I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
November 24, 2024, 09:24:54 AM

Login with username, password and session length
Search:     Advanced search
532606 Posts in 33561 Topics by 12678 Members
Latest Member: astrobridge
* Home Help Search Login Register
+  I Hate Dialysis Message Board
|-+  Introduction
| |-+  Introduce Yourself
| | |-+  Greetings		 0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic. « previous next »
Pages: [1] Go Down Print
Author Topic: Greetings  (Read 4640 times)
thegrammalady
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 3788
« on: February 06, 2007, 03:56:54 PM »
My name is Susan, also known as the Gramma Lady. I am 55 years old and have been on hemodialysis for one year. If it wasn't for my daughter, I'd be living under a bridge! My kidneys failed because of uncontrolled high blood pressure. (so I was stupid, we won't go there)

I've been told that I "make mountains into mole hills" but I see no purpose gained by fussing and fuming about something that can't be changed. In reading some of the posts I consider myself very fortunate, I haven't had anywhere near the problems that some people have had. But then I haven't really been doing this very long. I'm also not very good ant talking about myself or sharing difficulties. So we'll see what happens.

s
Logged
s
......................................................................................
If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself.

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning how to dance in the rain.

Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

Meddle Not In The Affairs Of Dragons
For You Are Crunchy And Taste Good With Ketchup
boxman55
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 3635
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2007, 04:05:49 PM »
welcome thegrandma. I am 51 and been on hemo since aug '06 this site is the perfect place to rant like hell so have at it it feels good when you do. Boxman55
Logged

"Be the change you wished to be"
Started Hemodialysis 8/14/06
Lost lower right leg 5/16/08 due to Diabetes
Sister was denied donation to me for medical reasons 1/2008
Sluff
Member for Life
******
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 43869
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2007, 04:20:16 PM »
Welcome Susan,

Thanks for taking an interest in IHD. I think a lot of our health problems can be related to lifestyle and others are just victim of circumstance, but like you it doesn't pay to lay blame once it is done. Live for today and the future not the past.

It's great to have you here, I will be looking forward to reading your posts.



Sluff, Moderator
Logged
anja
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 708
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2007, 04:43:54 PM »
 :welcomesign;  Susan, glad you joined the community!
Logged
Bajanne
Member for Life
******
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 5337


Goofynina and Epoman - Gone But Not Forgotten

WWW
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2007, 04:49:57 PM »
Welcome to our community!  We are sisters - I am 57, been on dialysis just over a year, my kidney failure is due to poor handling of hypertension and diabetes.  I am so grateful for this website.  It helped me through the traumatic first days of diagnosis with kidney failure and when I had my first dialysis, it was as if they were there with me.  I went with a list of things they told me on this website, which prepared me for it all.
Take advantage of all this site has to offer.  And please keep posting.  Let us know what is going on with you.   Do you have in-center dialysis?  How often and how long?
Logged
"To be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own ...but that which is based on faith"



I LOVE  my IHD family! :grouphug;
Rerun
Member for Life
******
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 12242


Going through life tied to a chair!
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2007, 05:25:16 PM »
Hey Susan!  Thank you for joining this site.  It is a good place to learn and laugh.  So, you must have grandchildren??  Please tell us where you are from.

Again, thank you for joining our site and I'm looking forward to your posts.

Rerun / Moderator
Logged
thegrammalady
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 3788
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2007, 07:04:38 PM »
Quote from: Rerun on February 06, 2007, 05:25:16 PM
Hey Susan!  Thank you for joining this site.  It is a good place to learn and laugh.  So, you must have grandchildren??  Please tell us where you are from.

Again, thank you for joining our site and I'm looking forward to your posts.

Rerun / Moderator



grandchildren, yes, 3 1/2  :clap; think pink, it's either that or a baseball team. i'm lucky all of them are here in colorado
Logged
s
......................................................................................
If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself.

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning how to dance in the rain.

Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

Meddle Not In The Affairs Of Dragons
For You Are Crunchy And Taste Good With Ketchup
angieskidney
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 3472
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2007, 07:34:16 PM »
Hi and Welcome Susan! That is my mom's name ;) (If you are the type that using a graphical signature in emails I got tons for you lol  :2thumbsup;)

So you lost your kidneys due to uncontrolled blood pressure? My fiance was asking about how high blood pressure causes kidneys to fail but I didn't know how to explain it well enough. Maybe you could ;) lol

I am sorry you had to start dialysis but I am glad you are here! I have been on Hemo since mid 2005 myself but I was on Peritoneal Dialysis before this since 2001. A lot here have been on dialysis for 13 - 20 years so they can give you plenty of advice!  :welcomesign;
Logged
FREE Donor List for all Kidney Patients!

diagnosed ESRD 1982
PD 2/90 - 4/90, 5/02 - 6/05
Transplant 4/11/90
Hemo 7/05-present (Inclinic Fres. 2008k 3x/wk MWF)
thegrammalady
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 3788
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2007, 08:00:36 PM »
Quote from: angieskidney on February 06, 2007, 07:34:16 PM
Hi and Welcome Susan! That is my mom's name ;) (If you are the type that using a graphical signature in emails I got tons for you lol  :2thumbsup;)

