That’s right, today is the grand opening of the new website La guerrière MPR! I’m very proud to be able to present it to you, and I can’t wait to add content on Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)! I’m going to start next week with an article on the basis of the…
Whew! For the past two weeks, I’ve been sleeping even worse than usual. I’m spending my nights dozing off, always close to waking up. I dream a little, and then I kinda think for an hour about the 15 minutes of dreams that I just had, and I do that like…
This week, while digging a little into Canadian and Quebec organizations related to organ donation, I discovered the Canadian Organ and Tissue Donors Association (CODA) and its volunteers. According to its website, the CADO has had a mandate to promote organ donation in Quebec and Canada since its creation in 1983.…
No dialysis for me, after all! No operation to place a catheter either! My body decided to stagnate at 13% of kidney function! This is not what I expected. When I was told that on Tuesday, I was insulted. What a bad time to stop the kidney function drop! 6 years…
I saw my nephrologist again in December, and we started talking seriously about dialysis for me. I’ve been waiting for this for a while, my symptoms having been constant for over a year. I always feel nauseus, I wake up 3 to 10 times a night to urinate, I’m always tired,…
On Friday, January 7, 2022, American surgeons managed to transplant a pig heart (genetically modified) on a human patient. On Monday, when the University of Maryland Medical School announced the news, the 57-year-old was still alive and his new heart was doing its job well. This 8-hour surgery is really important…
I’m late in my weekly post this week! Homeschooling, even if she is pretty autonomous as an 11-year-old girl, it still takes a lot of energy out of me! On the other hand, I have started my broader planning for my facebook page, and I will soon have more educational content…
