Strong Like Water: Michelle's Kidney-Pancreas Transplant

The Commercial Appeal, Aug 25, 2014 Mary Rice...An online transplant buddy posted  this quick clip about Mary Rice. I was overwhelm...

I really looked at my stomach today. It's not pretty. There are 8" of staples is the shape of a slender S(like a snake) flowing d...

The doctors tell me everything went great with the surgery, and both kidney and pancreas are already functioning well. The pancreas is the ...

The surgeon had told me the most important thing for recovery was to walk as soon as possible. So, last night, I stood up and walked 2 st...

At 12:55, it's time to go! I'm excited and scared and eager and nervous and dizzy. I go over in my head to be sure I've said ...

It's Wednesday, and it's afternoon so I'm performing my normal taxi service, picking up kids, dropping them at practice, prepari...

Not me, but here's what a perfect chest cath looks like... So I had the hemo cath placed 2 days later.  I was so worked up and anxio...

Life on peritoneal dialysis almost becomes routine, but it does seem like there's always something.   My iron level is too low, running ...

Manual Dialysis Exchange I have been on overnight peritoneal dialysis for  four months now. That means I hook up to the cycler for abo...

So I am home, and the days get kind of blurry.  My body still feels weak and my mind is racing all the time, getting exhausted with the to...

I spent a total of 6 days in the hospital.  The day after my first surgery, I had my first hemodialysis treatment.  Hemodialysis means they ...

The physical debilitation came on slowly; I didn't realize it, or maybe I purposefully ignored it, not wanting to admit that I was weake...

So…I'm starting my blog.  I've looked and looked and have found very little information available about other people's experienc...