I am nursing a cold. It started out as a sinus infection that has most likely turned into mild bronchitis. It’s going on week three. Not really a big deal, except that around this time two years ago, a similar seasonal cold resulted in pneumonia, a collapsed lung and two…
I share in the book that I am on the kidney transplant list as well as some background as to how I landed myself there, but I wanted to lay out the specifics of exactly what that means in my case. I was referred to my local transplant center in…
Two years ago, I was having issues with phosphorous. Phosphorous is a mineral that your kidney maintains balance of within your body by filtering excess out of your blood. My lab work indicated that my phosphorous was high. The solution, for me, was relatively simple. My doctor recommended I take…
I am sitting in my doctor’s office. It is 3:30, time for miracles. In 15 minutes the doctor will tell me that I’m in “late stage 4” kidney disease, a.k.a. getting close to kidney failure. He will urge me to start contemplating dialysis “just in case your transplant plans fall…