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Last year, on January 16, I started on my journey to get on the transplant list. The main thing they told me was, "if you're too fat and you're waiting for a cadaver kidney, you're gonna need to lose weight.) Wow, tough call since I was on PD at the time, and the dextrose in PD adds calories to your diet, lots of calories. So, I started jumping on my stationary bike, conveniently positioned in front of the tv. Every couple of hours I did another 10 minutes. Doesn't sound like much, you say? I gradually moved my daily biking upward from 20-30 minutes a day to 60-70-80. One particularly fine day I managed to actually bike 110 minutes! Even after getting out of the hospitals (yes, two) I got back on the bike the second day (ok, only 5 minutes and then 5 minutes several hours late). Now that I'm temporarily on hemo, it's been even easier to lose weight (13 pounds since the end of November).
So, as of yesterday morning, I am proud to announce that I have lost (drum roll, please) 50 pounds. Ta da!!! Not only have I reached the body mass index of 40 that UCLA wanted, I have surpassed it by more than 20 pounds, and I intend to keep going.
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« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2009, 07:57:38 AM » |
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 EXCELLENT JOB  I wanna lose weight to. But excersize looks like hard work  .. Ps. you gonna keep doing it? 
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Curiosity killed the cat
Satisfaction brought it back
Operation for PD placement 7-14-09
Training for cycler 7-28-09
Started home dialysis using Baxter homechoice
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« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2009, 08:06:43 AM » |
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Oh man - that's great! So proud of you! |
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« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2009, 08:19:42 AM » |
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Don't take your organs to heaven. Heaven knows we need them here.
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« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2009, 08:23:13 AM » |
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Congrats!!  Losing weight is HARD WORK so keep up the good work.. |
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« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2009, 08:24:00 AM » |
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Rob showing off his pot of gold!
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« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2009, 08:32:07 AM » |
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WAY TO GO!!!!! |
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Wife to Rob who is currently doing Nx Stage Home Hemo Dialysis.
11/17/09 After 4 years on dialysis, Rob received a kidney from our George. Kidney is working great! YEAH!!!!
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« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2009, 09:25:59 AM » |
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Good job!!!
You have every right to be so very proud of
yourself!
I find walking is a great way to firm up, and
can really burn calories.
Once you start, a little each day and add a
little bit more, you will be amazed at the results
the walking will do for you -
Once again - Congrats!
Anne
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« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2009, 10:00:03 AM » |
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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
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« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2009, 10:38:18 AM » |
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 Oh peleroja, good for you. You should be so proud of yourself. 
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"I know there's nothing to it, but I want to know what it is there's nothing to"
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« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2009, 10:39:02 AM » |
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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!  |
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« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2009, 10:51:09 AM » |
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 Way to go!
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Sunny
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« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2009, 11:50:14 AM » |
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Good going. It's not easy to lose wait, and you've managed to do it.Congratulations.
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Sunny, 49 year old female
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« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2009, 12:10:08 PM » |
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Way To Go!!!!!!!!!!! |
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« Reply #15 on: January 14, 2009, 01:39:14 PM » |
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As for me, I'll borrow this thought: "Having never experienced kidney disease, I had no idea how crucial kidney function is to the rest of the body." - KD
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« Reply #16 on: January 14, 2009, 01:42:31 PM » |
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Way to go |
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"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
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« Reply #18 on: January 14, 2009, 02:39:38 PM » |
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Great job Pereroja!! Now that I'm back on PD with my new tube, it's time for you to join me....until your transplant , of course. Way to go!!!
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« Reply #19 on: January 14, 2009, 03:00:57 PM » |
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Congratulations That is awesome. So happy for you. So that means you can get your transplant now. WOW. Best wishes with that. Normie |
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Normie
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« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2009, 03:09:44 PM » |
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PKD
June 2005 Commenced PD Dialysis
July 13th 2009 Cadaveric 5/6 Antigen Match Transplant from my Special Angel
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« Reply #21 on: January 14, 2009, 03:13:22 PM » |
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Way to go!  |
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“The first human being who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization” - Sigmund Freud
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« Reply #22 on: January 14, 2009, 03:27:28 PM » |
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« Reply #23 on: January 14, 2009, 03:40:45 PM » |
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That is fantastic. Good for you.
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Lost vision due to retinopathy 12/2005, 30 Laser Surg 2006
ESRD diagnosed 12/2006
03/2007 Fantastic Eye Surgeon in ND got my sight back and implanted lenses in both eyes, great distance & low reading.
Gortex 4/07. Started dialysis in ND 5/4/2007
Gortex clotted off Thanksgiving Week of 2007, was unclotted and promptly clotted off 1/2 hour later so Permacath Rt chest.
3/2008 move to NC to be close to children.
2 Step fistula, 05/08-elevated 06/08, using mid August.
Aug 5, 08, trained NxStage and Home on 9/3/2008.
Fistulagram 09/2008. In hospital 10/30/08, Bowel Obstruction.
Back to RAI-Latrobe In Center. No home hemo at this time.
GOD IS GOOD
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monrein
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« Reply #24 on: January 14, 2009, 03:49:10 PM » |
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That is a wonderful accomplishment. Congratulations and keep up the good work, it'll serve you well post-transplant too.
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Pyelonephritis (began at 8 mos old)
Home haemo 1980-1985 (self-cannulated with 15 gauge sharps)
Cadaveric transplant 1985
New upper-arm fistula April 2008
Uldall-Cook catheter inserted May 2008
Haemo-dialysis, self care unit June 2008
(2 1/2 hours X 5 weekly)
Self-cannulated, 15 gauge blunts, buttonholes.
Living donor transplant (sister-in law Kathy) Feb. 2009
First failed kidney transplant removed Apr. 2009
Second trx doing great so far...all lab values in normal ranges
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