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« on: February 03, 2007, 04:29:13 PM »
I discovered this forum through a referral that came to my blog.  I saw my letter to the donor family posted, and thought I would join in on the fun.

I was diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease at age 20 in 1998.  I suffered kidney failure in 2005 due to complications and an infection in my left kidney.  I was in hemodialysis for about 18 months, and received a kidney from a cadaver donor on January 11, 2007. 

I am feeling much better now, and look forward to reading this board.
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The chronicles of a guy afflicted with polycystic kidney disease and how he deals with this disease, dialysis, and his new cadaver transplant.

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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2007, 04:30:15 PM »
Welcome to IHD Nathan,

I hope your kidney lasts a long time, we have had several members receive the gift of renewed life this year.

There are several stories within this site on that very subject you can find them in this section.

http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?board=27.0

It's great to have you here.



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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2007, 04:32:34 PM »
Oh my gosh, how wonderful.  I hope you stay with this site even though you have a transplant.  We have a transplant section for the lucky ones.  Please take a look at it and feel free to post your story.

Congratulations and welcome to our site.

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« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2007, 04:37:33 PM »
Hi Nathan, Welcome to Ihatedialysis.com.  I am so happy to hear you got your transplant and i look forward to hearing more from you.   Please feel free to read into the posts and dont hesitate to add any questions, comments and/or concerns of your own.  Glad you are with us and hope to hear more from you soon  :2thumbsup;


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« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2007, 05:19:12 PM »
Hi, nathan, Welcome  :welcomesign;

I'm just curious where you live that your wait for a cadaveric kidney was so short. I'm in the northeast and the wait here is about 4 to 5 years. I'm on my seond round of dialysis after I lost my cadaveric transplant of 18 years.

So glad your feeling well.  May yours last even longer!
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« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2007, 05:32:46 PM »
I live just north of Dallas, TX.  The transplant hospital in Dallas is affiliated with a transplant hospital in Fort Worth.  The two cities are in different transplant regions, so I sent in one application with both boxes checked on it.  The Fort Worth area has a much smaller population, so I suppose most people move up on the list fairly quickly.  I was on the transplant list for about twelve months, total.  My blood type is A Positive.  I don't know if that helped, or not.
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« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2007, 06:19:15 PM »
hi Nathan
Welcome to the IHD family.
I read some of your blog.  Very interesting.
How wonderful you were able to get a transplant.  Hope it lasts for years and years.
Look forward to hearing about your progress.
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« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2007, 06:40:01 PM »
Hi Nathan, Nice to meet you!  I also had PKD , and had a transplant last year.

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« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2007, 07:11:20 PM »
Welcome Nathan!  :welcomesign; :2thumbsup;


You should post your experience with the transplant in the transplant thread for the many who haven't ever had one yet! ;)  :2thumbsup; :clap;
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« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2007, 07:22:46 PM »
 :waving; Hi Nathan,
I am glad you came here after I found your sample Letter to Donor Family on your blog. It's a very good
letter and I think it's wonderful to have an idea of what to write. My daughter Jenna wants to compose a
personal letter to her living donor (a woman we met in Sept. on the internet) so she will be able to
see what a difference her gift has made in Jenna's life. Surgery was 2 1/2 weeks ago!
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« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2007, 08:23:28 PM »
:welcomesign; Nathan! Glad that your transplant was a success!! Good to have you here!
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« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2007, 09:26:33 PM »
 :welcomesign; Nathan, nice picture of you and Jenny!  Glad you are doing so well and I was impressed with your letter also.
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« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2007, 10:17:32 PM »
 :waving; Welcome Nathan
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« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2007, 10:29:40 PM »
 :welcomesign; Congrats on your transplant!
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« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2007, 10:54:52 AM »
 :welcomesign; Hope your transplant works well.
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« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2007, 01:25:28 PM »
Hi Nathan

I read your blog , what a great way to keep track of what is happening to you.

:welcomesign;

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« Reply #16 on: February 04, 2007, 01:46:09 PM »
Great to have you aboard.  I look forward to hearing your words of advise in the future. :-X
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« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2007, 03:07:54 PM »
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« Reply #18 on: February 04, 2007, 03:09:43 PM »
Nice to meet you!  Glad to hear about your transplant. 2007 seems to be a good year.  :welcomesign;
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« Reply #19 on: February 05, 2007, 07:35:42 AM »
Welcome - it's good to have you here! :welcomesign;  And congrats on your transplant! :thumbup;
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« Reply #20 on: February 06, 2007, 04:31:35 PM »
Welcome to our community!   Sorry that my welcome is a little late, but I was in Puerto Rico from the 3rd and I had no access to the Internet for the entire weekend. :'(   We are so glad to have you here with us.  I am looking forward to your posting and letting us know what you went through and what you are going through. :grouphug;

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« Reply #21 on: February 07, 2007, 09:12:42 AM »
Glad you joined the community!
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« Reply #22 on: February 08, 2007, 07:30:38 PM »
Hi Nathan,

Welcome to IHD.

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