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« Reply #50 on: January 12, 2010, 10:23:37 AM »

Not all that good with math and my  excel is not on this computer, but I know of one special dude on dialysis about  25 years (and still kicking).  Oops, he just kicked me.   :beer1;

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« Reply #51 on: January 12, 2010, 10:45:42 AM »

Hallo, my Name is Thomas Lehn and I come from Ingelheim in the near of Frankfurt/Germany. I'm at dialysis since 1970. I was 14 years old when I come at dialysis. Now, I am Working the whole day (EDV Programmer)and since 1983 I make homedialysis with my wife in the evening or night for 5 until 7 hours three times in the week. My hobbies there are driving with my cabrio and I'm in leader by a dialysis association in Germany. Look my website (www.thomas-lehn.de)
Many greetings for you, Thomas Lehn
You can write me: Thomas.Lehn@onlinehome.de

 :welcomesign; Thomas. There a special sections for introductions you might wish to use also. Glad you found us.
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« Reply #52 on: January 15, 2010, 01:26:45 PM »

The longest dialysing woman in Holland is doing it for 43 years now. St Lucashospital in Amsterdam. I think I read that she doesn't want a transplant anymore now.....
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« Reply #53 on: February 15, 2010, 10:04:16 AM »

43 years?  I would love to blow by that record!!!!
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« Reply #54 on: February 15, 2010, 10:17:01 AM »

Hallo, my Name is Thomas Lehn and I come from Ingelheim in the near of Frankfurt/Germany. I'm at dialysis since 1970. I was 14 years old when I come at dialysis. Now, I am Working the whole day (EDV Programmer)and since 1983 I make homedialysis with my wife in the evening or night for 5 until 7 hours three times in the week. My hobbies there are driving with my cabrio and I'm in leader by a dialysis association in Germany. Look my website (www.thomas-lehn.de)
Many greetings for you, Thomas Lehn
You can write me: Thomas.Lehn@onlinehome.de

 :welcomesign; Thomas. There a special sections for introductions you might wish to use also. Glad you found us.

I looked at Thomas's page on the babelfish translator (German to English) and you can see that here http://66.163.168.225/babelfish/translate_url_content?.intl=us&lp=de_en&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thomas-lehn.de%2F He's celebrating 40 years!
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« Reply #55 on: February 15, 2010, 10:19:01 AM »


43 years?  I would love to blow by that record!!!!


Bub, sounds like a good record to break!
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« Reply #56 on: February 15, 2010, 04:40:22 PM »

This is encouraging as I just started doing PD 3 wks. ago.  On the transplant list but high antibodies so probably no transpant either.  I'm 65 so hoping for a good 10 yrs on PD. 
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« Reply #57 on: February 16, 2010, 11:32:20 AM »

This is encouraging as I just started doing PD 3 wks. ago.  On the transplant list but high antibodies so probably no transpant either.  I'm 65 so hoping for a good 10 yrs on PD.

    Hope you do more.  That sounds bad doesn't.  I hope ypu get the transplant and don't have to do more.
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« Reply #58 on: March 30, 2010, 01:09:37 PM »

Gus Castaneda has been on dialysis since 1978 - over 32 years [Mar. 2010]
http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=18394.0
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« Reply #59 on: May 19, 2010, 10:32:09 PM »

This guy falls into BOTH categories! Long living dialysis patient AND transplant patient!
Beginning at age 22, Dr. Robin Eady underwent dialysis treatment for 24 years, and he has lived with a kidney transplant for 23 years. [May 2010] http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=18959.0
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
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7 yr transplant lost due to rejection.
She did PD Sept. 2013 - July 2017
Found a swap living donor using social media, friends, family.
New kidney in a paired donation swap July 26, 2017.
Her story ---> https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor
Please watch her video: http://youtu.be/D9ZuVJ_s80Y
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« Reply #60 on: June 01, 2010, 03:30:02 PM »

 :waving; Our own Kevno has been on dialysis 22 years [2010] after 6 years with a transplant and 5 years of dialysis before that! http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=19101.0
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New kidney in a paired donation swap July 26, 2017.
Her story ---> https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor
Please watch her video: http://youtu.be/D9ZuVJ_s80Y
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« Reply #61 on: July 21, 2010, 01:07:38 AM »

