Why are you on dialysis?...in short?

[jedimaster]

I'm sure this question is in all introductions...I get quite often the question: What did YOU do to get into dialysis?....My answer changes depending on my humor and who asks the question, but in short is "A doctor was treating my Chron's and overdose me with ASACOL"....so in my head it is "doctor's incompetence"...what's yours in short?

[Epoman]

p*ckED UP PARENTS! Bottomline.

They were to busy killing each other to notice I was not a normal teenager.

[Stacy Without An E]

I have a wonderfully annoying kidney disease called, "Progressive Glomurulonephritis."  This is associated with an inflammation of the internal kidney structures (glomeruli).

Some individuals with this disease which is mild and can be alleviated in an effort to kick start the kidneys back to functioning.

Unforunately, mine led to ESRD.

Stacy Without An E

[Rerun]

Screwing around as a teenager (18) and getting bladder infections.  This is God's way of punishing me for "sex before marriage".  I haven't told too many people that before, so NOW I'm going to have to kill you! 

 

[jbeany]

Juvenile diabetes for 23 years.

Like epoman, my parents didn't help the situation much either.  They couldn't handle setting limits for my diet, so they left that up to me.  And what 13 year old is going to set her own limits?  Ahh, well, hindsight is 20/20. . . .

[kitkatz]

I had reflux disease from two to ten years old, then nothing until the kidneys just went into ESRD all by themselves eight years ago.

[meadowlandsnj]

Allergic reaction to Vancomyacin, the antibiotic.  I had such a bad reaction to it it gave me vasculitis and aplastic anemia. 

[kitkatz]

I had a big reaction in the emergency one night when they gave me Vancomycin. They gave it to me too fast.  They called it Red Man Syndrome.   Awful feeling. I tired to get up out of bed while feeling dizzy and out of breath. They whopped me full of Benadryl and told me to chill out. I finally listened to someone who said to lie down why was I trying to get up when I felt like fainting.  I was in a panic.

[meadowlandsnj]

I had a big reaction in the emergency one night when they gave me Vancomycin. They gave it to me too fast.  They called it Red Man Syndrome.   Awful feeling. I tired to get up out of bed while feeling dizzy and out of breath. They whopped me full of Benadryl and told me to chill out. I finally listened to someone who said to lie down why was I trying to get up when I felt like fainting.  I was in a panic.

That Vacno is some strong stuff.  They called the redness I had Red Neck syndrome.  I was talking to one of the nurses one day and telling her about it and she told me Vanco was very toxic to the kidneys.  They're supposed to take levels of it in bloodwork whenever you receive it, it has something called troughs?? (sp)  And you're supposed to get it wih a slow drip, not fast. 

[Jill D.]

Discovered I was spilling protein when I was pregnant. Diagnosed with FSGS - my form is called idiopathic, meaning "no known cause". So literally God only knows why this happened. 

[Sara]

Joe's is probably due to uncontrolled diabetes.   

[goofynina]

Well, i knew i had diabetes and high blood pressure but always felt "fine" never went to the Dr. cuz I HATE THEM!!!  anywaaaaays,  i always say,   denial led me to dialysis 

[Amanda From OZ]

I have a family history with medullary Cystic Disease............... Just bad genes i guess 

[AlasdairUK]

My kidneys where too small and one day they decided the workload was too much and went on strike.

Allergic reaction to Vancomyacin, the antibiotic. I had such a bad reaction to it it gave me vasculitis and aplastic anemia.

I'm also allergic to vancomycin, but every doctor always assumes that it was just given to me too quickly and I had the normal reaction. They try give it to me and I have to refuse point blank and not let them administer it. I used want to be a good patient , but now I realize being a good patient does not always mean you get good care.

[kevno]

Reflux from birth not found out until 6 years old. To late by then

[ahamner]

My kidneys failed from Polycystic Kidney Disease which is a function of genetics.  If one of your parents has it then you have a 50% chance of also having it.  My father had it and two of three of his children also have it. One of two of my children also has it.

[Bette]

My kidneys failed in 1987 due to FSGS - also no known cause.  I was 19 at the time. 


My parents were health food nuts, all organic foods, vegetarian, the whole deal.  My nephrologist thought that my diet kept my kidney functioning much longer than they normally would have had I been eating a regular diet.

[Zach]

I was tired of peeing, so I yanked them out.

[Epoman]

I was tired of peeing, so I yanked them out.

  

[Zach]

 
Back at ya Epoman!

[Fox_nc]

Reflux not found until age 5 ....

[Ginger]

Polycystic Kidney Disease

[paris]

Just like Jill D, idiopathic FSGS.  Cannot find any real cause.

[angieskidney]

Just like Fox, Reflux not found until age 9

[angela515]

Lupus, (SLE) and I like to add-in the fact that i was denied chemo to possibly reverse my kidneys due to no insurance, I blame the goverment!!

Angela