I am a bit nervous as I haven't seen since March when the whole kidney failure diagnosis happened. I am not looking forward to this at all. I don't like the new nurse and I don't like my doctor....inspires a lot of confidence there huh? I am also still quite tired from the trip although I had an awesome time. I guess I am just tired. Everything is so up in the air right now. I will let everyone know how it went.
Cora
Welcome One and All!
I started this blog to chronicle the my life as a renal patient. I started having issues back in 1983. I had an infection that hadn't been treated as an infection; it had been treated as pulled muscle as I had been working as a nanny at the time. Life went on and then I dealt with a series of infections of infections which resulted in 4 minor surgeries from 1985 to 87. Than I had 3 kids; dealing with minor infections along the way. This culminated in discovering in 1998 that I was in what the call Chronic Renal Failure, my right kidney was imploding, the left was starting to go as well.
I finally had the right kidney removed in 1999, which resulted in complications. I almost didn't make it. When I moved back to Edmonton from BC, I started seeing a nephorogist, Dr. Caldwell, from the U of A. In 2007 I had 75% renal function, fast-forward to today I have 13% and it is getting worse.
I decided I needed a place to share what I am going through for a variety of reasons:
1) to get out of my head and work through the anxiety and fear that I am feeling.
2) that somehow my ramblings can be of help to others.
3) most of all to share my journey with others and to help me share with my own family.
I finally had the right kidney removed in 1999, which resulted in complications. I almost didn't make it. When I moved back to Edmonton from BC, I started seeing a nephorogist, Dr. Caldwell, from the U of A. In 2007 I had 75% renal function, fast-forward to today I have 13% and it is getting worse.
I decided I needed a place to share what I am going through for a variety of reasons:
1) to get out of my head and work through the anxiety and fear that I am feeling.
2) that somehow my ramblings can be of help to others.
3) most of all to share my journey with others and to help me share with my own family.
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