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I'm so happy I'll be getting out this Sunday to volunteer for a group I think has been doing great work, The Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine. I worked with them part-time back in the 80s/early 90s when they first started out. And now they are celebrating 40 years at a gala just 20 minutes away from my home and early in the day on a Sunday! It's a perfect set up for my limited energy. Since 1985, the Physicians Committee has worked tirelessly for alternatives

October 27, 2025 It's about two months since my last post, and time is running along like a turtle! Kidney disease is a waiting game, I'm doing ok until I'm not, and no one knows when that will be. My previous doctor thought I'd be on dialysis by December if I didn't get a kidney, but my current doctor says I can stay where I am for several months, or not....As someone who likes to plan, the suspense is killing me! My GFR is holding steady at 16, which is better than 13 or

Still enjoying the wonderful Venice Beach weather. We are having a late Summer and it's finally gotten hot here, in the 80s, but with...

This past Thursday August 14 I had my much anticipated kidney transplant evaluation meeting with UCLA at the Connie Frank Kidney...

After several setbacks with Cedars-Sinai Hospital, I have switched doctors and transplant programs and am at UCLA. So far it's going...

Just a brief catch up as I've just started this blog in August of 2025, the story really began when I was a baby... you can read more...