The "The Dark Side of Dialysis", edition.
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3y ago
Good Monday morning. The Monday after Father's Day. I treated Dad and Brian to Hot n Juicy. Their choice. It never disappoints!   So. The dark side of dialysis. What do I mean?  It has to do with the (mis)treatment of dialysis patients. There are approximately 400,000 of us who need dialysis. Most of the patients are going to dialysis centers.  And most of the dialysis centers are run by 2 large companies..Davita and Fresenius. Now CMS, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a government agency, "oversees" these companies. If a patient has an issue with their treatment ..read more
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The "Trying This Again", edition.
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3y ago
Good Tuesday morning. I'm giving this blog another chance. The past several times I wrote, the software sent my post into cyber nothingness. Seeing an hours worth of work vanish is oh so not rewarding. Ugh.  So minor updates. My phone died a horrible death. Actually the charger port died.  We know it was the port because when we took it to the Sprint store, the guy recharged it on a wireless recharger. Anyway. Sprint tried to repair the phone. They couldn't. I got a new phone. I was able to recover almost everything. Photos included. And Sprint gave me a loaner phone. I'd call it a ..read more
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The "Just a Day..and a Procedure", edition
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3y ago
Good Tuesday morning!  I slept well last night. And most of yesterday afternoon. Let's start at the beginning, Monday morning. We started the day at Heritage Park Aquatic Center. We're on the northwest side of Henderson. The pool is damn near in the mountains on the southeast end of Henderson. Literally cross town.  As a matter of fact I can see the roads dead end into the mountains or the desert near the pool!  Lake Mead is basically just over the southern mountains. I digress.  We get to the pool, change clothes and head in to the pool area. Yeah, the lifeguards know our ..read more
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The "March is World Kidney Month..But You Already Knew That", edition.
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3y ago
Good Wednesday afternoon. It's World Kidney month and it time to remind you to get your kidneys checked. Clearly you don't want to me writing a blog about kidney failure. Nor do I want you too. Get those kidneys checked.  Yes, it's afternoon.  I've been to deep water fitness, the credit union and my monthly care team appointment. And we stopped at Home Depot and got 2 large purple hibiscus plants in pots. They are the first of several potted plants were getting for our cute patio. I also want some impatiens.  They should do well. There is an ulterior motive for the plants on th ..read more
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The "I'm Still Here", edition.
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3y ago
Good Wednesday morning. It's been a while. It's also National Kidney Month. I haven't been motivated to write. No idea where the motivation went. Blog topics used to crowd my brain so much that I'd have weeks worth of material. Now, not so much. I'm sure it's because of my treatment schedule. When I was in center, I had 3.5 hours 3 days a week to write.  It was consistent. Once I switched to home hemodialysis the treatment time changed. And I wasn't as bored since I was home and had Brian to talk with and...I was home!  Plus treatment was in the evening. Then I switched to nocturnal ..read more
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The "Trying to Normalize", edition.
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3y ago
Good Thursday morning. (Yes, it's now Sunday...I got a little busy!) Feeling a bit contemplative this morning.  Several events in the future are coming up...out of state. Thinking of the logistics make my head hurt.  The regional conference for the sorority is in Tucson, AZ, March 8-11. Then there is the national conference in Houston in early July, 7 days.  Then there is a high school reunion in Detroit at the end of July, 2 days. I'd like to go to all. But logistics and planning. Dialysis!! :-/ Yes, my dialysis machine is "portable". All 75 pounds portable. But there is so mu ..read more
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The "I Have More Than a Doctor, I Have an Entire Team", edition.
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3y ago
* I started writing Friday morning. Finished today, Sunday morning. Don't judge!  Good Friday morning. Heh. I'm trying to figure out where did the week go. Somehow I'm stuck on Thursday, even though I've been to my Friday deep water fitness class. And by the way, the instructor took great glee in kicking the collective asses of the class!  I've digressed....but...the instructor is part of my health care team. Huh. I'm having trouble typing and keep getting crew, instead of team.  I like the term crew. My health care crew it is!! Let's start. When I first started dialysis in No ..read more
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The "It's 2018!", edition.
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3y ago
Good Tuesday morning!  It's sad that I've lost track of days. The holidays did that to me. Ah. But we had a great time!  Shawn arrived a few days before Christmas. She left Monday morning. Had to be back to work today.  Boo.  Let's start with a recap. I started dialysis in November 2012. Moved to Las Vegas in July 2014. Started training for home hemodialysis January 2, 2015. Transition to nocturnal home hemodialysis March 2017. Started the blog in February 2013. There have been 548 published posts. There are 17 posts I never published...lots of reasons...to painful, lost i ..read more
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The "The Christmas Recap", edition.
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3y ago
Good Tuesday morning!  Whew! We finally made it past Christmas Day. Now it's the run up to New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. And counting down the days until Shawn leaves. /Cry.  Anyway. We'll enjoy every moment until then.  So how is it going?  Well right now I'm in the bedroom listening to the puppy trying to get into the room. Based on previous experiences with puppies, we limit where he can go in the house. All bedrooms and bathrooms are off limits. He has discovered he can open some bedroom doors. Anyway. We get up Christmas morning. Brian walks the dog, he and I hav ..read more
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The "Christmas Eve 2017", edition.
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3y ago
Good Sunday morning! We're finalizing Christmas plans. Shawn arrived Tuesday evening. And it's been a blur since she arrived. Dad and Brian treated me and Shawn to lunch at the Top of the World restaurant in the Stratosphere, 101 or so stories up. We went last year and enjoyed it so it's now an annual thing. The view is spectacular and believe or not, the food is pretty good. We even splurged on desert. And of course we all shared. It's fun watching Dad digging into chocolate especially when he initially declines.  Glen continuously surprises, entertains and impresses us. This is my ..read more
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