I gotta share this. If I think I have it bad, this is someone who has it much worse and is a generation younger! His story reminds me of how “good” I have it.
This is from the “Birmingham News” website AL.com and is the story of a father and son who are both in dialysis together. It’s an inspiring tale of the younger man’s persistence and optimism that drives him to study to be a dialysis nurse! Making use of those hours spent in the treatment chair! See the posting: “Longtime dialysis patient studying to help others in same situation”
For me the Birmingham News was the first news paper I read on a regular basis. I graduated from reading the funnies to reading the news with this paper. So, it holds a warm spot in my heart. BTW, we got the paper delivered every morning along with the fresh bottles of milk, cheese, and eggs brought to the door by the milkman! That was a long time ago, kids!
What’s curious is this photo is from a NJ Dairy that still does door-to-door delivery! Read about it in the “The New Jersey Monthly“
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I am a person with ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease) which means my kidneys don't work. Forty or so years ago that would have been a death sentence but today there is Dialysis which means I could be hooked up to a machine that would clean my blood as the kidneys should. Three days a week, I went to a dialysis center and had too very large needles stuck in my arm to remove and replace my blood as it passed through a process where it was cleaned and the fluid was removed, a process taking a little over four hours each time.
In November 2017, I received a kidney transplant from a deceased donor. My life went into overdrive. With a "new" functioning kidney, I no longer had to go to a dialysis center and my days were not open to be lived rather than recovering from dialysis which meant dialyzing for three days and resting for 4 days a week. I work full-time and often 50 hours per week. It is something I never imagined. I highly recommend it! HeeHee
I want to advance knowledge about dialysis and transplant so that others can learn from my experience and mistakes. We shouldn't have to reinvent the wheel, eh? There is so much to be learned and experienced about our predicament. There are vast resources available to support us and enrich our lives but many patients don't know about them. There are also many issues that we have to deal with whether we want to or not. So I blog about them in www.DevonTexas.com
All comments are confidential until I approve them. If you don't want your comment public, let me know and I will respect that. So, feel free to leave a comment.
I also blog in LegacyTales in WordPress if you are interested in the ramblings of a Old Man. Give a peek and let me know what you think. https://legacytales.wordpress.com/
Enjoy.
What’s curious is this photo is from a NJ Dairy that still does door-to-door delivery! Read about it in the “The New Jersey Monthly“
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