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« on: September 25, 2012, 05:41:43 PM »
Hey y'all!  My name is Ricki, and I've been doing PD for a little over a year now.  I found I HATE DIALYSIS last week when I was trying to find out as much as I could on Extraneal.    Being from the South, I didn;t think I did anything quickly, but turns out my body just loves sucking up dialysis fluid, specially on the days that I exercise.  So in order for me to lose the weight that I have gained in the last year, tomorrow night will start a new chapter in my dealing with dialysis....I am going to start extraneal.  And hopefully it will do the trick, I can't go on the transplant list until it comes back off!
Anyhow, I took early retirement in June as I could not work any longer...standing on my legs for 8 hours a day got to be too much.  But I am too young to actually get my retirement pay, so I applied for SSD...was told that it should be approved quickly as I was already on dialysis and getting Medicare, but still am in a holding pattern.
I am trying to still be "productive"...LOL!  I am addicted to Facebook (CW anyone?), still cook & bake, trying out/inventing new recipes is a stress reliever for me, and I read constantly!  Thought I would garden this year, but my deer friends thought otherwise....but they are very healthy and well fed! 
I couldn't get through this "journey" without my dh Doug.  I am blessed, my daughter is married to a nephrologist, so if I have problems/doubts I have  a "in-house"specialist to call on.  And she is a pharmacist, so any questions I have on meds are answered pretty quickly!  I have 4 lovely grandbabies, and lots of cats, plus a beagle/basset mix rescure pup named Clunker, so other than being tired and without energy most of the time, my life is full!
There...probably much more than you wanted to know..I've lost this message twice, so am trying to be quick before I lose it again!
Blessings,
Ricki
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Me & my precious Miracle !!!
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2012, 05:58:25 PM »
Hello & Welcome Ricki  :waving;

Hopefully you will find everyone here very helpful to learn along the way! I know I wish I would have found this site years ago.
Good Luck & God Bless!
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~ Hello All, My names Marna ~

- 1995 - 12 yrs old found out my kidneys were both failing
- 1996 - Dec. 3 I received my 1st kidney transplant at age 13, after 7/mths on the waiting list
- 2005 - In Aug. transplant failed after 9.5 years, had to have a nephrectomy due to being very ill & massive hypertension
           - End of Aug. 1st time on dialysis
- 2006 - Had my fistula placed & ready to go
- 2010 - My little Miracle was born 6/mths into the pregnancy, weighing 2.4 lbs & 13.25 in long
          - Found out my PRA is 100% & I have antibodies that CAN'T be decreased
- 2013 - Oct. 2nd  *** I finally received my kidney!!! ***
          - Dec. 3rd I had 3.5 parathyroids removed, due to them interfering w/my new kidney.
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« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2012, 09:49:08 PM »
Welcome Ricki from another southern girl! :)
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Leanne

I am more than a patient.  I am a mama, friend, wife, sister, and most of all a person.

41 years old, hemo since November 2011, trained for PD and tried numerous times.  PD did not work for me , it was a nightmare :(
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Why do bad things always happen to good people?
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2012, 03:55:48 AM »
 :welcomesign; Ricki
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"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."
   -Walter Bagehot
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December 2003 diagnosed with IgA Nephropathy 80% Function.
October 2004 started In-Center Hemo Dialysis Perma-Cath 5% Function.
September 2005 Living Related Donor (Mother) Transplant.
March 2009 Diagnosed CKD and IgA Nephropathy.
August 2009 Upper Left Arm Fistula.
November 2009 started In-Center Hemo Dialysis.
December 2010 started Home Hemo Dialysis.
January 2012 went back to In-Center Hemo Dialysis.
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« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2012, 08:29:54 AM »
Thanks for the warm welcome, y'all!  Pleased to meet all of you!

Ricki
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« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2012, 09:04:32 AM »
Hi Ricki, and welcome to our world!

Nice to have a nephrologist in the family...
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us and fam easter 2013
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2012, 12:30:47 PM »
welcome Ricki  :welcomesign;   so nice to see you have 'help" right in your family :)  share all you like, and ask all ya like.  Lots of real life experience here ;)   :waving;
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im a california wife and cargiver to my hubby
He started dialysis April 09
We thank God for every day we are blessed to have together.
november 2010, patiently (ha!) waiting our turn for NxStage training
January 14,2011 home with NxStage
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« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2012, 12:33:20 PM »
 :yahoo;
nice to meet you.  :welcomesign;
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After a hard fight to not start I started dialysis 9/13
started on PD
hoping for home hemo starting to build a fistula 1/14
cause PKD diagnosed age 14

Wife to Ed (who started dialysis 1/12 and got his kidney 10/13)
Mother to Gehlan 18, Alison 16, Jonathan 12, and Evalynn 7. All still at home.
www.donate2benefit.webs.com
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« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2012, 02:50:41 PM »
 :welcomesign; Ricki!
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- 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.
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« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2012, 07:30:16 PM »
Welcome!
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« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2012, 10:52:55 AM »
Thanks again for the welcomes!  Yes, it is nice to have medical help in the family...I try not to bug them too much, though.  My standing joke is I might get on their nerves, But their kids do love Grandma, so they need to put up with me.  LOL! :thx;
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« Reply #11 on: October 01, 2012, 07:59:36 PM »
Welcome Ricki!  Im from Tennessee and I quess you could say that Im a southerner!  Sounds like you have an optomistic attitude.  I think it great!

Again welcome & God Bless,
lmunchkin :kickstart;
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11/2004 Hubby diag. ESRD, Diabeties, Vascular Disease & High BP
12/2004 to 6/2009 Home PD
6/2009 Peritonitis , PD Cath removed
7/2009 Hemo Dialysis In-Center
2/2010 BKA rt leg & lt foot (all toes) amputated
6/2010 to present.  NxStage at home
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« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2012, 04:56:16 PM »
Thanks lmunchkin....Yes, I would certainly say you are from the south!  I've always tried to be a positive person....was hard to do when I was first diagnosed, but I have gotten over that most of the time!  Still get depressed now and again, but I think that's normal.

Ricki
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