I just don't understand it! Just a little advice to everyone out there: have your parents make a will, especially if they're married to a different person.

Me and my brother get nothing because of his wife. She didn't want a will done and promised him she would do what he wanted done for us! That was a lie and she has the nerve to ask us if we were coming over there for Christmas.

That witch, i would say something else but can't on here.

The person who i inherited it from was my aunt and she passed away a few months ago. But i don't blame her. i love her with all my heart. I'm scared of what might happen to me.

I have bloody and foamy urine, i hurt a lot in my lower back, and i get a lot of urinary and bladder infections. But always have faith though. But there is one thing i do want to know. Could i die from the Brights Disease?

It is hereditary, but my dad was the only one of 18 children in his family to get it. Both were thin and had iron problems but no other problems. Alcohol restrictions are highly recommended, as with any kidney problem.

My father passed away in 2001, very thin but no kidney problems. As for my sister, she so far has no problems. Good eating habits, exercise and no alcohol may be of help.

We are African-American and she was 14 at the time of her death. I was 15. Our family was devastated, as we never knew that the disease would cause her death. The doctor did not tell us.

I remember her crying out in pain in the middle of the night. I remember my mother doing everything within her power by following the doctor's orders, even putting my sister on a special diet of foods we never heard of. My sister's illness began in September 1970 and by December 1970 she was gone. I'm glad that there is more information regarding treatment.

The statement in the text above says patients who didn't respond years ago were victims of a lack of knowledge. Sadly, this fits the case of my sister.

My Grandfather was brought to my crib-side, and spent the entire night reading passages from the bible that he knew would help my recovery. In the morning, my fever had broken and in a few days I had completely recovered from both the measles and the kidney problem. The doctor was mystified. I have never had another problem with the kidneys.

After a blood test, my doctor told me that I no longer needed to take the penicillin so I stopped. I am now 52 and in excellent health and have never had problems with my kidneys since.

i have had a kidney disease since 1992 but never knew the name of it until last year after many, many doctors and lots of tests.

My father was on dialysis for twenty five years until his passing last year. he was diagnosed with hypertension nephritis when he was twenty five. He had two kidney transplants, including biopass they said he was the longest dialysis patient in washington.

I had a son in 1998 then a daughter. When my son was three he was eating cereal and i looked over at him and his left side of his face was paralyzed. i panicked and immediately thought he has had a stroke from stress. we lived in a shelter for battered women. I called 911 and the EMTs came and after doctors and nurses ran back and forth they finally told me what they had found -- kidney disease -- and they thought is was going to be fine, just needs a biopsy. Six months later brights disease was confirmed and then it was said my disease is something that doesn't come with great concern.

I'm the carrier and i pass it to the males and they will have the most problems with the kidney disorder. I now am being told that alport's disease is just protein and blood in the urine in high amounts but how do they know without a biopsy? They don't and now they have found a cyst on my right kidney and that's not good enough for a biopsy. It's really because I'm on medicaid.

I have had lower back pain for a few years now, and am in my twenties. I have had some urinary issues (leaking, urgency, frequent bathroom trips - especially at night, foul smelling and discolored urine). Now it's bad. I have had white particles and stringy things in my urine, a horrible odor, having to wear a pad due to leaking.

I went to the doc, submitted a urine sample, and the sample was reddish brown with several "blood clots" in it! I'm awaiting test results, the doc said it was very serious, and i'm terrified!

dx with Bright's disease. I have a genetic

defect called Gitelman's syndrome. I believe my ancestor had Gitelman's. I think we found

the first instance of this defect in our family. He died in 1910.