My Wife's Kidney Story ABCNEWS 20/20 Fri Dec 12th 10pm EST

[dynamix]

Hi gang,

I know this is kinda outa left field and I would have posted it on a General Discussion section if we had one here, but I'm just jumping on to invite the motunation folks who have been such a help me in the past to see something special, personal and important tonight on TV.

Any of you living within broadcast of ABC Television's program 20/20, tune in Friday evening December 12th at 10pm EST to see a segment regarding my wife, Joan and a gift she made to a friend in need early summer just past.

We're hoping that this will help raise folks awareness regarding kidney disease and transplants and hopefully in a time where greed seems to be dominating every headline, it might be refreshing to hear a story about giving.

Cheers,
Erik Paulsen

[James Steele]

Hi Erik... actually general discussion should go in "MOTU Theoretical, etc." forum. I can't even remember the full name of it but it's our "catch-all" forum for OT stuff. That said, this is something important and I'll let this stay in this forum until the show has aired. Thanks!

[kwiz]

Hi gang,

I know this is kinda outa left field and I would have posted it on a General Discussion section if we had one here, but I'm just jumping on to invite the motunation folks who have been such a help me in the past to see something special, personal and important tonight on TV.

Any of you living within broadcast of ABC Television's program 20/20, tune in Friday evening December 12th at 10pm EST to see a segment regarding my wife, Joan and a gift she made to a friend in need early summer just past.

We're hoping that this will help raise folks awareness regarding kidney disease and transplants and hopefully in a time where greed seems to be dominating every headline, it might be refreshing to hear a story about giving.

Cheers,
Erik Paulsen

Erik,

You are a very lucky man to have a wife that has a heart as loving and giving as hers. Congratulations!
Not many people in this world are that self-sacrificing.
I to have a loved one suffering from kidney disease, she's my goddaughter. She to has such an unselfish spirit, and her story was featured in the NJ Star Ledger. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV4MsqASBrg

James, thanks for letting this post hang out here for a while......Happy Holidays!

[dynamix]

Erik,

You are a very lucky man to have a wife that has a heart as loving and giving as hers. Congratulations!
Not many people in this world are that self-sacrificing.
I to have a loved one suffering from kidney disease, she's my goddaughter. She to has such an unselfish spirit, and her story was featured in the NJ Star Ledger. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV4MsqASBrg

James, thanks for letting this post hang out here for a while......Happy Holidays!

Hey Neighbor,
I watched this video and wow its basically the same situation, our friend who was living on a previous transplant had a baby and... well you know the rest. Finding a donor is pretty tough, but its a million times safer way to save somebody, than say, running into a burning building, running across breaking ice etc to pull somebody to safety. Donors go through a rough time no doubt, but in my wife's case seem to return to this world empowered and enlightened... Thanks for sharing this, really great, I'll pray for her...

E.

[jgest]

Thank you for sharing this....I hope to catch the segment (even if on you-tube). My wife's father died of kidney disease. Sadly he could never overcome his inner demons to make the necessary life changes to be a candidate for a transplant....

[monkey man]

Great stuff! Thank you for sharing, Erik.

Josh, I know a whole family (who happen to be very, very wealthy) with exactly that problem. They're convinced it just "runs in the family" and I've not been able to help them. They all smoke, drink heavily, eat a lot of meat, junk food and salt and drink no water. So, IOW, smoking, drinking, eating a lot of meat, junk food and salt and drinking no water run in the family. LOL

Again, Erik, it's always heartening to learn of folks' generosity in this day and age. Thank you.

[kwiz]

Erik,

You are a very lucky man to have a wife that has a heart as loving and giving as hers. Congratulations!
Not many people in this world are that self-sacrificing.
I to have a loved one suffering from kidney disease, she's my goddaughter. She to has such an unselfish spirit, and her story was featured in the NJ Star Ledger. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV4MsqASBrg

James, thanks for letting this post hang out here for a while......Happy Holidays!

Hey Neighbor,
I watched this video and wow its basically the same situation, our friend who was living on a previous transplant had a baby and... well you know the rest. Finding a donor is pretty tough, but its a million times safer way to save somebody, than say, running into a burning building, running across breaking ice etc to pull somebody to safety. Donors go through a rough time no doubt, but in my wife's case seem to return to this world empowered and enlightened... Thanks for sharing this, really great, I'll pray for her...

