I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
April 24, 2024, 06:46:10 PM

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
|-+  Off-Topic
| |-+  Other Severe Medical Conditions
| | |-+  Peripartum Cardiiomyopathy
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. « previous next »
Pages: [1] Go Down Print
Author Topic: Peripartum Cardiiomyopathy  (Read 6694 times)
Fatkidney
Jr. Member
**
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 85


« on: January 07, 2013, 10:57:47 PM »

My little sister, she's 35, I'm 37, has just been diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy.  She delivered my baby nephew two weeks ago, and she started having shortness of breath. By the time she go to the ER her heart function was 30%.  Turns out this illness is one of those rare things, sorta like kidney failure at 35, aren't we a lucky bunch? It's related to pregnancy but also her hypertension, which is related to her PKD.  So my question, because the docs in the rural area where we're from don't see much of it, is has anyone on here had it or known someone who has and what was the treatment/outcome?

Thanks!
Logged

June 2004 diagnosed with PKD
April 2012 Listed for transplant
November 2012 3rd and finally successful fistula placement, left basilic vein. Yay, it worked!
GFR down to 10.
Deceased donor transplant August 24, 2013.  Perfect match. So far so good!
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!