Kidney Patient Guide

Hi everyone Long,long time since I posted but I still drop into check the bulletin board now and again. Jenny and her donor Jewly still continue to get the max out of life. Jenny hasn't had any real issues apart from the fact that she still continues to spend money!!! Our kids, Deanna now 18yo and S...

Hi everyone Long, long time since I posted but I do visit the board occasionally just to see what's happening. I feel a little guilty as I leaned heavily on support from the good people "out there" when Jenny was on dialysis and thru her transplant. It's 3 years ago today that our friend J...

Andy's mum was right but then she probably had inside information. Jenny and me went thru to Christchurch and had coffee with Andrea and her friend Kate and another friend of theirs. They are having a good time and were off to Queenstown on Monday. It was great to meet up with people from the other ...

Hi everyone
Guess who I had coffee with on Saturday afternoon ??? If someone can guess right, I promise to answer long overdue e mails (sorry Sue, I know I owe you one) and may get around to posting an update on what me and Jenny are up to.

Hi everyone It's been a while since I last posted so thought I'd better check in. I have been reading the posts and for those of you I owe e mails, today is the day I'm going to sit down and get them done. It's Saturday here in NZ and I woke early at about 4am and thought I'd better do some catching...

Sent you a pm and also see my reply to Andy who is also heading down under as well.

Hi Andy Have sent you a pm regarding visiting NZ and Aussie. One thing I meant to tell you about Aussie...it'd be a nice place to visit if it wasn't full of Australians. Just kidding. We have a sort of friendly rivalry between Aussies and Kiwi's. I'm bound to get a few sheep jokes fired at me now. I...

Hi everyone It's the 2nd of February in NZ and I thought I'd beat everyone by posting an update on Jenny's 1st anniversary but Sue beat me. What time did you have to get up to do that Sue ??? It's been a long year but we are now starting to make some plans. We've been away on holiday, done some back...

Hi everyone A late merry christmas and happy new year to everyone. I'm feeling guilty as hell for not posting for what seems years and especially since I leaned on everyone on this board while Jenny was on dialysis and thru her transplant ordeal. To be honest, I rarely get on the net at home anymore...

Hi everyone I'm back home in NZ after a hectic 3 weeks in USA. I could write a book about the trip over there especially about what Sooty ( the 24yo I took over with me ) got up to. However, this is not the appropriate place me thinks. I did manage to stop him getting married off to a wealthy farmer...

Hi everyone Haven't posted for a while. There's not much to tell as Jenny is cruising along just fine. It's almost scary as usually, in my experience, when things are going so good, that's when a good kick in the teeth is just round the corner. I guess that's the pessimist side of me which didn't ex...

Hi everyone I know from some of your e mails that I'm overdue for an update on Jenny and to be honest, I'm feeling more than a little guilty that I haven't posted sooner. Especially since I leaned so heavily on the people here when things weren't going so well. Jenny is doing so well. She's still on...

Hi George
Good to hear that things are going reasonably smooth. Won't take long for you to get into some sort of pattern. Also good to hear that your employers are supportive.
I must get around to posting an update on Jenny!!!
Take care for now.
Andy

Hi Steve Welcome to the board. It's good to have someone else from this side of the world where we speak "real" english posting on the board. Since you're from Aussie, I'll type real slow for you so you can understand. I'll get back to you on my (painfull) experience on gout later. I'm at ...

Hi Yvette It's perfectly normal to want to protect our kids from what we as adults find scary etc. I don't think we give kids enough credit for what they are able to cope with at times. Our own children were about 10 and 13 when Jenny first started PD. We told them that we needed their help and surp...