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A Very Bright Light at the End of the Tunnel
I have been waiting to write this post for some time now. Now that the time has arrived I don't even know what to begin to say. Yesterday morning I received a phone call from the transplant team. After over a year wait June 9 I will receive a new kidney and begin a new life dialysis free. My living donor, who remains anonymous to me at this point, is truly my hero and an amazingly selfless person. Thank you all who have prayed for me and sent me good thoughts over this time p
chazneedsakidney
Apr 91 min read
Moving forward with great news
I had recently learned that in order to find a suitable donor the donor and I would not only need to match blood types but also antibody...
chazneedsakidney
Sep 17, 20251 min read
Positivity and positive outcomes
I recently made this website known publicly. It had been published for a few weeks but I had not been advertising its existence. Labor...
chazneedsakidney
Sep 5, 20251 min read


The grind
We often talk about the grind at work. I have been experiencing my own grind. Waking up early everyday to hookup to a dialysis machine....
chazneedsakidney
Sep 1, 20251 min read
One Month In
One month into home hemodialysis and everything is going well. I have had a few hiccups of course but, I am learning and getting more...
chazneedsakidney
Aug 11, 20251 min read


Dialysis begins
Today, January 28, 2025, I checked into the hospital to begin my first ever dialysis treatment. I chose to start dialysis today because I...
Charles
Jun 29, 20251 min read


Begin Home Hemodialysis
Today, July 7, 2025, after several months of doing dialysis in clinic, and a little over a month of training, I began doing my dialysis...
Charles
Jun 29, 20251 min read
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