I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
November 25, 2024, 01:49:36 AM

Login with username, password and session length
Search:     Advanced search
532606 Posts in 33561 Topics by 12678 Members
Latest Member: astrobridge
* Home Help Search Login Register
+  I Hate Dialysis Message Board
|-+  Introduction
| |-+  Introduce Yourself
| | |-+  Hello From A New Member		 0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. « previous next »
Pages: [1] Go Down Print
Author Topic: Hello From A New Member  (Read 2493 times)
C904
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 46
« on: May 14, 2011, 05:20:41 PM »
Greetings from Florida.  I have been lurking for a little bit over the last few months and wow is there a ton of information on this site.  Doctors first noticed problems with my kidneys when I was five years old.  They believe as a infant I had a infection, possibly strep and it went unchecked for a long period of time and it severely damaged the kidneys.  I was pretty much fine for thirty years except for a little bit of blood in the urine and creatinine ran a little high.  Back in 2008 I had some standard blood tests for a doc and I was at about 25% function.  Lost most function over the next couple of years and I had to have a fistula done in December 2010 to prepare for dialysis when it healed.  Ten days after I had the fistula I get the call late at night that they have a kidney for me.  I had the kidney transplant from a cadaver in December 2010 and for the most part everything is going good.

I am fully aware that I was extremely lucky to have not had dialysis and to be on the list for such a short time.  I can't really stress enough how much valuable information is on this board and I am glad that I found it because it has helped me out a tremendous amount since i had the transplant.
Logged
HouseOfDialysis
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 347


Search me on Facebook ronaldhouse@gmail.com

WWW
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2011, 05:30:04 PM »
Good to hear!
Logged
Diagnosed with Alport Syndrome in 2004.
AV fistula surgery June 9th, 2010.
PD Catheter surgery February 7th, 2011.
Began CAPD on February 21st, 2011.
Began CCPD on April 29th, 2011.
On Transplant List since June 2010.
willowtreewren
Member for Life
******
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 6928


My two beautifull granddaughters

WWW
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2011, 07:23:08 PM »
Well, hello and so glad you decided to de-lurk!  :rofl;

I've heard of others who were on the wait list only for a short time.  :2thumbsup;

Congrats on that!

Chime in often.

Aleta
Logged
Wife to Carl, who has PKD.
Mother to Meagan, who has PKD.
Partner for NxStage HD August 2008 - February 2011.
Carl transplanted with cadaveric kidney, February 3, 2011. :)
lmunchkin
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 2471

"There Is No Place Like Home!"
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2011, 07:35:39 PM »
      :welcomesign;      C904. Sounds like you have gone through alot in your life! Glad to have you here on IHD. It is an awesome site, with really good advise, so I have found personally. Just ask away & you will get an answer!

Again, welcome aboard!


lmunchkin     :flower;
Logged
11/2004 Hubby diag. ESRD, Diabeties, Vascular Disease & High BP
12/2004 to 6/2009 Home PD
6/2009 Peritonitis , PD Cath removed
7/2009 Hemo Dialysis In-Center
2/2010 BKA rt leg & lt foot (all toes) amputated
6/2010 to present.  NxStage at home
Sax-O-Trix
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Posts: 391
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2011, 07:44:35 PM »
Good to see another transplant recipient :2thumbsup;  I agree, this site is awesome.  I have learned more here than any other source.  I had my transplant 6 weeks ago and am just so grateful that IHD has members who are willing to share their experiences.   :welcomesign;
Logged
Preemptive transplant recipient, living donor (brother)- March 2011
galvo
Member for Life
******
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 7252
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2011, 10:21:39 PM »
G'day C904 and  :welcomesign;.  :ausflag;.
Logged
Galvo
Poppylicious
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 3023


WWW
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2011, 02:21:30 AM »
 :welcomesign; C904! Congrats on being on The List such a short time!
Logged
- 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.
peleroja
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 1585


I have 16 hats, all the same style!
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2011, 08:48:59 AM »
Welcome to the group, C904.  I'm happy that you got a transplant so quickly, and glad you found us!
Logged
Rerun
Member for Life
******
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 12242


Going through life tied to a chair!
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2011, 11:01:12 AM »
Hello C904, and welcome to IHD.  I'm so glad you joined us.  How wonderful that you have your new kidney.  It was meant to be.  I hope it lasts a lifetime.

Come often there is always something new to read.

Rerun, Moderator          :welcomesign;
Logged
Pages: [1] Go Up Print 
« previous next »
 
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP SMF 2.0.17 | SMF © 2019, Simple Machines | Terms and Policies Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!