next stage... a potential donors journey

give thanks for all we have in life is our health! the true wealth indeed! since I since left you all, Marly aka "MIZ LIFE", had seen her renal dr. the day after my last kidney transplant / donor entry.

to our dismay, her kidney functions dropped from 16% to 12% within a month or so. it's crazy because, Marly is one of the most prepared patients with KD (kidney disease) on the planet, (so much so, she is a volunteer Bronx NY leader for the New York Organ Donors Network & advocates regularly on the need for organ donation and registration).

Yet, because there is the "potential" of a kidney donor (aka Me), they want her to hold off of prepping for "peritoneal dialysis" because it is a proceedure that takes place in the same anatomic area, & do not want to prep for something that might not need to happen. I guess this is a good thing, but it's still scary to think, that we have not real idea when her kidneys are going to pass to organ heaven! We have been told it could be 2 weeks to a whole year. great.

While I don't want to downplay the process, I can't help but think of the countless people that have gone through life without the proper education to help them prepare for lifes changes where are health classes in grammer school? why are there no classes for kids to understand what they put in their bodies DOES matter and makes a difference for longevity.

DID YOU KNOW:

NY has the lowest number of registered organ donors in the entire united states!

yes, you read that correctly!

can we join together to express what health means to us? can we, as a community, help break this cycle of mis-information, and ignorance passed on through generations of misguided media, parents that are working off of how they were raised & not with training!

think about that, if we have so many teen pregnancies in the united states & STD's run rampant, doesn't it make sense to mandate things like parenting classes in middle school?

how about nutrition classes for growing minds & bodies! what a novel thought.

Don't miss me (spazecraft) & Marly (miz life) midday this Sunday April 19th on "Circa 95" / Urban Latino Internet Radio reppin' Sohnup.com & our fight for life & creativity.

I'm getting my catscan done right now @ montifiore hospital in the boogie down Bronx, so I can't throw in any links right now.

please google any of this info, & there are links to officially register in my previous donor related posts. please subscribe to the blog, great things to come!

wow, for my CT scan I just found out...
sheesh, injection of iodine-containing dye, & no injestion of liquid. I had no idea of the proceedure, as this is my first ever catscan / CT scan. I'm sure this entire process pales in comparison to having kidney failure. a small price to pay to share the gift of life. indeed.

keep us in your thoughts!
spAze

ps a quick shout out to DOSE FC, old school graffiti writer from midtown (hells kitchen stand up!), house music producer & kidney recipient! he's creating a house music compilation supported by the NYODN to celebrate his renewed life! stay tuned for more info on that as well!

blessings!

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