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« on: December 19, 2010, 05:56:53 PM »
I can't remember how I found this site, but fortunately I remembered the name. I started dialysis two years ago (2 years as of yesterday). I became an active member on the transplant list around March of this year. I think this site is a fantastic idea and I plan to spend a lot of time here. I go to a dialysis unit at the UCSD Hospital in Hillcrest (San Diego). I believe UCSD is the only hospital in the San Diego area that has a unit. I think there are ten or twelve units in the immediate San Diego area. I am very pleased with the staff there and I would highly recommend this facility to a new patient. My treatments are pretty average; I go on tues-thur-sat in the afternoon and the actual treatment length (time on the machine) is 3 1/2 hours. The "doctor" (usually the same person) sees his patients every thursday.
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« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2010, 06:25:14 PM »
Hi sbrown2459 and glad you joined.   :welcomesign;  It sounds like you have a wonderful unit to take care of you until you get your transplant. 
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« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2010, 03:55:09 AM »
G'day sbrown2459 and  :welcomesign;.
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« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2010, 11:20:49 AM »
Hi!  I have relatives in the SD area; it's a nice part of the world.  Welcome to IHD!
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"Eggs are so inadequate, don't you think?  I mean, they ought to be able to become anything, but instead you always get a chicken.  Or a duck.  Or whatever they're programmed to be.  You never get anything interesting, like regret, or the middle of last week."
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« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2010, 08:23:23 PM »
Hi Sbrown, and welcome to IHD.  I'm so glad you remembered our name.  People think we are negative but only I am.  Everyone else is positive.  So if you don't have anything nice to say sit by me.   >:D 

San Diego is such a nice sunny place.  I may even like dialysis there. 

Glad you joined.

Rerun, Moderator       :welcomesign;
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« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2010, 09:34:59 PM »
Welcome and nice to meet you.
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« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2010, 04:45:17 AM »
Welcome SBrown glad you remembered this forum. Sounds like a great unit. Lucky if I see my neph every 2 months!
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« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2010, 12:23:23 AM »
   :welcomesign;  to IHD, glad you remembered us.
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« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2010, 06:36:34 AM »
Hi, sbrown and  :welcomesign;!
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August 1980: Diagnosed with Familial Juvenile Hyperurecemic Nephropathy (FJHN)
8.22.10:   Began dialysis through central venous catheter
8.25.10:   AV fistula created
9.28.10:   Began training for Home Nocturnal Hemodialysis on a Fresenius Baby K
10.21.10: Began creating buttonholes with 15ga needles
11.13.10: Our first nocturnal home treatment!

Good health is just the slowest possible rate at which you can die.

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The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.
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« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2010, 05:35:12 PM »
hello and welcome!
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Born with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
1995 - AV Fistula placed
Dec 7, 1999 cadaver transplant saved me from childhood dialysis!
10 transplant years = spleenectomy, gall bladder removed, liver biopsy, bone marrow aspiration.
July 27, 2010 Started dialysis for the first time ever.
June 21, 2011 2nd kidney nonrelated living donor
September 2013 Liver Cancer tumor.
October 2013 Ablation of liver tumor.
Now scans every 3 months to watch for new tumors.
Now Status 7 on the wait list for a liver.
How about another decade of solid health?
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« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2010, 05:41:19 PM »
Welcome!  I've visited San Diego one time and it was beautiful!  Loved the zoo!  So glad you remember the name of our site.  It's a great place to spend your free time.   :waving;  Oh, and congratulations on getting on "the list"!  I hope that call comes for you very soon.
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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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