November 7th, 2023 by Kimberly Reschke, Beneficiary Wow, what a wild ride it has been these past three years for all of us! For every challenge I come up on, I know in my heart it is also an opportunity for growth, healing and grace. This is what keeps on getting me through to the other side of it with the help of my two incredible children, sister, mom, family, friends and greater community. As I make it through the hardest moments I repeatedly find myself feeling deeply blessed by all of you and especially feeling so grateful to still be here having more time with my girls who have been navigating this journey with me in incredible bravery and strength.
"To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, but to live gratitude is to touch heaven." J.Gaertner
This past year my kidney function (eGFR) dropped down to a low of 12 (normal is 90 to 120) due to a large mass creating pressure resulting in requiring a bilateral nephrostomy (tubes in my kidneys) to relieve the pressure. The kidney function mildly improved for a short time but has stayed at 14 for the last months requiring me to go through the steps in the Kidney Care Clinic to prepare for dialysis 3x/week in Victoria if the situation turn into a critical emergency. This would be a palliative end stage treatment as I do not qualify for a transplant with Stage 4 cancer. But I am happy to share that miraculously when I ended up in emergency with a blood clot just over a month ago my kidney function level increased to 21, the highest it has been in a year! So at this point, I am going to take this as a win and celebrate that I can hold off on dialysis and hoping the next blood tests also reflect this improvement.
I had to stop most of my treatments due to the state of my kidneys and have been finding daily frequent meditation is my biggest medicine to help me with my symptoms and keeping my heart and mind in good spirits. For this I feel very thankful to feel this grace in my life as I know we all have our own struggles and I wish that everyone can feel increasing moments of connection in greater love and grace.
I can have frequent difficulty with keeping food down due to various complications and I am hoping to raise some funds to try out a homeopathic cancer specialist to help with my symptoms since it is something that I can take in as treatment. I am deeply grateful to receive any help with this and towards the on going costs of daily living, raising children and taking care of animals as it has most definitely been a challenge not being able to work these past 3 years but certainly an opportunity to get creative.
I am so thankful to still be here witnessing the miracles of life. Thank you for all the love, prayers and support. Together we create this miracle that is life.
"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built up against it." Rumi
Joseph Christian Tatonetti
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November 7th, 2023
by Kimberly Reschke, Beneficiary
Wow, what a wild ride it has been these past three years for all of us! For every challenge I come up on, I know in my heart it is also an opportunity for growth, healing and grace. This is what keeps on getting me through to the other side of it with the help of my two incredible children, sister, mom, family, friends and greater community. As I make it through the hardest moments I repeatedly find myself feeling deeply blessed by all of you and especially feeling so grateful to still be here having more time with my girls who have been navigating this journey with me in incredible bravery and strength.
"To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, but to live gratitude is to touch heaven." J.Gaertner
This past year my kidney function (eGFR) dropped down to a low of 12 (normal is 90 to 120) due to a large mass creating pressure resulting in requiring a bilateral nephrostomy (tubes in my kidneys) to relieve the pressure. The kidney function mildly improved for a short time but has stayed at 14 for the last months requiring me to go through the steps in the Kidney Care Clinic to prepare for dialysis 3x/week in Victoria if the situation turn into a critical emergency. This would be a palliative end stage treatment as I do not qualify for a transplant with Stage 4 cancer. But I am happy to share that miraculously when I ended up in emergency with a blood clot just over a month ago my kidney function level increased to 21, the highest it has been in a year! So at this point, I am going to take this as a win and celebrate that I can hold off on dialysis and hoping the next blood tests also reflect this improvement.
I had to stop most of my treatments due to the state of my kidneys and have been finding daily frequent meditation is my biggest medicine to help me with my symptoms and keeping my heart and mind in good spirits. For this I feel very thankful to feel this grace in my life as I know we all have our own struggles and I wish that everyone can feel increasing moments of connection in greater love and grace.
I can have frequent difficulty with keeping food down due to various complications and I am hoping to raise some funds to try out a homeopathic cancer specialist to help with my symptoms since it is something that I can take in as treatment. I am deeply grateful to receive any help with this and towards the on going costs of daily living, raising children and taking care of animals as it has most definitely been a challenge not being able to work these past 3 years but certainly an opportunity to get creative.
I am so thankful to still be here witnessing the miracles of life. Thank you for all the love, prayers and support. Together we create this miracle that is life.
"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built up against it." Rumi
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