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some news, a transplant for someone on my dialysis shift

After six years on dialysis, one of the patients on my afternoon dialysis run of 8 patients received his kidney transplant this week.  The news is he is doing well.  Great news, indeed. I have been on dialysis two years … Continue reading

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Angioplasty procedure went well

I am out of hospital this morning following an angioplasty and placement of a stent in a cardiac artery that was 90 per cent blocked.  The blockage was discovered through some tests to qualify me for a kidney transplant.  After  … Continue reading

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Angiogram

Yesterday I had an angiogram to check out my heart issues.  This was partly in preparation for an interview on October 18 to see if I am a candidate for transplant and follows a series of preliminary tests.  One price … Continue reading

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preliminary interview for transplant in October

that is the interview for consideration for transplant is in October, not the transplant…. so don’t get too excited for me….. preliminary is just the half  of it.  There have been a series of tests to get ready for the … Continue reading

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test today

Had to go to Orillia Hospital for a cardiolite stress test as part of work up for transplant consideration. With an IV in my right arm I got some cardio sensors and climbed on the treadmill.  Once I got warmed … Continue reading

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Dialysis – work up for transplant

Don’t worry it isn’t happening anytime soon.  But today was another piece of preparatory work up for a kidney transplant.  It was an electrocardiogram.  I have another piece to go for sometime soon, a radioactive dye stress test.  These will … Continue reading

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