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>Hello. I was just diagnosed on 6/20. I am 43, and I >am feeling the same way. It feels like someone has >just told me approximately when and how I will pass >away - sometime between 60 and 70 my kindeys will fail >and I will need a transplant or dialysis. My father, >who is now 76, has had triple bypass heart surgery, >hight cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, >prostate cancer, and a rare type of gastrointestinal >cancer tumor - and yet he is still alive and kicking - >and this PKD seems like there's not much hope, and >I've just been spending time researching articles of >possible new developments and therapies I hope some >might be ready soon. I wish I had others to >communicate with about all this. Anyone, feel free to >e-mail if you want someone to talk to. >Thanks > >>I just found out Friday, 03/21 that I have several >>cysts on both kidneys. My doctor believes it is ADPKD, >>and I will be having a sonogram on Monday to see if >>there are cysts on any of my other organs. I am too >>young for this! I have no idea what this means for me!
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