Dialysis patient's 20-year anniversary a rare event.
Debra Reynolds, now 50, hit her 20-year mark a few weeks ago.
[July 2010]
http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=19579.0
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
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7 yr transplant lost due to rejection.
She did PD Sept. 2013 - July 2017
Found a swap living donor using social media, friends, family.
New kidney in a paired donation swap July 26, 2017.
Her story ---> https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor
Please watch her video: http://youtu.be/D9ZuVJ_s80Y
Living Donors Rock! http://www.livingdonorsonline.org -
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« Reply #62 on: July 21, 2010, 10:49:03 AM »

wow, I'm just a newbie....will be 13 yrs in August. Seems like forever, but, I still have 40 more years to go!
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« Reply #63 on: July 31, 2010, 07:49:59 PM »

A man who spent almost three decades on dialysis after suffering kidney failure is "ecstatic" after getting his long-awaited kidney transplant. [July 2010] http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=19699.0
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New kidney in a paired donation swap July 26, 2017.
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« Reply #64 on: November 26, 2010, 12:50:53 PM »

More than half of David Davis’s life has been spent on dialysis, and he's still active after 29 years of treatment.  http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=21086.0 [Nov. 2010]
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
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7 yr transplant lost due to rejection.
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Found a swap living donor using social media, friends, family.
New kidney in a paired donation swap July 26, 2017.
Her story ---> https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor
Please watch her video: http://youtu.be/D9ZuVJ_s80Y
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« Reply #65 on: December 08, 2010, 11:39:22 PM »

Ocala native Barbara Rivers celebrates surviving with dialysis: 28 years! http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=21209.0 [Dec 2010]
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
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7 yr transplant lost due to rejection.
She did PD Sept. 2013 - July 2017
Found a swap living donor using social media, friends, family.
New kidney in a paired donation swap July 26, 2017.
Her story ---> https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor
Please watch her video: http://youtu.be/D9ZuVJ_s80Y
Living Donors Rock! http://www.livingdonorsonline.org -
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« Reply #66 on: December 09, 2010, 05:15:55 AM »

Reading this gives me hope, as hubby starts in center D today.
He has been denied a transplant due to other health factors. :(
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« Reply #67 on: December 21, 2010, 08:00:10 PM »

Your hubby can come on over and sit in my corner.  No transplant, not eligible, and on dialysis for twelve years.
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« Reply #68 on: December 27, 2010, 04:06:05 PM »

Awwww...thanks Kit!

I just hope he holds out a year on this. He is not in a "good place" mentally now that he had to give in and start.
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« Reply #69 on: December 28, 2010, 07:39:20 AM »

I know a guy who's been on dialysis for most of his life.  They knew before he was born that he would have kidney issues.  He was on PD for the first year or so, but it didn't work for him, so then they put him on hemo.  He was still only a baby.  Someone actually had to sit in the chair and hold him during treatment.  I think he's about 30 now.
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« Reply #70 on: February 24, 2011, 03:33:07 PM »

Denny Burgess celebrates 25 years on dialysis [Feb 2011] http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=22109.0
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New kidney in a paired donation swap July 26, 2017.
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« Reply #71 on: March 11, 2011, 11:22:15 PM »

I know a guy who's been on dialysis for most of his life.  They knew before he was born that he would have kidney issues.  He was on PD for the first year or so, but it didn't work for him, so then they put him on hemo.  He was still only a baby.  Someone actually had to sit in the chair and hold him during treatment.  I think he's about 30 now.

I found this fella on Facebook recently.  I told him about this site, but I don't know if he's been here or not
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« Reply #72 on: June 16, 2011, 06:54:57 AM »

Hello...

