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...
by admin | Aug 30, 2012 | Knowledge, PKD Will Not Beat Me
Organization helps me stay positive. Especially when it comes to organizing all my medicine. I don’t prepare for a trip like a normal person, say someone with two kidneys. This past weekend I had an assembly line party of pill packing and the party consisted of my...
by admin | Aug 23, 2012 | PKD Will Not Beat Me, Positivity
I like to surround myself with positive energy and positive words. I thought I would give you a tour of the positive words in my home that help to inspire me every day. When I walk out of my bathroom in the morning, this is the first thing that I see and is a...
by admin | Aug 16, 2012 | PKD Will Not Beat Me, Positivity
It’s funny how some moments seem hard to recall and then others have been embedded in our minds forever. I’ll never forget hugging my kidney transplant donor, Sally, on August 13, 2002 before they wheeled her off to the operating room. We held on to each other tightly...
by admin | Aug 9, 2012 | PKD Will Not Beat Me, Positivity
With my 10-year kidney transplant anniversary this coming Monday, I thought it would be fun to take a walk down memory lane. Everything we have endured in the past has led us to where we are today. If we are happy today, then everything we have gone through was...
by admin | Aug 2, 2012 | Determination, PKD Will Not Beat Me
Determination, the “D” in my PKD! Because so many members of my family grapple with PKD, or have died from it, I have developed a strong connection with those who endure the pain and suffering caused by every form of kidney ailment. Sharing my story at a press event...
