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« on: September 30, 2008, 06:22:37 PM »
Hello all,

My name is George. This site is a great resource.

I will be having a pd catheter placement on thursday 10/2. I had a transplant back in Jan 2002, (living donor - sister). Things went well until spring 2003 when I had a nasty bout with cmv. For some reason, it took this hospital several weeks before they tested for the cmv. Sometimes I wonder if cmv didn't attack the kidney for such a long period of time untreated, whether my story would be different today.

It looked like cmv killed the kidney. I had to go back on hemo (in center). One day my neph. comes in and says, your labs are excellent. It turns out after a few months of hemo, the kidney started functioning again in August 2003. That was a blessing. There was some kidney function lost and some of the nerves were damaged. Noone really knew what would happen next. It is now almost 5 years later and I have come full circle. October 2, 2008 I will be having the pd catheter placement. In the midst of all that has been going on, I felt the worst ever when I had to tell my sister (donor) I was going back on dialysis. Now the great news.... were expecting a baby boy in December.  :bandance; I am very excited about this.   :bandance; Thanks for having me in the community.
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8/2000 - Diagnosed ESRD / Hemo begins with perm cath
1/2002 - Transplant No. 1
4/2006 - Transplant failed due to CMV virus/ Back to Hemo
11/2008 - Moved to PD Modality
9/2012 - Transplanted!
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« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2008, 06:43:52 PM »
Welcome George, We are glad you found us. Congrats on your baby. Hope you post often


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Started Hemodialysis 8/14/06
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« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2008, 07:18:14 PM »
 :welcomesign; George.  Congratulations on upcoming fatherhood and I hope you'll post some photos when he arrives.
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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 #3 on: September 30, 2008, 07:18:44 PM »
 :welcomesign;  George, We are very glad you joined us.  I am sorry about the kidney failing. But, I am excited about your sweet baby boy!  What an exciting Christmas you will have.  There is so much information here and also great support.  We really count on each other and share many joys and fears.  Good luck on the PD placement.  Let us know how everything goes.   :grouphug;







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« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2008, 09:21:33 PM »
A baby boy, how wonderful.
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« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2008, 12:47:26 AM »
Welcome George, good to have you aboard.
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« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2008, 03:50:55 AM »
:welcomesign; George. You have found a great group. Congratulations on the baby boy. Hope you post often.  :cuddle;
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« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2008, 04:38:51 AM »
 :welcomesign; to IHD.  A baby!  :clap;

did you have noticeable symptoms from the cmv infection?  this has been a recent topic of discussion for those post-transplant:

http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=8934.0

if you can share any insights in that thread it will be appreciated!
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« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2008, 05:19:34 AM »
 :welcomesign;
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« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2008, 04:22:59 AM »
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« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2008, 02:01:28 PM »
 :welcomesign; :yahoo; Babies are so great! Best Wishes!



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« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2008, 05:34:20 PM »
 :waving;  Sorry to hear you're "Going through the Big D and don't mean Dallas".    :guitar:     :welcomesign;
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1993 diagnosed with glomerulonephritis.
Oct 41, 2007 - Got fistula placed.
Feb 13, 2008 - Activated on "the list".
Nov 5, 2008 - Received living donor transplant from my sister-in-law, Etta.
Nov 5, 2011 - THREE YEARS POST TRANSPLANT!  :D
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« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2008, 02:08:31 AM »
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« Reply #13 on: October 15, 2008, 08:21:11 AM »
Welcome George and much joy with your expected arrival in December!
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« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2008, 11:23:58 AM »
Welcome to the community!
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Uninterrupted in-center (self-care) hemodialysis since 1982 -- 34 YEARS on March 3, 2016 !!
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No transplant.  Not yet, anyway.  Only decided to be listed on 11/9/06. Inactive at the moment.  ;)
I make films.

Just the facts: 70.0 kgs. (about 154 lbs.)
Treatment: Tue-Thur-Sat   5.5 hours, 2x/wk, 6 hours, 1x/wk
Dialysate flow (Qd)=600;  Blood pump speed(Qb)=315
Fresenius Optiflux-180 filter--without reuse
Fresenius 2008T dialysis machine
My KDOQI Nutrition (+/ -):  2,450 Calories, 84 grams Protein/day.

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« Reply #15 on: October 15, 2008, 03:04:52 PM »
 :beer1; :cheer:
G'day and   :welcomesign;
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« Reply #16 on: October 15, 2008, 06:00:31 PM »
 :welcomesign; George40.  Hope all goes well with your PD.  Look forward to your posts.
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2000-Diagnosed IGA Nephropathy
2002-1st biopsy (complications)
2004-2nd biopsy
10/03/07-Tenckhoff Catheter Placement
10/22/07-Started Peritoneal Dialysis
03/2008-Transplant team meeting
04/2008-Transplant workup
05/2008-Active Transplant list
3/20/09-Cadaver Kidney Transplant
4/07/09-Tenckhoff Catheter removed
4/20/09-New kidney biopsy
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« Reply #17 on: October 18, 2008, 08:12:31 AM »
A  belated welcome to our community.  I read your other posts as well.  I hope everything is going well for you. Continue to let us know how you are doing.  Remember, we are family now  :grouphug;  My caring thoughts and prayers are with you.
Looking forward to hearing from you. :flower;



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