[acb-diabetics] kidney failure

[Cathy Pyper]

Hi, do you mind if I ask your age?  I might be too old too.  If you prefer to answer privately my e mail is    cpyper at kc.rr.com

Cathy
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Patricia LaFrance-Wolf 
  To: 'Discussion list for diabetics and/or ACB issues' 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:23 AM
  Subject: Re: [acb-diabetics] kidney failure


  I;m glad you might be akidney transplant patient.  I do not have that option-too old and toomany other complications.



  -----Original Message-----
  From: acb-diabetics-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-diabetics-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of Cathy Pyper
  Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:55 AM
  To: Discussion list for diabetics and/or ACB issues
  Subject: Re: [acb-diabetics] kidney failure



  Pat, the very best of luck.  I fear that I am right  behind you.  I'll put you in my daily prayers along with everyone else who is suffering this problem.  My kidney doctor said if I had to lose my kidneys I lived in the best place to do it.  The average wait is two years.    God be with you.



  Cathy Pyper

  First Steps for the Blind

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: Paul&Nancy Matulis 

    To: plawolf at earthlink.net ; Discussion list for diabetics and/or ACB issues 

    Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:44 AM

    Subject: Re: [acb-diabetics] kidney failure



          Pat you are in my prayers. Take care. Nancy

          --- On Mon, 11/16/09, Patricia LaFrance-Wolf <plawolf at earthlink.net> wrote:


          From: Patricia LaFrance-Wolf <plawolf at earthlink.net>
          Subject: [acb-diabetics] kidney failure
          To: "blind diabetics of the Blind" <blind-diabetics at yahoogroups.com>, "Acb-Diabetics at Acb. Org" <acb-diabetics at acb.org>
          Date: Monday, November 16, 2009, 7:02 PM

          Well the kidneys are going.  When I wen to see the nephrologis, he said I needed to make an appointment with dialysis nurse educator.  I did that and talked aobut peritoneal dialysis vx. Hemodialysis.  As my vascular system is so bad, the doc thnks  I will do better with the peritoneal type.  It actually sounds better than the hemo as the diet is less constricting and over-all the person feels better.  It is done daily.  My husband can see well enough to do the contecting and disconnecting that is necessary with the "beer tap" they will insert in my lower abdomen.  I will see him again on Dec. 1 and I suppose he will send me to a vascular surgeon to talk about having  that done soon.  Don't know if they will do anything else at the same time.  If the peritoneal dialysis does not wrk for some reason, they will then do the other.

          Rather depressing, but my docs have kep me off dialysis for a long time, so I appreciate that.


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