by admin | Feb 21, 2013 | Determination, PKD Will Not Beat Me
As a little girl, I never dreamed of my fairy tale wedding, my ideal home with a white picket fence and beautiful children running happily around our perfectly manicured lawn. Was it because of my health struggles as I child that I knew I wouldn’t follow the...
by admin | Feb 7, 2013 | Determination, PKD Will Not Beat Me
My left hand rested on my lower back while my right hand leaned on the couch attempting to hold myself from falling to the ground in excruciating pain. It was the kind of PKD pain I had prior to my bilateral nephrectomy. I managed to get myself in a seated position on...
by admin | Jan 24, 2013 | Determination, PKD Will Not Beat Me, Positivity
I was in the middle of my normal robotic morning routine when the lyrics from “I’m in a Hurry” by Alabama popped into my head. “I’m in a hurry to get things done, oh I rush and rush until life’s no fun, all I really gotta do is live and die, but I’m in a hurry and...
by admin | Dec 6, 2012 | Determination, PKD Will Not Beat Me
Renal Business Today asked me to write an article on what it was like to be on dialysis. In my September 20th blog post, “Blink of an Eye,” I talked about my dialysis nurse, Bob Cogley, who had recently passed away and how that inspired me to write the article, “A...
by admin | Nov 15, 2012 | Determination, PKD Will Not Beat Me
Before reading this post, please note that this is a sensitive topic for many. It is not meant to take any sort of political stance on the issue. However, I felt compelled to share with you how this topic has shaped my life. “I wasn’t going to tell you this, but since...
by admin | Nov 1, 2012 | Determination, PKD Will Not Beat Me
My body was starting to wake up from the anesthesia. It didn’t take but a second to realize something was different from previous surgeries. I looked up quickly to notice a new nurse on the right side of my bed. My eyes became huge with panic as I realized the...
