Special
Toronto Events
Sunday June 26, 2005
Toronto East Goan Seniors Association
A Taste of Goa
All welcome - Details at: http://www.goanvoice.ca/2005/issue11/TasteofGoa.html
Bishop Alex Dias will be in Toronto July 5th
See... details at: http://www.goanvoice.ca/2005/issue12/SPECIAL_HOLY_MASS.doc
A
heroic undertaking - A Plea For A Kidney Donation
Monday,
30 May 2005
Profile
I
am a 28 year-old goan girl who has been active in the Toronto
Goan community for a number of years and am in desperate
need of a kidney. I go by the alias of Mary.
I was
diagnosed in 2000 with IgA Nephritis, which in essence means
that my immune system started attacking my kidneys. By 2002,
both my kidneys were not working and I received the call
on June 25th, 2002, my birthday, that I would have to start
dialysis permanently three times a week for four hours each
treatment or until I received a kidney. I have tried all
means of dialysis and methods of accessing my veins, however,
nothing is working.
I am
unable to work on a full time basis, settling only for consulting,
except when I have problems with my health. In the last
year, I have had to go into the hospital approximately twelve
times for surgeries or monitoring when the dialysis is working
poorly. Dialysis, unfortunately will not completely purify
my body, in the way that a kidney does. 30% of the toxins
remain in my body every treatment and therefore erode my
health steadily. To complicate matters, the kidney problems
have caused cataracts in my eyes, skin troubles, and fatigue.
This has greatly disrupted my ability to work, and live
a normal life.
Moreover,
this is a great strain for my parents and family as they
are the ones providing moral and emotional support and taking
me to my various appointments.
Information
for Donors
I am
seeking a generous individual who will donate a kidney.
My blood type is “A”. To be a donor you must
be healthy and willing to go through a screening process
with Trillium Gift of Life/St. Michael’s Hospital.
If you are interested in this heroic undertaking, please
email the G.O.A. at donor@goatoronto.com
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