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"HYPOKALEMIA OR LOW POTASSIUM"

mandyblue
  • By mandyblue · New reply 12:18 pm
  • Journal · 32 replies
  • I want to share this research information in "My Journal". This is a very long collection of articles, that explains in great detail, about Hypokalemia or Low Potassium. It is for anyone who needs help ...

Feeling blah

T-rae
  • By T-rae · New reply 11:31 am
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • I am feeling down. All day I have felt tears welling up, they have yet to spill out but damn I am so overly emotional at this point. I am so thankful that I like my job now and I don't mind being there ...

Somebody PLEASE HELP!!! ={

pwrsrg77
  • By pwrsrg77 · New reply yesterday at 10:54 am
  • Journal · 81 replies
  • Well, I'm now 2 years into a disease that is sucking the life out of me. If I had a nickel for every time I've balled my eyes out & said my famous quote "I can't take this anymore" I'd be a very rich ...

I am doing better!

Jody-C
  • By Jody-C · New reply November 6, 2009
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • Thanks to all the positive thoughts and prayers from my friends, I am doing better! I am so glad as this has been a very rough time. This is day four back in my apartment and I am so very happy and thankful ...

Laughter is contagious

T-rae
  • By T-rae · Posted November 6, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • The kids that I babysit for are great. I love them! I just want to say that even though I am so swollen I am about to pop I can not stop smiling because the one year old that I am watching has this unbelievable ...

SO excited to share what I have found!

pwrsrg77
  • By pwrsrg77 · New reply November 6, 2009
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • I have received TONS of wonderful support from this amazing community of people just like myself. All that struggle with debilitating symptoms, wrong diagnosis, less than quality doctors etc... I wish ...

Relapse

T-rae
  • By T-rae · New reply November 6, 2009
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • Well here I go again. Wish the swelling would go away. I hate how it feels, hate how it looks, wish I didn't sound so vain. That's life I wish I could cry, but I will not let myself this time. I am just ...

RENAL ANGIOLIPOMA ANYONE???....

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · New reply November 5, 2009
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • Hello everyone..... as you all know me for those people who are following my posts....i have been told that i have a 5cm Renal angiolipoma on my right kidney....(have not had a biopsy as yet)...i also ...

14 YRS SINCE MY BROTHER PASSED AWAY...

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · New reply November 4, 2009
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • Hello all the wonderful ladies and gents on this wonderful site.... Today is a sad day for me....today is my brothers anniversary....he passed away exactly 14yrs ago of pacreatic cancer..he was only 28yrs ...

Out Damn Spot!

dizzybee
  • By dizzybee · New reply November 4, 2009
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • have been having trigeminal neuralgia (fancy word for pain from Hades) since around Sept. 23 -- been to ER twice one shot of dilaudel and next time a shot of morphine. Finally got an MRI -- i basically ...

My daughter Morgan

Morgs
  • By Morgs · New reply November 4, 2009
  • Journal · 9 replies
  • Morgan is my beautiful daughter aged 5 and we have just been told about 3 weeks ago she has FSGS after a renal biopsy. Any information or support on how she might be feeling would be great - hard to know ...

FSGS

JODIMYJODI
  • By JODIMYJODI · Posted November 2, 2009
  • Discussion in My diagnosis · 0 replies
  • Hello! I'm new to this site.I have just been diagnosed with primary FSGS. It worries me everyday its hard to stick to a low protein diet. What can I do ...

MY LIFE SO FAR LIVING WITH FSGS!

XTHATAGRLZX
  • By XTHATAGRLZX · New reply November 2, 2009
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • HELLO, MY NAME IS AMBER. I AM 32 YEARS OLD AND I AM MARRIED FOR 11 YEARS AND HAVE 3 BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRLS FROM THE AGES OF 13, 10, 3. I FOUND OUT THAT I HAD A KIDNEY DISEASE WHEN I WAS PREAGNET WITH ...

i think im losing my hair

kimikiwi1987
  • By kimikiwi1987 · New reply November 2, 2009
  • Journal · 8 replies
  • okay ive been on cyclosporine for like 3 wks now and i think im starting to lose my hair, its like one bad side effect after another.....when is this missory going to end....idk but i am glad im getting ...

A CYST ON MY OVARY....

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · New reply November 1, 2009
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • Hello everybody.... for those wonderful people who are keeping up with my posts...(LOL)...im just wondering if anyone can claryify this confusing situation....i was diagnosed with CIN1/HPV...so back in ...

Home again!

Jody-C
  • By Jody-C · New reply November 1, 2009
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Here I am, home again! Five days in the hospital and another five in a nursing home. DX: pneumonia, sarcoid, chronic bronchitis (COPD) and asthma. I'm still coughing, will continue my antibiotic for another ...

Embarrassing question - severe rectal pain

mamagemini
  • By mamagemini · Posted November 1, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Anyone have severe rectal pain? I have been to Urgent care 2 times and the ER once cause Urgent care had no female on call. No hemorrhoids on the outside so what is wrong? They always give me numbing ...

my NIH experience

dizzybee
  • By dizzybee · New reply October 29, 2009
  • Journal · 32 replies
  • THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE -- I HAVE TRIED TO LEAVE THE DOCTORS' INVOLVED NAMES OUT SO AS NOT TO CAUSE ISSUES -- AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. Well, where to start--nurse took my vitals and some allergy ...

Another ER trip this Saturday?

Jody-C
  • By Jody-C · New reply October 29, 2009
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • Thursday evening, hoping that I don't have the numbness and tingling in my right arm that I've had the past 3 Saturdays. The past 2 Sat. went to ER, they thought I had a TIA (small stroke). Went to cardio ...

HOPE ANYONE CAN HELP ME...

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · New reply October 26, 2009
  • Journal · 8 replies
  • Hello all once again as i mentioned before i am scheduled for my app in december..(re partial nephrectomy)....i just have a few symptoms that im dealing with and thought which better place to ask than ...

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