My night to cry.....

[mamanan62]

I'm a single mom, of two, a boy married with 2 boys of his own, and 4 step children, and a daughter who has one son, and a soon to be step son.  I was married twice and had a significant other.  All were the same type.  They liked to hurt my body and soul.  So I decided I could do this life with me and my kids.  And life has been good.  Oh I've had my ups and downs, but like they say,  I would grab back my problems from the pile, in a heart beat.  My Medical problems started with high blood pressure and went to "pot in a handbag"!!  Heart problems, left ventricle thickening due to high b/p.  A-Fib,  mini strokes, asthma, sleep apnea, hypothyroidism, acid reflux, parathyroid disease, CKD leading to end stage kidney failure, and being on oxygen full time because I'm unable to keep my oxygen levels up.  These past 2 years that I have known about the CKD, I have spent trying to prolong the life of my kidneys.  and getting sicker by the day  until a year ago I gave up and moved in with my daughter in order to have some help with everyday things.  She now drives me to my treatments (40 mile one-way).   I thought I had a year at least before my kidneys would fail so I had my fistula put in, in May of 2009.  In November, 2009, I went to the emergency room with chest pains, vomiting, and so weak I could hardly move.  I was in kidney failure.   I was suppose to have almost a year, and overnight, they were gone.  they took me by ambulance 3 hour ride to a Colorado hospital where they put in a neck cath because my fistula was not mature enough yet.  and started me on hemodialysis.  And its been nothing, if not interesting from then on.  every D day is an adventure.  To be con't

[monrein]

You poor thing!  You really have been through an awful lot in so many ways.    to IHD and I hope that you'll find this site helpful and supportive.  There are certainly people here who can understand your struggles with D and although no one person will have had all your experiences there will usually be someone who has shared similar things.