Good Luck, prayers are with ya.:thumb:

Well put me in the group that thought you were in your 60's. Not necessarily your posting style, although it is borderline, but someone your age shouldn't be having these types of medical issues! Damn, hope they can do something.

This, and he impresses me at the same time.

Who's got two thumbs and no working kidneys?
 

Sorry, folks. Born in 1978. Yes, I'm very much not a typical kidney patient. Dialysis sucks, but it's better than my alternative.

Is there a cause of your kidney failure? Sorry if it's been addressed already.

I've had CKD, so they were damaged and weakened, but still functional. Double pneumonia last year knocked them out for good. Plan was to put me on dialysis for a month and let them rest and recover, but they didn't. So I was on hemodialysis for a few months, then switched to peritoneal dialysis in July. Been doing that for 10 hours a night since.

Oh ok. That's usually caused by high blood pressure and/or diabetes right? Do you have those under control a bit now or were they not the cause of it?

You can answer PM if you'd like or not at all. I hope everything goes well for you.

Who's got two thumbs and no working kidneys?
 

Diabetes, well controlled and has been for a long time.

Credit the Vitamix... Woot!

Good to hear!

Damn dbl. Pneumonia your a tough not as old as we think bird.

I don't recommend it. I spent 8 days in the hospital and lost 40 pounds - roughly 6L of it accumulated water from after my kidneys failed.

UAB called this morning and said they need some more testing done, which is really what I expected. They need a cardiologist and endocrinologist consult and possibly a couple procedures before they can proceed, but “nothing showstopping, nothing that can’t be fixed” that would prevent a transplant.

So that’s that. I guess I’m not done with testing.

Folks, I do not recommend renal failure. 0 stars.

Keep on keeping on brother. Easy for me to say I know. Keeping you in our thoughts.