I can empathise about your ambivalence about a transplant. The feeling of "owning" your situation, your problems, and not being beholden to anyone else to save you from your problems. And also the guilt and the feeling that you did this to yourself, and that you deserve what you got/had. I feel it too. My first reaction was that this is on me. I should have watched what I ate, what I drank, exercise, took better care of myself, etc. This was all on me. And so i considered if I should just let nature take its course. Let the disease run its course naturally. Just manage the symptoms and slip away sleepily. I've had 2 minor strokes, and a heart attack. And I have diabetes and hypertension. Why haven't I gotten the message? God/mybody/nature has been slowly trying to kill me. :-) Why continue to resist? Because we live. I am glad for you and hope you are doing well. Keep living. Honour the sacrifice and gift of your donor. And don't feel guilty. Yes, you could have controlled your impulses and excesses (while on PD and to prevent kidney failure). We all could have. BUT your situation is not your fault. And you deserve life and happiness. And your kids deserve to have their mom with them. And I cannot speak for the donor, but being a mom with 2 kids herself, I think she identifies with you. If it helps, as a mother she felt for your kids and empathise. If it helps, she did this for your kids, because she saw in your kids, her own kids. And she wanted to help another mother be all that she can be as a mother. So honour the sacrifice and the gift. Live the gift. And thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing! You brought so much comfort and relief to me. I’m 28 and will be having my catheter put in a couple of weeks. I’m nervous and scared but seeing you, I’m assuming close to my age has made me feel less alone! I hope God blesses you with a long and fulfilling life ❤️
Thanks for your comment. I wish you the best of luck on this journey. Always keep hope in your heart and pray. God Bless! You’ve got this. Reach out anytime! @klawssy is my IG handle
Didn’t realize you got your kidney when I messaged you the other day. I am so very happy for you. October 15th is my birthday! What a coincidence! Very thankful for your input, we start our PD training tomorrow.
Hello Kelsie! I am so excited to see part 2... I am on the verge of a transplant myself and wondering what your journey has been like post-surgery... Any idea when you will have part 2 available? Thank you so much for all you have done! The education was priceless as I navigated through. Kimmie 🤗
Omgosh, that's fantastic. I'm so happy for you. Congratulations Kelsie, you deserve this kidney and we all know you're going to take really good care of it. Here we call living donors that are strangers altruistic donors. It's such a selfless act. Such beautiful people. I had a heart transplant 6 years ago and the surgery damaged my kidneys. I was stable at stage 3 since my transplant in April 2014. Six years later, I was devastated by my lab results. I'm watching your videos to educate myself, knowledge is power. God bless you. xxx
Hello. :) I’m so sorry to hear of your health over the past years. I hope your story ends with a quick and happy ending. Be persistent! I had over 50 people get tested and my donor turned out to be an angel on earth who donated anonymously. There’s so much good out in the world. Pray often and keep your heart full of hope. God Bless
I'm so happy for you! Praise the lord! I know I'm late but I just started watching your videos lol I am having kidney issues myself so I'm doing what you did before and that's looking up what to expect ... I was scared well, terrified and thanks to your videos i have hope and peace.
God bless you! Glad you’ve found some leave and hope. That was my intent with these videos, cause I didn’t have that resource when I started. I wanted people to have something to view that wasn’t from a hospital stand point. 🤍
Hi Kelsie, thank you for giving me some hope. God sent you an angel I’m praying for mine. I’m a mom of two little boys turning 39 this October the 22nd been doing Dialysis for 5 months. I wish I had the courage to ask for a kidney 😢 I can’t.. Don’t know how. I feel guilty asking for so much.. I’m type A positive wishing to be lucky to find one from a corpse one day. 🙏
Congratulations little lady! Super thrilled for you. I hope that my grandfather can go through a transplant, or stem cell therapy since his nephrologist is anticipating that my grandfather will begin peritoneal dialysis sometime in the future. Stay blessed. Shalom.
Ya Boi JB Dougy thank you for your comment! God bless your grandpa- I hope he can gain a sustainable lifestyle with a transplant one day! It’s not a cure, but it’s definitely preferred way to live with kidney disease! Hoping for stem cells and/or bionic kidney in the very near future!
Wow!! PRAISE GOD!!! I’m SOOOOOOO happy to hear this! I know I’m late finding your RUclips and I really hope all is well with you! This gave me soooo much motivation!!! I’m in a struggle to lose weight before I can even be considered. So thank you so much for sharing your story!
