The story of my non ABO compatible transplant (Long)

[dmahlalek]

I have been asked by one of the administrators to post my story.....it is very long and complex  If you are interested, here is the link

http://dansnewkidney.blogspot.com/

The transplant has now failed and I am back on dialysis.  I hope this infor can help someone.

[okarol]

Hi Dan,
Thank you for sharing your blog. It's an amazing story. I am so sorry the kidney failed.
The one thing that comes through is the obvious love and devotion you have from your wife and children. That is a gift like nothing else in the world!
Your comment back in Aug. 2006 during a plasmapheresis treatment says it all "I realized that the tragedy of illness was not in being sick; the true tragedy would be in having no one who cared and loved you."
Best of luck to you!
Karol   

[kelliOR]

Thanks Dan for sharing a part of your life with us!  Indeed, you are blessed with wonderful people in your life.

Hugs, Kelli

[Yonanamama]

And people have the NERVE to ask me why I made the decision to donate.
 
Makes me want to scream, "EDUCATE YOURSELVES PEOPLE!"   

Although, I'm embarrassed to admit that before I learned about this awful disease, I thought that dialysis patients just sat in a chair for a few hours a week, reading a magazine while a machine removed the toxins from their bodies.  Don't ask me how I imagined the machines did THAT!  I never allowed myself to think that far.  Now I know why. 

Dan, I read EVERY word of your blog.  You are one SUPERHUMAN being.  I have no doubt that if I had been faced with 1/10th of what you've been through, I would have been a hysterical, screaming, self-absorbed BITCH!   

My thoughts are with you, your wife and family and your wonderful friends that have been by your side.  Thanks for sharing your story. 

Debbie (Yonanamama)

[Sluff]

  I wasn't able to read it in it's entirety yet, but it is an incredible log of events.