HI, I JUST JOINED THIS SITE BECAUSE I HAVE A SPECIAL AUNT WHO IS ONLY A FEW YEARS OLDER THAN ME AND WE GREW UP ALMOST AS SISTERS. YEARS AGO SHE HAD APLASTICANEMIA. DON'T KNOW IF I SPELLED THAT RIGHT(SORRY). SHE HAD MANY BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS WHICH ALSO GAVE HER HEP C.THIS WAS BEFORE THE SCREENING WAS VERY GOOD FOR DONATED BLOOD. SHE ALSO HAD MEGA DOSES OF STERIODS WHICH RUINED HER HIP SO SHE HAD SURGERY FOR A REPLACEMENT SOME TIME AGO. SHE HAS A VERY LOW PLATLET COUNT ABOUT 40,000. SHE ALSO HAS RENAL CELL CARSINOMA . SHE NEEDS HER KIDNEY REMOVED BUT NO-ONE CAN GET HER PLATLET COUNT UP SO THE SURGERY CAN BE DONE. SHE ALSO NEEDS A LIVER TRANSPLANT BUT THAT CAN'T HAPPEN TIL THE KIDNEY IS REMOVED WHICH CAN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE PLATLET COUNT. ITS ONE VISCIOUS CIRCLE. HAS ANYONE HAD, HEARD, OR HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE TO GO NOW? SHE'S BEEN TO FORT WAYNE INDIANA DRS. GOSHEN DRS. AND I.U. IN INDY AND ITS SEEMS NO ONE CAN GET ON THE SAME PAGE. THE ONLY THING THEY SAY IS THE CIRRHOSIS WILL GET HER BEFORE THE RENAL CELL CARSINOMA. NICE HUH? HER OTHER HIP IS HURTING HER SO BAD SHE TAKES PAIN MEDS DAILY AND JOKES THAT ONE DAY SOON SHE WILL BE RIDING A WHEEL CHAIR INTO WORK. THE DR. BILLS HAVE HER BANK RUPT. WITH ALL SHE HAS IT JUST MAKES A PERSON WONDER.............................




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