I was looking around Yahoo yesterday about the length of time people have been on dialysis.  I decided to pop my Dad's name in and it led me to here.  You see...if you go back to the very beginning of this post, where the Administrator had listed the names of people and their length on dialysis, you will see Edward Strudwick at the very top.  He is my Dad.  He is nearing 40 years now of continuous dialysis.  He celebrated his 70th birthday last Fall.  While he has other health issues now, dialysis was never something that kept him down.  He married, worked rotating shifts at a steel factory, raised two daughters, owned and maintained a house, and worked hard every day until he retired.  Even then, he went to work for my cousin driving limos.  My Mom was trained to do the dialysis at home for the first 25 years.  Once Dad retired, he "retired" her and now goes to the hospital three times a week.  I never remember a time when there wasn't dialysis in our lives.  He learned to live with it, as did we.  It never kept him, or us as a family, from doing anything we wanted to do.  He followed doctor's orders and has lived a full and happy life.  Today, he enjoys watching his favorite team play baseball, doing his crossword puzzles, going online, and spending time with his four grandchildren.  He gets around on a scooter, as due to his other health issues, he can not safely walk around anymore.  He also enjoys riding around the neighborhood visiting with the neighbors.

Well...that's about it.  Just wanted to register and give you an update on Dad...have a great day!
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« Reply #73 on: June 16, 2011, 08:35:59 AM »

Hi JerseyGirl - thank you for taking the time to come on here and giving us the update on your Dad.  He truly is an inspiration as well as you and the family.  Renal failure does impact the entire family and yours is testament that it can be successfully integrated into day to day life.  Please mention this message board to your Dad.  I'd appreciate hearing firsthand of his experiences!  Best wishes - Pat

Hello...

I was looking around Yahoo yesterday about the length of time people have been on dialysis.  I decided to pop my Dad's name in and it led me to here.  You see...if you go back to the very beginning of this post, where the Administrator had listed the names of people and their length on dialysis, you will see Edward Strudwick at the very top.  He is my Dad.  He is nearing 40 years now of continuous dialysis.  He celebrated his 70th birthday last Fall.  While he has other health issues now, dialysis was never something that kept him down.  He married, worked rotating shifts at a steel factory, raised two daughters, owned and maintained a house, and worked hard every day until he retired.  Even then, he went to work for my cousin driving limos.  My Mom was trained to do the dialysis at home for the first 25 years.  Once Dad retired, he "retired" her and now goes to the hospital three times a week.  I never remember a time when there wasn't dialysis in our lives.  He learned to live with it, as did we.  It never kept him, or us as a family, from doing anything we wanted to do.  He followed doctor's orders and has lived a full and happy life.  Today, he enjoys watching his favorite team play baseball, doing his crossword puzzles, going online, and spending time with his four grandchildren.  He gets around on a scooter, as due to his other health issues, he can not safely walk around anymore.  He also enjoys riding around the neighborhood visiting with the neighbors.

Well...that's about it.  Just wanted to register and give you an update on Dad...have a great day!
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Sun-Tue-Thur - 6 hours per treatment
Dialysate flow (Qd) - 600 
Blood pump speed(Qb) - 315
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« Reply #74 on: June 16, 2011, 08:48:00 AM »

I don't believe Dr. Peter Lundin was mentioned on this thread.  For those of you not familiar with Dr. Lundin, he was the first person on dialysis to graduate from medical school and become not only a physician, but a nephrologist.  He was on dialysis (by choice) from 1966 to 1996 before receiving a transplant.  Although Dr. Lundin has not been with us for a decade now, his influence on patient advocacy and quality of care issues continue to this day.

A short history of Dr. Lundin:
http://www.aakp.org/aakp-library/celebration-of-life/index.cfm

A tribute to Dr. Lundin by George Harper:
http://www.aakp.org/aakp-library/Peter-Lundin/index.cfm



 
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Frank Moiger aka (previously) NoahVale and now PatDowns, the name originally chosen by a good dialysis mate who died in 12/2013.  I started in center hemodialysis as a 22 y.o. in 1978.  Cadaver transplant in 1990 and then back to in center hemodialysis in 2004 (nocturnal shift since 2011) after losing my transplant.  Former Associate  Director/Communications Director of the NKF of Georgia, President of the Atlanta Area AAKP Chapter, and consumer representative to ESRD Network 6.  Self-employed since 1993.

Dialysis prescription:
Sun-Tue-Thur - 6 hours per treatment
Dialysate flow (Qd) - 600 
Blood pump speed(Qb) - 315
Fresenius Optiflux200 NR filter - NO REUSE
Fresenius 2008 K2 dialysis machine
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