My name is Tukendra I’m 32 with 3 kids and I just started PTD 1 week ago and it is hard to deal with but I’m praying that I can start my testing and get a kidney soon I love your videos ❤️ congratulations 😘
Glad to see that you are up and doing better!! My wife and I both think there is something special about you. I don't know why and I don't know what "special" means, but we both hope and pray that you will continue doing well and even better in the future! Also for your family! :) Thanks for the update! We do care! And your info is appreciated! God bless the donor and her family as well!
First congratulations second I want to thank you. I felt so disappointed today I went to my second evaluation appointment to get on the transplant list. I was told I was a hard match due to a previous transplant and two pregnancies and blood transfusions! I want to just quit & stay on hemo dialysis but I think of my kids & husband! Thank you 😊 I wish you all the luck!!! Please give us info on how you were able to get a transplant?? I’m so clueless on how to use social media. Again your journey gave me hope once again!
So happy for you. My wife has been living with chronic kidney disease for the last 23 years. She had a fistula in her right arm last October ready for hemo dialysis. Her gfr is now around 9-10%. She has regular blood tests & every phone brings worries, is this the call to start? Just take every day as it comes ❤️
Mark Starling God bless you and your wife. I hope she can find peace in this daunting process. It’s hard, but it can be done. Fingers crossed for the FDA to approve the bionic kidney!
YOU ARE MY... H-E-R-O and roll model 👏🏼💓 (Let's face it, I wish we could share more sympathetic subjects and yet...) Pleasure to meet you! Especially as a newbie in the #FailingKidneyClub Sends you blessings of a quick recovery, and can't wait for the second part of the video (No pressure... of course 😂😅 lol...)
Hello! Thank you for your very kind comment! I have good intentions of making a part 2, but life is just crazy right now. I hope by my one year anniversary. 😂🙈 god bless! Reach out anytime. @klawssy on IG
Congratulations on your successful transplant. I was wondering how you were doing. I thought I subscribed to your channel. I am still jumping through the hoops to get on the donor list. Please post another update on post transplant. How is your body doing with the antirejection drugs and the immune suppressors? what are things you didn't expect? I am glad you address the mental challenges that you face. Take Care
Il n'y a pas de suite finalement ? Comment se passe la vie avec les traitements de greffe ? Je dois en prendre pour ma maladie et je déteste ces médicaments !
I am a ckd patient with diabetic and blood pressure and thinking to do pd so i want to ask when you were on your pd was your creatinine level in control and when before that did you had difficulty in breathing and felt dizzy and by the way congrats for transplant 😊😊😊
Hi! Thanks for commenting. My creatinine fell between 12 and 18 during my time on PD. I would only get dizzy when I took too much fluid off and ended up under my dry weight.
MUHAMMAD KK I started experiencing rejection about a month after transplant. But I do monthly infusions to keep my antibodies down. I will do that until my antibodies are gone. I started at 60,000 and am down to 4,000.
Kelsie, I hope you are continuing in good health. If you are able, we would love to see Part II.
That is so great ! You are a great mom and now you can focus on living instead of surviving! I am so happy for you and your family!
Susan Pannell Thank you so very much!!
Congrats! I would love to see a post-transplant update. How things have changed for you. Hope all is well!
That is a big deal, thank God for that “ Good Samaritan”. I pray that God sends 1 my way soon. I’m A positive! & am in need of a kidney donor.
I can empathise about your ambivalence about a transplant. The feeling of "owning" your situation, your problems, and not being beholden to anyone else to save you from your problems. And also the guilt and the feeling that you did this to yourself, and that you deserve what you got/had.
I feel it too.
My first reaction was that this is on me. I should have watched what I ate, what I drank, exercise, took better care of myself, etc. This was all on me.
And so i considered if I should just let nature take its course. Let the disease run its course naturally. Just manage the symptoms and slip away sleepily. I've had 2 minor strokes, and a heart attack. And I have diabetes and hypertension. Why haven't I gotten the message? God/mybody/nature has been slowly trying to kill me. :-) Why continue to resist?
Because we live.
I am glad for you and hope you are doing well. Keep living. Honour the sacrifice and gift of your donor. And don't feel guilty. Yes, you could have controlled your impulses and excesses (while on PD and to prevent kidney failure). We all could have.
