What it's like, after years of failing health, to prepare for a kidney transplant.
Time line: Diagnosis: February 1994 Under 30 percent function: September 2007 Under 15 percent function: April 2009 Transplant: April 2010 Nephrectomy: November 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Not so much like a "Rock Star"
Rock Stars are mercurial and given to rising and falling moods and output. Holly's new kidney is steady, dependable, performing consistently to standards in a context of change. Maybe more like what you would wish from an excellent accountant.
I'm glad you're here. You'll find out something about kidney disease -- something that undoubtedly affects someone else you know -- and about a disease journey most of us take at some point.
Write to me at hollys2ndlife@gmail.com!
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