E.

I just checked out your wife's story on 20/20. That was moving and incredible. Angels are real .
BTW, looks like you guys are in Weehawken, small world. My woman lives on Potter place one block south of Blvd East.
Happy Holidays!!!

[dynamix]

Great stuff! Thank you for sharing, Erik.

Josh, I know a whole family (who happen to be very, very wealthy) with exactly that problem. They're convinced it just "runs in the family" and I've not been able to help them. They all smoke, drink heavily, eat a lot of meat, junk food and salt and drink no water. So, IOW, smoking, drinking, eating a lot of meat, junk food and salt and drinking no water run in the family. LOL

Again, Erik, it's always heartening to learn of folks' generosity in this day and age. Thank you.

Thanks Monk and if anybody is interested but out of ABC broadcast range you can catch a print version of the story here...

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=6443167&page=1

Thanks and happy holidays to all!!!

[rentadrummer]

Erik:

I saw the story last night, and I think that your wife gave an amazing gift to a friend she obviously cares a lot about. What a great holiday season this must be for both of your families, and I hope that the transplant continues to be successful for Ani.

[twistedtom]

Wow I am moved that was a very kind thing to do.

[jgest]

Great stuff! Thank you for sharing, Erik.

Josh, I know a whole family (who happen to be very, very wealthy) with exactly that problem. They're convinced it just "runs in the family" and I've not been able to help them. They all smoke, drink heavily, eat a lot of meat, junk food and salt and drink no water. So, IOW, smoking, drinking, eating a lot of meat, junk food and salt and drinking no water run in the family. LOL

Again, Erik, it's always heartening to learn of folks' generosity in this day and age. Thank you.

In today's culture many people don't drink enough water. Or the water they do drink has been sitting in a plastic bottle, leeching out toxic compounds from the mix of water and plastic, in the presence of sunlight.....but you know this of course.

[monkey man]

Of course, Josh. LOL

... and the integrity of this bottled water is compromised in the first place, whether it be tap or pre-bottled water.

Smoking can increase salt consumption because one's sense of taste is often greatly reduced. Further, the acidifying effect it has sees a proportionate increase in the body's hunger for alkalizing minerals, resulting in more NaCl's finding its way into one's diet. This in itself is a vicious cycle in that whilst the craving is satiated by salt because its taste is in the ballpark, the fact that we've transformed the original use of sea salt into a number of very-profitable mineral supply lines, leaving only NaCL as the in-excess, unwanted byproduct, means that the body's legitimate hunger is in fact fed by this product's acidifying effect. Of course, rather than throw the NaCl away (back into the ocean?), it's found its way into everything from pet food to corn chips and ineed our dinner tables. Problem solved. Not! LOL

Ultimately-perfect health requires one to eliminate even full-spectrum sea salt as it's after all dead (never was alive), inorganic rock, something plants are there to convert to colloidal form for us, but you knew that, right? LOL

We'd best withdraw at this point, Josh, IMHO. For one thing, I don't want to dilute the effect of our focussing on the generosity of Erik's wife and others. Thank you for the opportunity to share, as always, mah Virgoan bud.

[jeff sanders]

bless that angel. thanks for sharing.

[dynamix]

Now online in two parts with (believe it or not, hehe) a Digital Performer cameo appearance...

Part 1 http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6453950
Part 2 http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6453996

Most of the song mentioned in the piece, "Joni's Love" was recorded over 12 years ago on black face ADATs and ultimately transferred to one of the earliest versions of DP that incorporated digital audio editing. It was at that point the song became viable as that first DP DAW suddenly let me realize and correct some of its early problems. Last year Joan requested I get it out to iTunes and Amazon... (its her favourite song). I had been refurbishing it since this February 08 (in DP 5) changing and adding parts when our friend Ani got sick. I supported the transplant from the start but was very uneasy about it. Some of you might share this experience, when you've written lyrics so long ago, you forget where they came from, you've heard them hundreds of times while working on the song and eventually it starts going in one ear and out the other. One night I remembered what it was all about, I broke out the book I save all my poems and lyrics in and read it as DP carried the tracks along... I suddenly "got it" and I came to peace with my decision.

Thanks for all your kind comments, I've passed them along to Joan!

The song was finally made public in late July...

[kwiz]

Great news, my goddaughter received a kidney yesterday and so far she's doing well!