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One positive thing about dialysis.....I don't have to use nasty public restrooms half the time when I go out.   |
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Transplant June 11, 1991 (1st time) my mom's kidney
Received my 2nd kidney transplant Oct. 19th 2010.
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David13
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« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2009, 06:03:04 AM » |
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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 #2 on: May 01, 2009, 12:51:43 PM » |
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I still have to visit public restrooms. I haven't stopped urinating, and I've been on dialysis 7 months.
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« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2009, 01:14:21 PM » |
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RightSide I would think it would be a good thing that you still pee
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Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theres is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land.
Blessed are they whohunger and thirst for righteousness, for theywill be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
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« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2009, 01:16:14 PM » |
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That's right!! And I don't have to get up in the middle of the night to pee!!
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« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2009, 01:54:55 PM » |
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I celebrate every trip to the bathroom as a blessing from God. After five months or more of dialysis it is happening more often.
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« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2009, 02:25:20 PM » |
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I thank God for every little drop of urine that comes out - and it gets less and less -  |
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« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2009, 02:28:08 PM » |
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loooool true hmm I got my own room to do my dialysis because I got hepatitis B. it sucks  because it's hard for me to interact with other young children oustide the ward. |
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« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2009, 02:15:24 AM » |
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Hehe after 5 years on dialysis ..i still go !!!
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OH NO!!! I have Furniture Disease as well ! My chest has dropped into my drawers !
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dwcrawford
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« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2009, 08:25:30 AM » |
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two weeks on d and I p less but often during the day. Don't get up at night anymore. That's good. Been years since I slept all the way through the night (insomnia plus bathroom ). Dialysis seems to have taken care of both.
I don't know how much I pee. I was told to drink 32 oz of fluid plus the amount I pee. I have no intenstion of cathing it in a cup and measuring it. I'll just guess.
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Come to think of it, nothing is funny anymore.
Nothing that I post here is intended for fact but rather for exploration into my personal thought processes. Any slight, use of words with multiple connotations or other percieved insults are totally unintended. I reserve my insults for private.
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RichardMEL
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« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2009, 08:42:49 AM » |
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Yes, I had the same issue with being up every two hours (without fail!) to pee prior to starting dialysis. After I started... full nights of sleep!! One of the few things to be thankful for!! LOL. Actually it is a godsend because that was driving me absolutely bonkers (and my cat was not too impressed either with the constant interuptions to her sleep pattern  ). nearly 3 years in and I still output a bit.. probably only 100ml a day. yeah 32 oz is around 1 litre a day - that's what I keep my intake to. I usually keep my fluid gain to just around 2kg between treatments which seems to work well for me. |
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 3/1993: Diagnosed with Kidney Failure (FSGS) 25/7/2006: Started hemo 3x/week 5 hour sessions 27/11/2010: Cadaveric kidney transplant from my wonderful donor!!! "Danny" currently settling in and working better every day!!!  BE POSITIVE * BE INFORMED * BE PROACTIVE * BE IN CONTROL * LIVE LIFE! |
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dwcrawford
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« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2009, 08:48:16 AM » |
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Richard, its been a while since I saw you. How's things? Any new women in your life? Wish you were in Houston cause I'm trying to fix my D nurse Tan up with a man.
They are still working on my "dry weight". They said it takes at least ten times.
All the dietician said about my labs was "eat" more. I'm low in protein and phosperous. Everything else shows to be in rante. So I'm trying to eat. And drying to drink enough.
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Come to think of it, nothing is funny anymore.
Nothing that I post here is intended for fact but rather for exploration into my personal thought processes. Any slight, use of words with multiple connotations or other percieved insults are totally unintended. I reserve my insults for private.
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RichardMEL
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« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2009, 09:37:16 AM » |
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3/1993: Diagnosed with Kidney Failure (FSGS) 25/7/2006: Started hemo 3x/week 5 hour sessions 27/11/2010: Cadaveric kidney transplant from my wonderful donor!!! "Danny" currently settling in and working better every day!!! BE POSITIVE * BE INFORMED * BE PROACTIVE * BE IN CONTROL * LIVE LIFE!
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« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2009, 09:44:45 AM » |
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« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2009, 09:49:33 AM » |
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Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning Satan shudders and says "Oh s**t, she's awake!"
Right nephrectomy 1963
Diagnosed ESRD 2007
"Listed" summer 2007
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RichardMEL
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« Reply #15 on: May 02, 2009, 09:54:39 AM » |
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LL LOL LOL LOL oh Paris well since AB never made it here I had to find my own entertainment.. you know how it is... but you ladies know I love you all!! (yes wenchie dear, that absolutely includes you!!!)  |
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3/1993: Diagnosed with Kidney Failure (FSGS) 25/7/2006: Started hemo 3x/week 5 hour sessions 27/11/2010: Cadaveric kidney transplant from my wonderful donor!!! "Danny" currently settling in and working better every day!!! BE POSITIVE * BE INFORMED * BE PROACTIVE * BE IN CONTROL * LIVE LIFE!
