kptx
Christine,
I’ve been on the kptx support site for awhile now and they all are
encouraging me to go through with it and not wait for the doctors to suggest
it. There’s no telling how long the wait would be anyway. At 10-15% function
is when dialysis starts. I do not want to go on dialysis if I can help it.
So beginning these proceedings now may avoid that altogether.
I briefly mentioned it to the neph the other day on the phone when he
called me about an antibiotic for that bladder infection. He said he didn’t
see anything in my history to prevent me from a tx. It’s scary, the fear of
the unknown, but the others who have had it done say they have a whole new
lease on life. Of course, it would be a different set of circumstances but I
would be without insulin injection/infusion after 49+ years!!! I will still
celebrate my 50th anniversary as planned. It is a celebration of life - not
of diabetes!
Jan
April 30th, 2005 at 3:26 pm
In a message dated 12/08/99 12:25:52 AM Eastern Standard Time,
jhughey@… writes:
<< I briefly mentioned it to the neph the other day on the phone when he
called me about an antibiotic for that bladder infection. He said he didn’t
see anything in my history to prevent me from a tx. It’s scary, the fear of
the unknown, but the others who have had it done say they have a whole new
lease on life. Of course, it would be a different set of circumstances but I
would be without insulin injection/infusion after 49+ years!!! I will still
celebrate my 50th anniversary as planned. It is a celebration of life - not
of diabetes!
Jan
I say GO FOR IT!!!!! I bet you can’t even imagine what it would be like not
needing insulin after all these years! You are so right about the
celebration of life!
Christine
April 30th, 2005 at 11:59 pm
Interesting info about a tx: they don’t remove the *native* kidneys or
pancreas unless they are diseased and causing problems, etc. They just stick
the new ones in.
As far as not imagining what it would be like not needing insulin after
49+ yrs, the sad thing is, it wouldn’t make my back problems go away or my
head quit hurting. It would clean out the toxins in my body that make me
feel ill and tired. 100 years from now it won’t make any difference anyway.
Jan
May 1st, 2005 at 4:04 am
In a message dated 12/08/99 6:49:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
jhughey@… writes:
<<
Interesting info about a tx: they don’t remove the *native* kidneys or
pancreas unless they are diseased and causing problems, etc. They just stick
the new ones in.
As far as not imagining what it would be like not needing insulin after
49+ yrs, the sad thing is, it wouldn’t make my back problems go away or my
head quit hurting. It would clean out the toxins in my body that make me
feel ill and tired. 100 years from now it won’t make any difference anyway.
Jan
You are right Jan, You will still have your other problems but diabetes and
its complications WON”T be one of them! I have a friend who had a kidney
transplant 11 years ago and he is doing just fine.
Christine