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« Reply #25 on: March 19, 2008, 11:00:03 AM »
We all love you Kitkatz and are grateful for all your dedication, time and energy that you devote to making this our safe place to come to. :grouphug;
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« Reply #26 on: March 19, 2008, 11:09:19 AM »
Just read your intro Kit and I want to hug you for all the bad times you've been through  :big hug: Thanks for being here for us and for being you xx
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« Reply #27 on: March 19, 2008, 04:09:24 PM »
kitkatz, How in the world did I miss your introduction? Must of been on drugs or something. Very late but just as meaningful  :welcomesign;
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« Reply #28 on: June 21, 2008, 12:59:25 PM »
Today I am reading intros on and off.  I continue to be amazed by everything on this site, including you Kitkatz.  At some point I'll have to go back and do a better job on my intro as I really didn't tell anything about myself.  I know now that Epoman liked to have the basic information.  :)
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As for me, I'll borrow this thought: "Having never experienced kidney disease, I had no idea how crucial kidney function is to the rest of the body." - KD
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« Reply #29 on: June 21, 2008, 02:24:07 PM »
Very cool to bump this thread!  You know it does give the newbies... and not so newbie but newbier than you (  ;D ) a chance to welcome you all over again!   I love reading all your posts!  You crack me up!!!!   :clap;
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Born with one kidney 1972
Ureter re-constructured 1975 (reflux had already damaged the kidney)
Diagnosed and treated for high blood pressure 2000
Diagnosed ESRF October 2006
Started dialysis September 2007
Last dialysis June 4, 2008
Transplant from my hero, Joyce, June 5, 2008
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« Reply #30 on: June 21, 2008, 04:36:52 PM »
All right who bumped me up here??  :rofl; :rofl;   :bandance; :bandance;
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Ivanova: "Old Egyptian blessing: May God stand between you and harm in all the empty places you must walk." Babylon 5

Remember your present situation is not your final destination.

Take it one day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.

"If we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm gonna lose it. Lose it... It means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of ones faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal, wacko!" Jack O'Neill - SG-1
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« Reply #31 on: June 21, 2008, 07:47:38 PM »
I never read this before either Kitkatz, and I'm glad I now have.  I wet my bed till I was 12 due to a very small bladder and it was a bit tough at boarding school.  I also got my period at 9 so I was one mixed up puppy.  So I'd set off with my rubber sheet to protect the mattress and my huge boxes of Kotex pads which took up way too much space in my limited closet at school.  I got teased some but I'd just get in their faces and say ITS NOT MY FAULT so leave me alone or I'll fight you or you can be my friend, your choice.  I did well academically and that was my saving grace since I'd help people with their work so they stopped calling me a baby for the bed-wetting.

I love your attitude about not being crushed by what you went through because obviously you still had stuff to do here.  So true, and I'm so glad to have met you through IHD.  Stay cool Kitkatz. :cuddle;
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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 #32 on: July 20, 2008, 07:37:48 AM »
I am so rude
I never welcomed you to IHD  - small unimportant detail that you were a member before me-
what would it be without our Kitkatz
BORING
welcome and the next time you go on vacation
TAKE A COMPUTER
and you will never win at the world famous IHD post
keep trying
your efforts are endearing
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« Reply #33 on: July 23, 2009, 09:58:10 PM »
 :bump;    I am being bad and bumping my own thread!  I am sure an admin will  :Kit n Stik;    :rofl; :rofl;
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Ivanova: "Old Egyptian blessing: May God stand between you and harm in all the empty places you must walk." Babylon 5

Remember your present situation is not your final destination.

Take it one day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.

"If we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm gonna lose it. Lose it... It means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of ones faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal, wacko!" Jack O'Neill - SG-1
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« Reply #34 on: July 23, 2009, 10:07:04 PM »
Here is short update.

In November of 2009 I will have been on dialysis for 11 years
Nocturnal dialysis- in center MWF- eight hours at a shot
Health wise: I FEEL GOOD!
Transplant issues so no transplant.
My vacation this year: Milwaukee, WI for two weeks.
Married 24 years this November!
Hubby is doing well on his artificial leg.
I am working out three days a week in the pool at the local gym! Tonight 52 laps in the pool!
Oldest daughter will be 24 in September. Lives in San Jose. She is looking for work.
Youngest daughter is 22 and is in her last year of Biomedical Engineering classes at Milwaukee School of Engineering. (I raised a brilliant kid!)'
I have an eight year old dog- Missy and two elderly cats 11 and 16 years old- Aslan and Ming
I have been teaching for the last 21 years.  I kept teaching throughout all of my dialysis years!

