by admin | Oct 4, 2012 | Knowledge, PKD Will Not Beat Me
I have a history of being quite judgmental when it comes to my doctors. It’s pretty cut and dry. I like them or I don’t. My health is in their hands. I won’t settle for anything but the best. The first day I met my current nephrologist, Dr. Bhat, I was impressed like...
by admin | Sep 27, 2012 | PKD Will Not Beat Me, Positivity
As I proudly held the microphone and looked out at the crowd of Denver Walk for PKD participants, I asked, “Those of you with PKD, please step forward.” I watched the crowd separate into two sections as those affected with PKD walked away from their friends and loved...
by admin | Sep 20, 2012 | PKD Will Not Beat Me, Positivity
I was blinking through tears as I read the words in an email from Brenda Cogley that said, “I wanted to email you because he loved you so much. Bob passed away this morning.” I was sitting in the airport with Noah about to board our plane from Honolulu to Sacramento....
by admin | Sep 13, 2012 | PKD Will Not Beat Me, Positivity
Valen and Noah married on September 17, 2011 at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. As I sat down to write my wedding vows one evening last year, I smiled as I thought of a conversation I had previously shared with my fiancé, Noah. I had said to him, “You know...
by admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Determination, PKD Will Not Beat Me
I treasure the good days, the healthy weeks, the smooth sailing months. However, I don’t wear blinders to the reality that there will always be hiccups in life. In my life, I like to call them health hiccups. I look at these unexpected interruptions as a challenge, a...
