Tag Archives: polycystic kidney disease

My name is Kathie, and I am 57-years-old. I am a mother, a grandmother, a daughter, a sister, and an aunt. I am also living with an incurable disease called  autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). When I was 49 I was blindsided by the diagnosis. This is what I have …

In brief I was born with polycystic kidney disease and began suffering symptoms when I was in my late teens. The cysts are in my kidneys and liver which caused both organs to be enlarged. When a cyst itself enlarged and became engorged with blood or infection they became extremely …