by admin | Apr 18, 2013 | PKD Will Not Beat Me, Positivity
I put the finishing touches on my festive Donate Life outfit as I put on my big blue and green earrings in preparation for an interview with the Auburn Journal. I was wearing a frilly green tank top, blue scarf, white jeans and green and blue platforms. Although I was...
by admin | Apr 11, 2013 | Determination, PKD Will Not Beat Me
My big brown eyes popped wide open and I had never felt more alive in my entire life! I have lost track of the number of surgeries I have had, however I know I have always been quite groggy when I awake from anesthesia. But I vividly remember waking up from my...
by admin | Apr 4, 2013 | PKD Will Not Beat Me, Positivity
My transplant surgeon, Dr. Robert Montgomery, described me as someone who was depersonalized by my illness. I was fortunate to learn priceless thoughts and information from my transplant surgeon when the author of my biography, Dennis McCloskey, interviewed Dr....
by admin | Mar 28, 2013 | Knowledge, PKD Will Not Beat Me, Positivity
Life is a constant balancing act as we walk on our individual tightropes. Some days are smooth sailing and we glide across with such grace. Other days we find ourselves swaying back and forth as we continue to put one foot in front of the other. Then there are days we...
by admin | Mar 21, 2013 | PKD Will Not Beat Me, Positivity
“Did you ever know that you’re my hero, and everything I would like to be?”… -from song recorded by Bette Midler The first memory I have of my mom is her sitting at the kitchen table. I was five years old and I walked into the kitchen and said, “Mommy, my head...
by admin | Mar 14, 2013 | Knowledge, PKD Will Not Beat Me
When you think of PKD, what do you picture in your mind? Is it the image with a normal-sized kidney in comparison to the football-sized PKD kidney polluted with cysts? Is it the unknown of what your future may hold for you while living with this disease? Or is it the...
