- My mom, dad, nor I did anything to make my body grow the way it did. Unilateral Renal Agenesis occurs when there is a failure of kidney formation during fetal development.
- Some people are born with little to no kidney (called bilateral), which makes me feel glad that I atleast have one.
- There is no treatment needed for URA. I simply need to watch my blood pressure and get yearly tests to make sure my one kidney is healthy. I don't have a back up kidney to maintain life.
- I need to limit daily sodium intake to prevent getting high blood pressure, and I need to stay away from high protein diets, because protein makes the kidney's work harder.
- I have been advised to stay away from contact sports, unless I wear protective gear. (Glad I wasn't a sportsy girl when I was younger).
- I should keep a close eye on my alcohol and caffeine intake.
- The odds for URA are roughly 1 in 750 people.
- A unicornuate uterus is a uterine malformation.
- The odds to having a unicornuate uterus are 1 in 4,000, and studies have shown that if you have a uterine malformation you should get checked to make sure you have both kidney's... Weird huh?
- Having a unicornuate uterus can lead to higher risk for pregnancy loss, preterm labor, eptopic pregnancy, and miscarriages.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
What I know now.
I am a google freak, so of course I have googled about these conditions many times. This is what I have found.
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Hi there... I enjoyed reading your blog about your solitary kidney. I found out about mine when I injured it in a soccer accident in 2004 when I was only 15 years old. It was during my second CT scan to see if my kidney was healing that they told me i only had the one kidney (on the right side, aswell). Scary, huh? Like most teenagers, I began drinking at some point, then went to university, lived in residence, was around alcohol all the time. It's always at the back of my mind: should I reallyy have these nights of heavy drinking? But i've never come across anything that says "dont drink alcohol" or.. "limit it to this amount". And then i think..hmm.. most people don't find out about this condition like I did early in life.. so they do normal things without even thinking twice. I decided to keep playing soccer even though my urologist told me that "its like playing with fire". I wear this protection when i play, that my friends tell me looks like a bullet proof vest haha. You know what was the first question I asked when they told me i only had one kidney while i was sitting on the CT scan table? "Will i be able to have kids?". I hope that for your sake and for my sake, we will be just fine:) Here's to hoping!
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