Battling Polycystic Kidney Disease
- by Jon Devin, Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Karyn Waxman
Karyn Waxman of East Memphis had one of those moments that everyone fears, sitting in a doctor’s office, test results in his hands, and he says to her, “I think you should call your husband.”
Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) had erupted painfully across six organs in her lower abdomen causing massive swelling. Though it’s been almost a decade since the day when she was diagnosed with this relatively unknown, life-threatening disease, there is still no cure or treatment. Still Waxman says her glass has always been half-full.