I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
October 06, 2024, 03:41:09 PM

Login with username, password and session length
Search:     Advanced search
532606 Posts in 33561 Topics by 12678 Members
Latest Member: astrobridge
* Home Help Search Login Register
+  I Hate Dialysis Message Board
|-+  Dialysis Discussion
| |-+  Dialysis: News Articles
| | |-+  Gift of Life
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. « previous next »
Pages: [1] Go Down Print
Author Topic: Gift of Life  (Read 1535 times)
Poppylicious
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 3023


WWW
« on: November 09, 2011, 09:08:47 AM »

This was a story from my local free paper today ... Two live donors from the one small town at the same hospital just a week apart?  Who would've thought it?!

 ;D

http://www.fenlandcitizen.co.uk/news/latest-news/gary_s_gift_of_life_1_3223616
Logged

- wife of kidney recepient (10/2011) -
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.
Cordelia
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 2012


« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2011, 09:32:00 AM »

Thanks for sharing, Oh, to have that feeling of being being cold constantly---- gone? I can hardly wait!!!
Logged

Diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease at age 19.
Renal Failure at age 38 (2010) came about 2 hrs close to dying. Central line put in an emergency.
Began dialysis on Aug 15, 2010.
Creatine @ time of dialysis: 27. I almost died.
History of High Blood Pressure
I have Neuropathy and Plantar Fasciitis in My Feet
AV Fistula created in Nov. 2011, still buzzing well!
Transplanted in April, 2013. My husband and I participated in the Living Donor paired exchange program. I nicknamed my kidney "April"
Married 18 yrs,  Mom to 3 kids to twin daughters (One that has PKD)  and a high-functioning Autistic son
Pages: [1] Go Up Print 
« previous next »
 

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP SMF 2.0.17 | SMF © 2019, Simple Machines | Terms and Policies Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!