Annie's Mailbox®, July 5
by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
Dear Annie: At the age of 19, I was a normal girl who had just started college as a dance major with dreams of opening nights and curtain calls. But a few months into my college career, kidney failure ground my world to a halt. Sick and exhausted, I went home to be looked after by my parents and undergo dialysis treatments. Without them, I would have died. I no longer had the energy to do anything.
Luckily for me, live organ donation freed me from dialysis when my father generously vol ...
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Posted by: sarah stravinska
Comment: #1
Sat Jul 5, 2008 5:02 AM
I'll bet "Nina", who parks in the handicapped zone is also overweight and out of shape. I see this often in parking lots. The one who most needs exercise is the one who will drive around and around looking to park near the building. Being out of shape makes you lazy and being lazy makes you out of shape..a vicious cycle! Walking is the best exercise as it is free. Perhaps if coworkers presented the exercise aspect of parking farther from the building, and offered to join Nina in the walk to her car, Nina would comply.
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Posted by: Ivy Berr
Comment: #2
Sun Jul 6, 2008 10:13 AM
The 19 year old college student who received a living donor transplant from her father didn't tell the whole story. We are trying to get a kidney for my adult special needs daughter. Our transplant center (a well-known university) will not allow us to be tested as living donors until my daughter meets transplantation criteria. Only after that will living donors be tested, a 6-9 month process. She is barely being kept alive by dialysis. None of the various kidney foundations are able to help. They have their guidelines and/or their fees, which we can't meet. We have seen people who have jumped to the head of the transplant list if they are well-known or have the funds to be part of an exchange donation. We hope and pray that my daughter will survive until all of the criteria are met, but we believe that the criteria are set so that the transplant center will have a high success ratio, which makes them look better when they are seeking funds, grants, and donations. Sign me "Frustrated Mom"
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