A few days ago, I wrote a post on some of the advantages of receiving a kidney transplant. While I believe that the pros outweigh the cons, I wanted to present “the other side” too: ...
The eighth anniversary of my kidney transplant is right around the corner (on March 1.) Having lived with both dialysis and a kidney transplant, I can honestly say that my life has improved so much ...
Yesterday was the kidney walk. Thankfully we were blessed with a beautiful day (hot, in fact) which made the walk all the more easy. My team consisted of my fellow former dialyzor, now kidney recipient ...
On Saturday September 28, I’ll be doing the kidney walk here in Toronto. I’ve never done it before, but with it being 18 months since I’ve received my kidney transplant, I think it’s fitting that ...
The other day was my first rheumy appointment with the doctor taking over for my previous rheumatologist. I almost always have mixed feelings when I have to see a new doctor. It worries me when ...
When I thought about writing a post on this, I wasn’t sure why it came to mind as it is something that happened 2 winters ago. But, it then came to me. I work for ...
I was fine yesterday! A few hours after waking up this morning I started to feel like I was coming down with a cold. I’ve been sneezing all day and my nose is runny. I ...
I just came back from seeing the transplant doctor today. Dr. Schiff. He’s a really nice person. I went to see him today, just so he could basically look over my bloodwork and stuff. Things ...
When I turn on the TV, I see plenty of commercials. I’m happy to see commercials about Lupus. Lupus is such an unknown disease, and anything that can be done to bring lupus awareness to ...
This morning after cleaning up/stripping my machine, I got ready and hopped on the bus. I headed downtown to the hospital so that I could finally give Rose my MRSA swabs. She told me that ...