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« Reply #50 on: August 24, 2009, 07:11:58 PM »
 :cuddle; Oh Vandie, we are all praying and thinking good thoughts for a speedy recovery.  :cuddle;
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« Reply #51 on: August 24, 2009, 07:26:27 PM »
 :grouphug; :grouphug;
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« Reply #52 on: August 24, 2009, 10:17:59 PM »
 :grouphug; :grouphug; :grouphug; :grouphug;

Thinking of you Vandie xox
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« Reply #53 on: August 24, 2009, 10:57:48 PM »
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« Reply #54 on: August 26, 2009, 08:03:26 PM »
thinking of you :cuddle;
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« Reply #55 on: August 27, 2009, 05:32:40 AM »
Sending hugs Vandie.   :cuddle; :grouphug; :cuddle;
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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 #56 on: August 27, 2009, 10:12:32 AM »
Caring thoughts and prayers are with you all the way. :cuddle;
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
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« Reply #57 on: September 07, 2009, 04:48:37 PM »
Hello my friends,
Time flies when you sleep all day.  I am healing more every day.  Still hard to lift with my left arm, but slow and steady . . . .and patient wins the race.   The surgeon put the expanders into place at the time of mastectomy.  I should be ready for the exchange early next year.  It's a little more time than I anticipated, but not a huge deal.  Hopefully one or two more fills and I will be done with that and then it's just wait.   I can wait.   This is nothing compared to CKD.  I love you all, and I cannot thank you enough for the words of encouragement and support.
xoxo
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« Reply #58 on: September 07, 2009, 06:03:10 PM »
Good to see you posting, Vandie.  Keep resting and recovering.  It is a long process, but you know there will be an end to it.  You are a strong women and I admire you for handling everything with such grace.   :cuddle;
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« Reply #59 on: September 07, 2009, 07:05:17 PM »
Slow and steady gets the job done! Take care.

 :flower; :flower;

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« Reply #60 on: September 07, 2009, 08:05:24 PM »
vandie,
I am so happy you're healing.
take care dear friend!
 :-* :-* :-*
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
Was on in-center hemodialysis 2003-2007.
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She did PD Sept. 2013 - July 2017
Found a swap living donor using social media, friends, family.
New kidney in a paired donation swap July 26, 2017.
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« Reply #61 on: September 08, 2009, 04:14:13 PM »
Life has sure gob smacked you!

I hope you feel better soon.

Prayers going your way!
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Take it one day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.

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« Reply #62 on: September 09, 2009, 04:47:34 PM »
Vandie - I think of you daily and keep you in my prayers. Lots of love to you as you heal!
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Diagnosed with FSGS in1990.
Started hemodialysis in April 2006.
Received a new kidney from my sister on Dec. 5, 2006.
Transplant rejection in March, 2009
Approved for second transplant in May 2009
Sister-in-law approved as donor in Dec 2009
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« Reply #63 on: September 09, 2009, 10:25:21 PM »
Another hurdle. . . .I saw my surgeon today to get the pathology results.   The margins are not clean around the tissue they took during the mastectomy.  They need a clean margin of at least 1 mm -- the more the better.   We got less than 1 mm.   I will have another surgery as soon as we can get the auth from my medical group.   
Again, just a pain in the neck for my girls and me.  It will be an outpatient procedure, only my left breast and only a day or two off work.  Nothing like the mastectomy and expander placement. 

GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS DONE!!  Pretty please.

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« Reply #64 on: September 09, 2009, 11:55:25 PM »
 :pray; thinking of you - what a brave lady you are  :cuddle;
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« Reply #65 on: September 10, 2009, 10:02:57 AM »

Awww man.This must be so tough for your and your family.
Sending you love vandie girl.  :-*
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
Was on in-center hemodialysis 2003-2007.
7 yr transplant lost due to rejection.
She did PD Sept. 2013 - July 2017
Found a swap living donor using social media, friends, family.
New kidney in a paired donation swap July 26, 2017.
Her story ---> https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor
Please watch her video: http://youtu.be/D9ZuVJ_s80Y
Living Donors Rock! http://www.livingdonorsonline.org -
News video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-7KvgQDWpU
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« Reply #66 on: September 10, 2009, 10:06:54 AM »
Vandie,  I want to just sit here and cry for you.  Some days you are afraid to ask "what more can a person go through?". 

Just to make you laugh --- think of the memorial service for Susie and how the women kept saying " jeeeezuuussss"   That day was so very special. Spending that time with you and Okarol was priceless.  We cried a lot, but we also laughed. 

I keep you and your girls in my prayers.  You are teaching them that they will beable to handle anything they encounter in life.  One step at a time, and we are all walking right beside you.  Love you,   :cuddle;
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« Reply #67 on: September 10, 2009, 10:41:23 AM »
Oh Paris - you made me laugh recalling Susie's memorial - she was on doubt there cracking up along with us.
I know it will make vandie smile too. thanks.  ;D
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
Was on in-center hemodialysis 2003-2007.
7 yr transplant lost due to rejection.
She did PD Sept. 2013 - July 2017
Found a swap living donor using social media, friends, family.
New kidney in a paired donation swap July 26, 2017.
Her story ---> https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor
Please watch her video: http://youtu.be/D9ZuVJ_s80Y
Living Donors Rock! http://www.livingdonorsonline.org -
News video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-7KvgQDWpU
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« Reply #68 on: September 10, 2009, 02:33:05 PM »
Okarol, it is truly one of my best memories.   Our hearts were so sad, but it was a wonderful experience.   :cuddle;
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« Reply #69 on: September 10, 2009, 06:17:44 PM »
Vans I don't know what else to say other then "Love you Girlfriend" xoxoxo. ps my bubbies got "smooshed"  ;)
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« Reply #70 on: September 10, 2009, 06:23:13 PM »
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« Reply #71 on: September 10, 2009, 07:54:24 PM »
Susie is always laughing with us.  That was a special time for me too.  Being with girlfriends makes everything just a bit easier.

Thank you my friends.  Love you.
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