So you lost your kidneys due to uncontrolled blood pressure? My fiance was asking about how high blood pressure causes kidneys to fail but I didn't know how to explain it well enough. Maybe you could ;) lol

I am sorry you had to start dialysis but I am glad you are here! I have been on Hemo since mid 2005 myself but I was on Peritoneal Dialysis before this since 2001. A lot here have been on dialysis for 13 - 20 years so they can give you plenty of advice!  :welcomesign;

sorry, i don't know why hi blood pressure over an extended period of time damages the kidneys.
Logged
s
......................................................................................
If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself.

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning how to dance in the rain.

Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

Meddle Not In The Affairs Of Dragons
For You Are Crunchy And Taste Good With Ketchup
Rerun
Member for Life
******
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 12242


Going through life tied to a chair!
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2007, 08:27:51 PM »
This is just for an introduction.  Please ask questions in the General Discussion (Angie!)

Thank you~

Rerun / Moderator
Logged
Joe Paul
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 4841
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2007, 08:33:29 PM »
Welcome Susan, good to have you aboard.
Logged
"The history of discovery is completed by those who don't follow rules"
Angels are with us, but don't take GOD for granted
Transplant Jan. 8, 2010
goofynina
Member for Life
******
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 6429


He is the love of my life......
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2007, 09:15:38 PM »
Hi Susan,  Welcome to ihatedialysis.com ;)  Please feel free to ask any questions and/or post any comments or concerns of your own.  You are still fairly new to this "journey" and i am sure there are things that will come up that you might not know about.  If you are having trouble finding what it is that you need, please do not hesitate to ask, any one of us will be more than happy to help you out  :2thumbsup; Looking forward to hearing more from you and would love to see pics of you and the Grandbabies ;) ;) You can post them here:  http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=1227.0


Goofynina/Admin.
Logged
....and i think to myself, what a wonderful world....

www.kidneyoogle.com
angieskidney
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 3472
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2007, 10:39:31 PM »
Quote from: Rerun on February 06, 2007, 08:27:51 PM
This is just for an introduction.  Please ask questions in the General Discussion (Angie!)

Thank you~

Rerun / Moderator
Ya, sorry, I just meant she could explain it (if she knew) in another thread. I should have said that since she is new (like GoofyNina did about pics). Sorry I mislead thegrammalady   :-[
Logged
FREE Donor List for all Kidney Patients!

diagnosed ESRD 1982
PD 2/90 - 4/90, 5/02 - 6/05
Transplant 4/11/90
Hemo 7/05-present (Inclinic Fres. 2008k 3x/wk MWF)
shay_pcb
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 375
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2007, 06:48:27 PM »
 :welcomesign; Gramma Lady! lol Good to have you at IHD!!
Logged
tamara
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 1524


WOO HOO NEW KIDNEY PEEING !!!(Transplant 23/10/07)
« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2007, 04:29:27 AM »
Hey Gramma Lady and  :welcomesign; , love you name !

Glad to see you here and have fun, like most of us do here.

Tamara xxx ooo  :cuddle; :beer1;
Logged
ABO Incompatible Transplant from my loving Partner 23/10/07
after over four years on the D Machine 

                                                                                                                  
Dialysis Sucks and Transplants Don't.................So Far Anyway !!!!!
nextnoel
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 552
« Reply #15 on: February 08, 2007, 06:02:12 AM »
Welcome to IHD, Susan! :welcomesign;
Logged
I can't reach the hill like I used to, but I'm not at a standstill yet!
Ken Shelmerdine
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 1646


Life's a bitch and then you go on dialysis!
« Reply #16 on: February 08, 2007, 07:43:02 AM »
 :welcomesign;
Logged
Ken
MooseMom
Member for Life
******
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 11325
« Reply #17 on: February 08, 2007, 09:11:27 AM »
Hi Grammalady,

Everyone has a different way of coping with chronic and stressful situations, and if yours is to "make mountains into mole hills", who is anyone to criticize you?  You are right in feeling that what cannot be changed must be dealt with, and that is exactly what you are doing.  More of us could probably learn a lot from you; I know I could!  If I could make this mountain into a mole hill, I'd be a very happy camper.  So, well done, you!
Logged
"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."
MJB
Jr. Member
**
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 69
« Reply #18 on: February 08, 2007, 07:26:12 PM »
Hi Grammalady,

Welcome to IHD.

Mike
Logged
Mike

1994-1998 CCPD
1998-2002 Transplant
2002-2004 In-Center Hemo
2004-2006 Transplant
April 2006 NxStage System One
September 2006 NxStage PureFlow
Pages: [1] Go Up Print 
« previous next »
 
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP SMF 2.0.17 | SMF © 2019, Simple Machines | Terms and Policies Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!