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« on: December 23, 2008, 06:17:27 AM »
Hi All.
  What a wonderful site you have here, I am honored to be among you!  My name is Vicki, I graduated to 50 yrs old last week....hate to use the term "turned" sounds a lot like spoiled milk!  I have a wacky sense of humor and love to learn and share information.  I hope to be able to offer as much support as I gain from the group.
  On to the details ( as well as I can remember them).  I had my right kidney removed at the ripe old age of 4 (1963), my left kidney had lower function, but my parents were assured at the time that I could live a normal life with the one. I suffered what was diagnosed at the time as AKF at 17, medications and lifestyle changes reversed the failure, but things got worse as time went on.  Fast forward to 2006...my neph first talked to me about kidney failure and the possibility that I would need a transplant.  For the next year they poked, prodded, tested and took more bodily fluids from me than I thought I had.  I was listed for transplant July 2007.  I at first was scared, sad and feeling very mortal for the first time in my life. Dialysis was creeping up on me and the thought of HD was the worst.  Sept 2008 my neph and I had the fistula discussion and with all my research I had decided to go with PD to try to retain some sort of normal daily routine.  We set up an appointment to begin training and get the port for November 2008.
  I am normally not lucky, but this this time a higher power looked down on me.  October 24th, 2008 before the sun came up I got the call and received a new kidney that day.  I'm still new to this..so all I can really say is that it was a 3/6 match and I am eternally grateful to the donor and their family.  I suffered antibody rejection on day three after surgery and underwent 12 sessions of plasmapheresis, doses of steroids that made me resemble a jack o lantern.  BUT a happy, smiling, jack o lantern.
  I just got my BEST blood test results yesterday....creatine of 1.5!!  I've been doing the happy dance ever since they told me!
  Sorry to ramble.  Bless you all.  Just reading these posts has taught me more than any other site I have visited.
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Right nephrectomy 1963
Diagnosed ESRD 2007
"Listed" summer 2007
Transplant 3/6 match  10/24/08
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« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2008, 06:30:46 AM »
:welcomesign; Wenchie58. You'll fit in just fine here.  :cuddle; There is so much information on here but even more support. Congratulations on your transplant  :bow; Check out all the topics and please post often.  :grouphug;
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« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2008, 06:32:22 AM »
 :waving; Wenchie
Well you got that kidney at the last minute huh  :clap;..
Glad you were able to bypass Dialysis, and i hope the new kidney will stay good and healthy forEVER.
Nice to have you here.

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« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2008, 07:10:03 AM »
 :welcomesign;  Glad you found IHD and also very happy to hear about your transplant.  Post often and share your experiences so we can learn from them too.
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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
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(2 1/2 hours X 5 weekly)
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Second trx doing great so far...all lab values in normal ranges
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« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2008, 07:41:04 AM »
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« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2008, 08:57:37 AM »
Welcome, Vicki.  I absolutely loved your quote.  I had never heard it before and it's just great.  Hope everyone else read it.  Please come back and post often.
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« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2008, 09:12:19 AM »
Welcome, from another Vicki :flower; :flower;
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« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2008, 09:22:04 AM »
It's great that you joined and I hope that you will post often.
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« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2008, 01:48:17 PM »
Welcome Vicki, We are so glad you found us. Congrats on the transplant. I look forward to you posting a lot. See you around the site

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« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2008, 02:26:03 PM »
 :waving;    :welcomesign;
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1993 diagnosed with glomerulonephritis.
Oct 41, 2007 - Got fistula placed.
Feb 13, 2008 - Activated on "the list".
Nov 5, 2008 - Received living donor transplant from my sister-in-law, Etta.
Nov 5, 2011 - THREE YEARS POST TRANSPLANT!  :D
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« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2008, 02:38:05 PM »
G'day and  :welcomesign;
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« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2008, 02:56:30 PM »
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« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2008, 04:51:40 PM »
Welcome to our community, Vicki!!!  So glad that we found you!!  And Peleroja, thanks for making me go back and read that excellent quote.  Vicki, you are definitely an IHD person.  You will have lots of fun with the crazy people in this site.  Luckily, I am one of the few sane ones!  Seriously, this is an excellent place for information, support and crazy fun.  We are more than a website - we are genuinely family! :grouphug;  So let us hear more from you - keep reading and keep posting.


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I LOVE  my IHD family! :grouphug;
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« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2008, 08:25:34 PM »
Thanks all for the great welcome...soon you will all be telling me to shut up!  :)
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Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning Satan shudders and says "Oh s**t, she's awake!"

Right nephrectomy 1963
Diagnosed ESRD 2007
"Listed" summer 2007
Transplant 3/6 match  10/24/08
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« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2008, 08:41:41 PM »
 :welcomesign; wenchie!
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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 #15 on: December 27, 2008, 10:45:34 PM »
Quote from: Wenchie58 on December 23, 2008, 06:17:27 AM
Hi All.
  I have a wacky sense of humor and love to learn and share information. 


Hi Vicki,
Ohhh you'll fit right in with the wacky sense of humor then. You haven't seen what we have done or the stares we have caused during get together meetings  :rofl;  Never plan a meeting near a mental institution. :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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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

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« Reply #16 on: December 28, 2008, 12:30:48 AM »
Welcome Wenchie, good to have you aboard.
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« Reply #17 on: December 28, 2008, 11:17:06 AM »
 :welcomesign;
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Discovered Bladder defect 1995
Bladder Surgery 1995
Retinal Hemorrhage 2005
Eye surgery 2005
ESRD February 2008
Perm-Cath installed March 2008
In-center Hemo March 2008
PD Cath installed July 2008
CA PD June 2008
CC PD November 2008
Fistula placed Sept 2009
Training for Home Dialysis on the NxStage System One January 2010
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« Reply #18 on: December 29, 2008, 11:39:23 AM »
It was great to talk to you the other night in chat. Welcome to the boards. Your transplant experience can be a real help to people here.

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« Reply #19 on: December 29, 2008, 09:47:01 PM »
 :welcomesign; Vicki
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« Reply #20 on: December 30, 2008, 09:10:31 AM »
Well, you certainly fit right into this group!   We are very glad you joined this incredible family of misfits --- oops, I mean educated, caring people!  :rofl;   We do have a lot of fun, but we also give each other unconditional love and support.  It is my safe place and I love being with others that truly understand my life as it is now.   I have already enjoyed reading your posts and I like you style and sense of humor!   Welcome  :cuddle;






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