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Gandalf
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« on: December 07, 2010, 02:33:47 AM »
Greetings to everyone.
I am from South Africa, currently on In-centre Hemodialysis after a long and frustrating descent into Chronic renal failure.  I must confess right at the poutset that I am finding it a challenge to maintain my "Life Before Dialysis" at exactly the same intensity as before.  I have found this site to be a great help, not only in terms of factual information, bur perhaps more in terms of seeing that my experience is really not that unique, and that there are indeed many others who also collapse into bed at the weekend, only to emerge on Sunday afternoon!  Am greatly looking forward to further interaction with you all, and to learning and discovering as I go along.
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« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2010, 04:31:43 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 #2 on: December 07, 2010, 04:09:40 PM »
Hello Gandalf and welcome to IHD.  I'm glad you found us.  I hope you find some intresting tips here and a place where we understand what you are going through.

Rerun, Moderator            :welcomesign;
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« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2010, 04:20:05 PM »
G'day Gandalf and  :welcomesign;.
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« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2010, 04:23:19 PM »
 :welcomesign;
Lord of the Rings and Dilbert...I like you already!  :2thumbsup;
I am glad you found IHD. It really is a wonderful site.
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« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2010, 06:44:54 AM »
Hi Gandolf and welcome to IHD  :welcomesign;

Glad you joined us but sorry you had a reason to.  There are some wonderful people on here that will offer you friendship, support, a wealth of knowledge and a lot of fun.  I will look forward to seeing your posts.
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« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2010, 06:57:41 AM »
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« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2010, 11:13:24 AM »
Welcome to the site.  Look forward to getting to know you.
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« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2010, 11:30:45 AM »
Hiya!  Welcome to our community!  I'm really glad you found us.
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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 #9 on: December 11, 2010, 05:11:26 PM »
Hi, Gandalf and  :welcomesign;
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August 1980: Diagnosed with Familial Juvenile Hyperurecemic Nephropathy (FJHN)
8.22.10:   Began dialysis through central venous catheter
8.25.10:   AV fistula created
9.28.10:   Began training for Home Nocturnal Hemodialysis on a Fresenius Baby K
10.21.10: Began creating buttonholes with 15ga needles
11.13.10: Our first nocturnal home treatment!

Good health is just the slowest possible rate at which you can die.

The glass is neither half-full nor half-empty. The glass is just twice as large as it needs to be.

The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.
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« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2010, 12:35:40 AM »
Hello and Welcome!!!

Rerun what does that "bump" icon mean?

xo,
R
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Born with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
1995 - AV Fistula placed
Dec 7, 1999 cadaver transplant saved me from childhood dialysis!
10 transplant years = spleenectomy, gall bladder removed, liver biopsy, bone marrow aspiration.
July 27, 2010 Started dialysis for the first time ever.
June 21, 2011 2nd kidney nonrelated living donor
September 2013 Liver Cancer tumor.
October 2013 Ablation of liver tumor.
Now scans every 3 months to watch for new tumors.
Now Status 7 on the wait list for a liver.
How about another decade of solid health?
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« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2010, 09:41:16 PM »
Quote from: rsudock on December 12, 2010, 12:35:40 AM
Hello and Welcome!!!

Rerun what does that "bump" icon mean?

xo,
R

To bump a thread on an internet forum is to post a reply to it purely in order to raise the thread's profile. This will typically return it to the top of the list of active threads. It has been suggested that "bump" is an acronym of "bring up my post",[1] however this is almost certainly a backronym and the usage is entirely consistent with the verb "bump" which means "to knock to a new position".[2] It can also be used in personal messages (PMs) or instant messages (IMs) on the Web, to return an older message to the top of the list.
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« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2010, 04:33:22 PM »
Thank you YLGuy what a noob I am! geesh!

xo,
R
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Born with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
1995 - AV Fistula placed
Dec 7, 1999 cadaver transplant saved me from childhood dialysis!
10 transplant years = spleenectomy, gall bladder removed, liver biopsy, bone marrow aspiration.
July 27, 2010 Started dialysis for the first time ever.
June 21, 2011 2nd kidney nonrelated living donor
September 2013 Liver Cancer tumor.
October 2013 Ablation of liver tumor.
Now scans every 3 months to watch for new tumors.
Now Status 7 on the wait list for a liver.
How about another decade of solid health?
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« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2011, 01:08:50 AM »
Welcome fellow South African.  :welcomesign;
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Please note: I am no expert. Advise given is not medical advise but from my own experience or research. Or just a feeling...

South Africa
PKD
Jan 2010 Nephrectomy (left kidney)
Jan 2010 Fistula
Started April 2010 Hemo Dialysis(hate every second of it)
Nov 2012 Placed on disalibity (loving it)
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« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2011, 09:31:50 AM »
Welcome to the group.  Lots of good information and friends here.  Glad you joined!
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