PKD Life - Fall 2020 - 14

MY PKD LIFE

A Woman
With a
Mission
It takes teamwork to
make the dream work.
By Lisa Baxter, as
told to Beth Levine

I

have always been concerned about
the greater good. That's why I
became a social worker with
Catholic Charities. All through
my life, I have tried to work deep
in the community to help and
educate people so they can
live their fullest lives. But
there was a time when the one
person I wasn't taking care of
was myself.

FAMILY HISTORY

My family has a long history of
PKD, not that we always knew
that term. My father, five of my six
siblings, and other family members
have or had it. I had had no symptoms, so I thought, "Phew, that passed
me by!" But when I was 32, I went to get
a blood test so I could get married, and
there it was. I had PKD, too.
I didn't get a nephrologist right off;
in my family, we didn't trust doctors
that much because we hadn't had good
experiences. But I was terrified. I told my
husband-to-be, "You don't have to marry
me. I'm giving you the chance to run."
He stayed.

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