Getting Closer

I am one step closer to donating my kidney. I had my appointment with the transplant surgeon, he approved me for the transplant. My transplant coordinator is making me lose another 5 pounds and has threaten to postpone the surgery if I don't. I reminded her I lost 10 pounds during the holidays so I know I can lose 5 more. I bought a Wii and Wii Fit today. I played bowling and golf with Drew for over an hour today, but I got little else done.

Last Friday I had a CT scan of my kidneys. It was a quick relatively painless procedure. I did have to have an IV (I'm a hard stick) but God was watching over me and the tech and she got the IV on the first stick. They inject dye or "contrast media" which outlines my kidneys during the scan. The dye gave me the feeling like I was wetting my pants. The tech warned me before hand so that prepared me for the sensation.

The next step is an appointment with a transplant surgeon. I have an appointment on January 12. He will decide if I am a candidate to donate my kidney, from there I will see a laparoscopic surgeon who will do the surgery. Hopefully the surgery will occur in January or February.

Giant Step

Today I met with the transplant coordinator, the nephrologist and a social worker. They each asked me if I really wanted to donate my kidney to my husband. I told each of them that I absolutely wanted to do it. It is going to be scary but I got a lot of good information from each person. I need to get several people involved to help coordinate our post op care. That is what's the scariest; depending on others to care for us. There will be about 2 or 3 weeks where we will depend on others to look after us.
I also need to lose more weight. That's tough. I will also need to keep it off so I don't develop diabetes later in life which could lead to kidney failure.
This is the first big step toward my goal of getting my husband to feel better and get back to his old self.

Another Day

I hate telling people about Drew's health problems. People start to look at you differently. We need help from people to get through this process, but I hate the look of pity.

The Time's a Coming

My husband has polycystic kidney disease. We have known this since 1989. My husband takes excellent care of himself hoping to remain healthy. We just found out Drew's lab shows he is going into renal failure and fairly soon. I am going to give him one of my kidneys if I'm compatible. this is the link to the national foundation's web site if you want to read about PKD. http://www.pkdcure.org/ We both need sponsors, someone who can watch out for us. I don't know who we are going to get.

My Husband is a Hard Worker

My husband is a hard worker. He decided he wanted to prevent his mulch from washing away when it rained. He decided to put river rock along the side of the "natural" area. He worked all day long on Saturday and did an excellent job. Gardening is his hobby and his passion. He works long hours in the yard and it shows.

Tax Season

My taxes are done! This is a change from last year, last year I didn't get our taxes done until October (after filing an extension). I had started a new position last January and I felt somewhat overwhelmed. I hate paper work and my new position requires alot of paper work. My husband doesn't help either; he takes all the paper on the kitchen counter trash and all and puts it on the desk. We get so much trash in the mail. Plus we get medical insurance statements and stock statements, it turn into alot of mail.
Also my husband had started a business and deals strictly with cash. He doesn't earn that much but I wanted to be as honest as I could.
It feels so good to get them done.