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Sickness doesn't change who I am
« on: July 23, 2011, 04:54:29 PM »
First, I want to say this is a great place for information. My name is Dionne, from SC. I have been on peritoneal dialysis since 10/10. It hasn't been easy especially as a single parent of 3 kids under 10. I hate being on the machine all night, especially when school is in and I need to be off by a certain time, which means I have to be on by a certain time at night. It feels like being locked up every night. But,...I'm still-a-diva and I wont let this dialysis get me down.
I look forward to the future and the future posts.
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Congestive heart failure 2006
PD cath placed 9/10
Started PD 10/10
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My two beautifull granddaughters

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« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2011, 05:14:47 PM »
HI, Dionne!  :waving;

Welcome to IHD!

Yes this is a good place for support AND information.

I love your Diva attitude.  :2thumbsup;

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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. :)
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« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2011, 09:22:43 PM »
 :welcomesign;
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« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2011, 09:47:19 PM »
Welcome, welcome, welcome!!!
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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 #4 on: July 24, 2011, 04:10:45 AM »
 :welcomesign; to IHD.
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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 #5 on: July 24, 2011, 09:12:53 AM »
welcome to your second family! :flower;
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« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2011, 10:47:40 AM »
 :welcomesign; Dionne!

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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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"There Is No Place Like Home!"
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2011, 04:19:18 PM »
Hello & Welcome Dionne! You have come to the right place for sure!  Wow, PD and 3 youngun's all under the age of 10?  You really got your hands full, but hey, You are getting it done, right?  I know it has been hard for you but you should be very proud that you CAN & ARE doing what you need to do!  So many wouldnt bother with it, but pulled up your Big Girl Britches and are doing it.

There are others on this site who are single parents and doing their own D. too.  Im sure they could help you out alot with what they have gone through!

Again welcome & you are amoung friends here!

lmunchkin     :flower;
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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
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