BUT your situation is not your fault. And you deserve life and happiness. And your kids deserve to have their mom with them. And I cannot speak for the donor, but being a mom with 2 kids herself, I think she identifies with you. If it helps, as a mother she felt for your kids and empathise. If it helps, she did this for your kids, because she saw in your kids, her own kids. And she wanted to help another mother be all that she can be as a mother.
So honour the sacrifice and the gift. Live the gift.
And thank you for sharing.
Just beautiful I’m so greatly appreciative for whomever donated the kidney to her god bless you.
Let me just say I love the description 😭
Thanks so much for your posts. They have really help me with my anxiety about my CKD. 🌹❤️
Congratulations!!!! I’m going on 12 years with my wonderful kidney in January 😀 drink plenty water
Thank you for sharing! You brought so much comfort and relief to me. I’m 28 and will be having my catheter put in a couple of weeks. I’m nervous and scared but seeing you, I’m assuming close to my age has made me feel less alone! I hope God blesses you with a long and fulfilling life ❤️
Thanks for your comment. I wish you the best of luck on this journey. Always keep hope in your heart and pray. God Bless! You’ve got this. Reach out anytime! @klawssy is my IG handle
Kelsie… I miss your voice. How are you doing? I started on PD 8 months ago and your vids were such a great help… thank you
Didn’t realize you got your kidney when I messaged you the other day. I am so very happy for you. October 15th is my birthday! What a coincidence! Very thankful for your input, we start our PD training tomorrow.
AWESOME!!!!SOOO HAPPY FOR YOU!!😁❤❤❤THIS GIVES ME SOOO MUCH HOPE!!!😁😁❤❤❤❤
ollie carroll thank you! There is always hope! It’s so hard, but if you look for it, you can find the light at the end of the tunnel. ❤️
Hello Kelsie!
I am so excited to see part 2... I am on the verge of a transplant myself and wondering what your journey has been like post-surgery... Any idea when you will have part 2 available?
Thank you so much for all you have done! The education was priceless as I navigated through.
Kimmie
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Omgosh, that's fantastic. I'm so happy for you. Congratulations Kelsie, you deserve this kidney and we all know you're going to take really good care of it. Here we call living donors that are strangers altruistic donors. It's such a selfless act. Such beautiful people.
I had a heart transplant 6 years ago and the surgery damaged my kidneys. I was stable at stage 3 since my transplant in April 2014. Six years later, I was devastated by my lab results. I'm watching your videos to educate myself, knowledge is power. God bless you. xxx
Hello. :) I’m so sorry to hear of your health over the past years. I hope your story ends with a quick and happy ending. Be persistent! I had over 50 people get tested and my donor turned out to be an angel on earth who donated anonymously. There’s so much good out in the world. Pray often and keep your heart full of hope. God Bless
I'm so happy for you! Praise the lord! I know I'm late but I just started watching your videos lol I am having kidney issues myself so I'm doing what you did before and that's looking up what to expect ... I was scared well, terrified and thanks to your videos i have hope and peace.
God bless you! Glad you’ve found some leave and hope. That was my intent with these videos, cause I didn’t have that resource when I started. I wanted people to have something to view that wasn’t from a hospital stand point. 🤍
Congrats! So happy for you❤❤❤.
Veronica Howard thank you so much!!!
Hi Kelsie, thank you for giving me some hope. God sent you an angel I’m praying for mine. I’m a mom of two little boys turning 39 this October the 22nd been doing Dialysis for 5 months. I wish I had the courage to ask for a kidney 😢 I can’t.. Don’t know how. I feel guilty asking for so much.. I’m type A positive wishing to be lucky to find one from a corpse one day. 🙏
Hi, how are you? Hope you are well, please make second part of your recovery video. Xxx
Congratulations and may God bless you 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Sapphire thank you so much!!
Congratulations little lady! Super thrilled for you. I hope that my grandfather can go through a transplant, or stem cell therapy since his nephrologist is anticipating that my grandfather will begin peritoneal dialysis sometime in the future. Stay blessed. Shalom.
Ya Boi JB Dougy thank you for your comment! God bless your grandpa- I hope he can gain a sustainable lifestyle with a transplant one day! It’s not a cure, but it’s definitely preferred way to live with kidney disease! Hoping for stem cells and/or bionic kidney in the very near future!
