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« on: December 31, 2010, 06:36:54 PM »
Yes I am 48 today.   :birthday; :birthday; :birthday; :bestwishes; :bestwishes; :birthday; :birthday;
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« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2010, 06:46:14 PM »
Happy, happy BIRTHDAY to you Kit. Hope you are splurging on a little something good for your day!!!

 :birthday;
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« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2010, 06:48:39 PM »
Happy Birthday Kit! I hope you have a lovely Day ,  :bestwishes; :birthday; and a Happy New Year too! :grouphug; :bestwishes; :bandance;
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« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2010, 06:49:08 PM »
 :bandance; :bandance; :birthday; :birthday; :bandance; :bandance;
:wine;
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Uninterrupted in-center (self-care) hemodialysis since 1982 -- 34 YEARS on March 3, 2016 !!
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Just the facts: 70.0 kgs. (about 154 lbs.)
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Fresenius Optiflux-180 filter--without reuse
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« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2010, 06:56:24 PM »
Yay!!! :birthday; :birthday; :bestwishes; :yahoo; :2thumbsup; :cheer: :flower; :cookie; :cuddle;
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« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2010, 07:01:38 PM »
its 2011 here in melbourne,but  :birthday;kitkatz  a couple of years older,a hell of a lot wiser than my good self.hope you enjoy the emails that have been coming your way , plenty more this year :2thumbsup; :yahoo;
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« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2010, 07:22:25 PM »
Happy Birthday  :birthday;      :bestwishes;  and some  :grouphug;   along with a happy birthday song for you.. :guitar:   Hope your day was something special....
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« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2010, 08:43:15 PM »
Cogratulations. I think I can remember when I was 48!
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« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2011, 09:18:56 AM »
 :bestwishes; :birthday; :bandance;

48!
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« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2011, 09:27:16 AM »
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY  :birthday; AND HAPPY NEW YEAR :cuddle;
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« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2011, 09:50:07 AM »
Happy Birthday, Kitz!!!!!...

Please don't light all of the candles on your cake... The Fire Safety Officer wouldn't like it!... :rofl;

:bestwishes;

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« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2011, 10:00:17 AM »
Happy Birthday!   :yahoo;

    :bestwishes;    :birthday;
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« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2011, 10:24:50 AM »

Happy Birthday, Kitkatz

and good luck in 2011!

Best wishes from Kristina.
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« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2011, 11:37:40 AM »
Happy Birthday, kitkatz!  :birthday;
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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
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« Reply #14 on: January 01, 2011, 11:40:50 AM »
A happy, happy birthday to you!

 :flower; :flower; :flower; :flower; :flower; :flower;
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« Reply #15 on: January 01, 2011, 03:19:07 PM »
 :birthday; :bestwishes; :bestwishes; :bestwishes; :beer1; :beer1; :beer1;
Happy Birthday Miss Katz. 
See what happens when you alert the IHD troops? 
A festival of Kit lasting several days! 
 :beer1; :beer1; :beer1;
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1986: kidney failure at 19 years old, cause unknown
PD for a year, in-centre haemo for 4 years
Transplant 1 lasted 21 years (Lucy: 1991 - 2012), failed due to Transplant glomerulopathy
5 weeks Haemo 2012
Transplant 2 (Maggie) installed Feb 13, 2013, returned to work June 17, 2013 average crea was 130, now is 140.
Infections in June / July, hospital 1-4 Aug for infections.

Over the years:  skin cancer; thyroidectomy, pneumonia; CMV; BK; 14 surgeries
Generally glossy and happy.

2009 - 2013 PhD research student : How people make sense of renal failure in online discussion boards
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« Reply #16 on: January 01, 2011, 03:26:36 PM »
Happy Birthday!!!  :birthday; :bestwishes; :flower;  Hope you had a wonderful day!!
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« Reply #17 on: January 01, 2011, 03:39:11 PM »
Silly me, I posted in the Birthday Thread yesterday.  I totally missed this one.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
48...So young! I turn 48 in March.
I'll be sure to mind my elders.  :rofl;
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« Reply #18 on: January 01, 2011, 04:02:10 PM »
 :birthday; :birthday; :birthday; :birthday; :birthday; :birthday;    :-* :-* :-*
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« Reply #19 on: January 02, 2011, 04:39:58 AM »
 :flower;  All the best Birthday wishes to you Kitkatz and many many more.   :bestwishes; :birthday; :bestwishes;
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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 #20 on: January 02, 2011, 05:34:30 AM »
Happy (belated) Birthday, Kitz!

 ;D
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« Reply #21 on: January 02, 2011, 06:54:29 AM »
 :birthday;  :bestwishes;  KitKatz and a Happy New Year.






Edited: Fixed smiley error - paris, moderator
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As I was coming out the Nephrologist office, I thought the sky was falling.
Knew I was going on dialysis since November 1999.
Had a fistula put in January 2000.
Been on 4-1/2 hour dialysis since August 28, 2001. (They took out 35Kg that single week)

Maria hasbeen on hemodualysis since January, 2005
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« Reply #22 on: January 02, 2011, 07:44:50 PM »
Oh Kit...belated Happy Birthday wishes from me.   :grouphug;
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« Reply #23 on: January 06, 2011, 09:20:20 AM »
Happy Happy
Joy Joy

I hope you had a GREAT day!!!!   :bestwishes;
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