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« Reply #16 on: May 02, 2009, 10:54:37 AM » |
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Is she cute RM? Will we like her? Where'd ya meet her? Would she like us? Does she know how cool and caring you are? Do you want us to tell her? Does she live nearby? Oh sorry...I've been trying so hard to mind my own business but just got carried away with excitement for you. Way to go RM. Chat away young man.  |
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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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dwcrawford
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« Reply #17 on: May 02, 2009, 11:19:42 AM » |
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Richard, a new lady? a Chef? Wow.
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Come to think of it, nothing is funny anymore.
Nothing that I post here is intended for fact but rather for exploration into my personal thought processes. Any slight, use of words with multiple connotations or other percieved insults are totally unintended. I reserve my insults for private.
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Krisna
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« Reply #18 on: May 02, 2009, 05:25:01 PM » |
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I still pee abt a cup a day. I've been on dialysis since September 6, 2002. It's always in the morning.
A plus for me abt dialysis: I can drive to Montana without stopping at the rest stops!
Another good thing is that is such a thing as dialysis. My great great grandmother died of kidney failure!
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Nov. 1979 - Diagnosed with glomerulonephritis of unknown origin by Dr. Robert
Hickman
Dec. 1979 - Diagnosed with Viral Pneumonia
Late Dec. 1979 - Emergency surgery to place a Scribner Shunt in left arm for dialysis
Jan. 1980 - Start hemodialysis until recovered from viral pneumonia
Feb. 27, 1980 - Receive 5 antigen living related transplant from father
Mar. 3, 1987 - PTH removed and part of one placed in left arm. Fistula also placed in right arm.
Sept. 1988 - Start hemodialysis
Feb. 4, 1989 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Jan. 1994 - Return to hemodialysis
Oct. 18, 1996 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Nov. 22, 1996 - Emergency surgery to repair aneurysm to artery in kidney
Dec. 20, 1996 - Emergency surgery to repair aneurysm. Kidney removed due to infection which has spread down right leg to abt mid thigh.
Apr. 1997 - Arterial bypass surgery to restore arterial blood flow to right leg
July 29, 1998 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Sept. 6, 2002 - Return to hemodialysis
Dec. 7, 2002 Sm. intestine ruptures while home alone. Still conscious upon arrival at hospital.
Dec. 8. 2002 - Surgery to repair ruptured bowel. The prognosis is not good. Surgeon tells family to prepare for the worse. Spend a week in a coma and 3 months in hospital. Takes abt a year and a half to completely recover.
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« Reply #19 on: May 02, 2009, 08:06:01 PM » |
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I celebrate every trip to the bathroom as a blessing from God. After five months or more of dialysis it is happening more often.
Me too and I have been on dialysis over 2 years now!  |
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Diagnosed with ESRD-November 2006
I have had 2 fistuals-neither one worked
I have had 2 grafts the last one finally "took"
I had 3 different catheters from Nov. 06 - Dec. 08
Got on the transplant list - Halloween Day 2008
You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE SOOOOO TRUE!
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« Reply #20 on: May 02, 2009, 11:07:22 PM » |
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Well had to put my  in. Richie still goes just a wee bit (pardon the pun) in the morning usually. But our running joke for me (I always have to go, about every two hours like clock work.) so he always teases me whenever we are at a store or something and I say I have to go - 'what your kidney's working again?!' So now when were are out and about I just tell him "my kidney's are working I'll be right back." It's funny to see the looks on some peoples faces...  For having about 1% gfr Richies doctors are always amazed when we tell them that he still goes... about 1/3 cup or so every few days... Tiffany Jean |
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"Just think people have no problem having only one kidney, so we have to ask, why did God give us two kidneys? Perhaps it is so you would have an extra one to donate and save a life!" - Dr. Stuart Greenstein, Kidney Transplant Surgeon, Professor of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY Source of quote: www.ourjerusalem.com |
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« Reply #21 on: May 03, 2009, 07:05:37 AM » |
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On hemo I still pee quite a bit. On PD I was down to about a tablespoon a day. When someone in my renal support group asked me how I knew it was about a tablespoon, I said, "Well, when you're used to going tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, and all of a sudden you just go tink, somehow you know!" The whole room cracked up!
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« Reply #22 on: May 03, 2009, 10:26:56 AM » |
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I Pee for Europe. Won't let them take off any UF.
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« Reply #23 on: May 03, 2009, 11:44:01 AM » |
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One good thing about dialysis is that at 46, I'm the "hot young thing" at the dialysis center, hehehe
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You may worship me anytime you like... go ahead...bow down. Now! Ok, I'm hungry, go get the grapes. What? They're not chilled. You're useless! Ok...I'll forgive you...this time hehehe
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« Reply #24 on: May 03, 2009, 11:47:27 AM » |
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hehe.... at 68 I'm the only one in my bay who can sit up...
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