I just started pd… I hope your still doing well. ❤
Congratulations 🎈🎉
The gift of life .
This is wonderful .
🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Wow!! PRAISE GOD!!! I’m SOOOOOOO happy to hear this! I know I’m late finding your RUclips and I really hope all is well with you! This gave me soooo much motivation!!! I’m in a struggle to lose weight before I can even be considered. So thank you so much for sharing your story!
My name is Tukendra I’m
32 with 3 kids and I just started PTD 1 week ago and it is hard to deal with but I’m praying that I can start my testing and get a kidney soon I love your videos ❤️ congratulations 😘
Glad to see that you are up and doing better!! My wife and I both think there is something special about you. I don't know why and I don't know what "special" means, but we both hope and pray that you will continue doing well and even better in the future! Also for your family! :) Thanks for the update! We do care! And your info is appreciated! God bless the donor and her family as well!
Wow, that is quite the humbling compliment. Thank you. 🧡 God bless you both, and thank you for your support and comment. 🤗
First congratulations second I want to thank you. I felt so disappointed today I went to my second evaluation appointment to get on the transplant list. I was told I was a hard match due to a previous transplant and two pregnancies and blood transfusions! I want to just quit & stay on hemo dialysis but I think of my kids & husband! Thank you 😊 I wish you all the luck!!! Please give us info on how you were able to get a transplant?? I’m so clueless on how to use social media. Again your journey gave me hope once again!
Congrats love
Bless you I'm so happy for you xx God give you a speedy recovery and best of health xxx
So happy for you. My wife has been living with chronic kidney disease for the last 23 years. She had a fistula in her right arm last October ready for hemo dialysis. Her gfr is now around 9-10%. She has regular blood tests & every phone brings worries, is this the call to start? Just take every day as it comes ❤️
Mark Starling God bless you and your wife. I hope she can find peace in this daunting process. It’s hard, but it can be done. Fingers crossed for the FDA to approve the bionic kidney!
Since this last video 📹, how are you doing?
YOU ARE MY... H-E-R-O and roll model 👏🏼💓 (Let's face it, I wish we could share more sympathetic subjects and yet...) Pleasure to meet you! Especially as a newbie in the #FailingKidneyClub
Sends you blessings of a quick recovery, and can't wait for the second part of the video (No pressure... of course 😂😅 lol...)
Hello! Thank you for your very kind comment! I have good intentions of making a part 2, but life is just crazy right now. I hope by my one year anniversary. 😂🙈 god bless! Reach out anytime. @klawssy on IG
Congratulations on your successful transplant. I was wondering how you were doing. I thought I subscribed to your channel. I am still jumping through the hoops to get on the donor list. Please post another update on post transplant. How is your body doing with the antirejection drugs and the immune suppressors? what are things you didn't expect? I am glad you address the mental challenges that you face. Take Care
I will be making part 2 in the next month when we’re moved into our home. Stay tuned!!
Il n'y a pas de suite finalement ?
Comment se passe la vie avec les traitements de greffe ?
Je dois en prendre pour ma maladie et je déteste ces médicaments !
Awesomw dude. Hope all goes well
Thanks!
Congrats on the kidno kiddo
I humbly ask for prayers on behalf of my grandfather. He just started automated dialysis tonight. Shabbat Shalom to all of you.
Tell your grandfather to hang in there. I have been on PD for one year, much better than Hemo
God bless, prayers for your grandfather. 🤍
Any updates?.
I am a ckd patient with diabetic and blood pressure and thinking to do pd so i want to ask when you were on your pd was your creatinine level in control and when before that did you had difficulty in breathing and felt dizzy and by the way congrats for transplant 😊😊😊
Hi! Thanks for commenting. My creatinine fell between 12 and 18 during my time on PD. I would only get dizzy when I took too much fluid off and ended up under my dry weight.
@@kelsiethekidneykid8118 Thanks and now how is your situation after transplant
MUHAMMAD KK I started experiencing rejection about a month after transplant. But I do monthly infusions to keep my antibodies down. I will do that until my antibodies are gone. I started at 60,000 and am down to 4,000.
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Are you alive yet?
Wait! Where is the update ?.
Let’s say, I lost track of time. :/
@@kelsiethekidneykid8118 I hope you post a new video!. Hello from Canada. I hope you are doing well.
This is so great to hear! Really miss your videos!