Comments on: The Beauty of Producing Waste

By: LesleyJoy

LesleyJoy — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:01:51 +0000

Thanks for the story. Like you, I also appreciate the miracle of kidney function!

One of my children developed chronic renal failure as a very young boy. Peritoneal dialysis began at age nine. Two bouts of peritonitis drove him to hemodialysis – which he did not tolerate. Two weeks into hemo he received the kidney of a woman who died in another state. That transplant had a few ‘bumps’ along the way which included a prolonged reperfusion time and a couple-three very strong rejection episodes. All in all, however, the transplant gave my son 14 very good years, years in which he grew from child to man, years in which he demonstrated again and again that beauty can come from ashes.

Thanks for bringing all this to my mind.

Joy

By: Susan R

Susan R — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:23:55 +0000

There are many causes for kidney disease, Diabetes is the number one cause of kidney disease, diabetes is responsible for 40% of all kidney failure in the united states.

By: Ras

Ras — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 01:55:15 +0000

check out http://www.zahidahmed.com/

for information about kidney failure

By: ras

ras — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 01:50:42 +0000

Chronic Kidney Disease

By: ras

ras — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 01:50:19 +0000

Chronic Kidney Disease

By: Homeopath

Homeopath — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:20:49 +0000

My husband has CHF, so I think about urine a lot. But it was not until I took A&P and did the urinary system that I was struck by the amazing organs that are the kidneys. I didn’t know before that that the input to the kidneys is blood, the output is urine! I thought you made urine out of water, or something I guess – but no! Blood in, pee out! Nothing else! This was the most remarkable discovery for me in my entire A&P course.

I’m with J, RN. Kidneys are miraculous!

By: nicole

nicole — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:55:16 +0000

goddess- yes, i do! and sadly, it never seems to catch on.

By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:06:22 +0000

Great letter! It reminded me of a patient I had when I worked med/surg — not sure if I’ll blog about it or not. Sometimes, I’m still not sure if some things are just too gross to discuss or not! ;)

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:36:05 +0000

Unrelated to urine and kidneys, but I just noticed that I have a button on your blogroll! And fairly near to the top!

*feels special*

By: Da Goddess

Da Goddess — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:25:13 +0000

Nicole…do you ever find yourself talking about this stuff to non-nurses and trying to get them as interested as you are? I do and people think I’m strange. Well, up until they’re in the hospital and their discharge depends on whether or not they can give produce one way or the other (or sometimes both!)

We nurses are a strange lot.