I still HATE dialysis!
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Ivanova: "Old Egyptian blessing: May God stand between you and harm in all the empty places you must walk." Babylon 5

Remember your present situation is not your final destination.

Take it one day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.

"If we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm gonna lose it. Lose it... It means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of ones faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal, wacko!" Jack O'Neill - SG-1
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« Reply #35 on: July 27, 2009, 01:44:56 AM »
 :2thumbsup; You rock Kitkatz!
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
Was on in-center hemodialysis 2003-2007.
7 yr transplant lost due to rejection.
She did PD Sept. 2013 - July 2017
Found a swap living donor using social media, friends, family.
New kidney in a paired donation swap July 26, 2017.
Her story ---> https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor
Please watch her video: http://youtu.be/D9ZuVJ_s80Y
Living Donors Rock! http://www.livingdonorsonline.org -
News video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-7KvgQDWpU
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« Reply #36 on: July 27, 2009, 01:47:41 AM »


 :cheer:  You are an inspiration Kit       :cuddle;
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July 13th 2009 Cadaveric 5/6 Antigen Match Transplant from my Special Angel
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« Reply #37 on: July 27, 2009, 02:23:32 AM »
11 years - dialysis, raising kids, and teaching! You are an inspiration!  :bow;   :clap;
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« Reply #38 on: August 02, 2009, 08:35:21 AM »
Just great reading all this again.  I am so glad that you are part of our IHD family.  :grouphug;
I love you dearly.  I still have the image of you flying downstairs in your nightgear to confront the hotel receptionist for charging me when you had already paid for my room in Las Vegas!!
My lovely Kitkatz with the big stick!!!
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I LOVE  my IHD family! :grouphug;
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« Reply #39 on: October 12, 2012, 01:35:57 AM »
 :bump; :bump; :bump;
Time for an update eh Kit?
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Admin for IHateDialysis 2008 - 2014, retired.
Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
Was on in-center hemodialysis 2003-2007.
7 yr transplant lost due to rejection.
She did PD Sept. 2013 - July 2017
Found a swap living donor using social media, friends, family.
New kidney in a paired donation swap July 26, 2017.
Her story ---> https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor
Please watch her video: http://youtu.be/D9ZuVJ_s80Y
Living Donors Rock! http://www.livingdonorsonline.org -
News video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-7KvgQDWpU
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« Reply #40 on: October 12, 2012, 11:19:37 AM »
It was a really pleasure getting to meet you in Vegas this year and  thanks to Okarol giving you a  :bump; (at least that is what I hope that is) lol
I got to read more about you. You have over come quite a bit and are a inspiration.

What i really enjoy after meeting you is you still  really have a great sense of humor to life and I wish i got to talk with you more there.
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1981-1995: Perfectly fine
1996: November, started feeling sick
1997: April, creatine at 17 and began dialysis    
1997: May Place on PD
2006: Had to replace PD tube
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« Reply #41 on: October 13, 2012, 01:02:20 AM »
I too, am glad this thread was bumped up. A little more insight to such a great person.
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« Reply #42 on: October 13, 2012, 05:52:15 PM »
I got to sit with kitkatz and deniferters mom who talked shop (both teachers). Seemed like I mrt kitkatz before, but probably due to reading many threads and chats ;D
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Diabetes -  age 7

Neuropathy in legs age 10

Eye impairments and blindness in one eye began in 95, major one during visit to the Indy 500 race of that year
   -glaucoma and surgery for that
     -cataract surgery twice on same eye (2000 - 2002). another one growing in good eye
     - vitrectomy in good eye post tx November 2003, totally blind for 4 months due to complications with meds and infection

Diagnosed with ESRD June 29, 1999
1st Dialysis - July 4, 1999
Last Dialysis - December 2, 2000

Kidney and Pancreas Transplant - December 3, 2000

Cataract Surgery on good eye - June 24, 2009
Knee Surgery 2010
2011/2012 in process of getting a guide dog
Guide Dog Training begins July 2, 2012 in NY
Guide Dog by end of July 2012
Next eye surgery late 2012 or 2013 if I feel like it
Home with Guide dog - July 27, 2012
Knee Surgery #2 - Oct 15, 2012
Eye Surgery - Nov 2012
Lifes Adventures -  Priceless

No two day's are the same, are they?
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