 19 and i have a son who is 16 they are great they have gone through alot with me being in and out of the hospital and not being home with them. But I have kept myself pretty healthy for the last 2 years i have a new grandchild to llive for and of course my husband has been on my journey with me every step of the way i could never repay him for all the stuff he has had to do for all of us. Hes awesome! i have been at the same center all these years i have even sit in the same chair in the same spot also they know i get very upset when they move me, so they dont!
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us and fam easter 2013
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2010, 09:41:02 PM »
Nice to meet ya RedApple1269  :welcomesign;  I'm wife and care sharrer to hubby who is on the big D.  Your going to feel right at home here.  Great support and information.. Nice active place to have found... 
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im a california wife and cargiver to my hubby
He started dialysis April 09
We thank God for every day we are blessed to have together.
november 2010, patiently (ha!) waiting our turn for NxStage training
January 14,2011 home with NxStage
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« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2010, 09:56:22 PM »
Well, you're a pro!!  Good for you!  Welcome to the forum!
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"Eggs are so inadequate, don't you think?  I mean, they ought to be able to become anything, but instead you always get a chicken.  Or a duck.  Or whatever they're programmed to be.  You never get anything interesting, like regret, or the middle of last week."
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« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2010, 11:13:10 PM »
G'day, Tammy and  :welcomesign;.
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« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2010, 06:24:05 AM »
Hi Tammy!

 :welcomesign;
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- wife of kidney recepient (10/2011) -
venting myself online since 2003 (personal blog)
grumbles of a dialysis wife-y (kidney blog)
sometimes i take pictures (me, on flickr)

Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt.
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« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2010, 06:29:52 AM »
 :welcomesign;
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Pyelonephritis (began at 8 mos old)
Home haemo 1980-1985 (self-cannulated with 15 gauge sharps)
Cadaveric transplant 1985
New upper-arm fistula April 2008
Uldall-Cook catheter inserted May 2008
Haemo-dialysis, self care unit June 2008
(2 1/2 hours X 5 weekly)
Self-cannulated, 15 gauge blunts, buttonholes.
Living donor transplant (sister-in law Kathy) Feb. 2009
First failed kidney transplant removed Apr.  2009
Second trx doing great so far...all lab values in normal ranges
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« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2010, 08:05:10 AM »
Hi, Tammy, and welcome to the group.  There's lots of great information and friends here.  Glad you joined!
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« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2010, 08:16:53 AM »
Hi RedApple.  Sounds like you have a great family.  A good support system.  Are you going to go for a transplant someday?

I'm so glad you joined our site.

Rerun, Moderator     :welcomesign;
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« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2010, 11:24:25 PM »
Hi, RedApple1269 and  :welcomesign; Your family history sounds a lot like mine!
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August 1980: Diagnosed with Familial Juvenile Hyperurecemic Nephropathy (FJHN)
8.22.10:   Began dialysis through central venous catheter
8.25.10:   AV fistula created
9.28.10:   Began training for Home Nocturnal Hemodialysis on a Fresenius Baby K
10.21.10: Began creating buttonholes with 15ga needles
11.13.10: Our first nocturnal home treatment!

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« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2010, 12:58:49 AM »
Hi Tammy, and   :welcomesign;  to IHD.
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One day at a time, thats all I can do.
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« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2010, 09:20:54 AM »
Hi Tammy, welcome.... :clap;
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