Friday, November 30, 2007

Noteworthy News!



I am so excited! Guess what happened today?!!! The nephrologist did rounds today. I told him I had something for him. I've been saving this huge (fake) $100 bill. I told him I was prepared to pay him BIG Bucks for 15 more minutes off my time. In May when I started dialysis, I was on for four hours. Since that time my labs have been consistently good and I have had four 15 minute reductions and was at 3 hours for treatment. I was told that was about as low as I could expect. Today my time was reduced again and Monday I start at 2 hr. 45 min.!! I am so excited! Of course, if my lab results go down..... or up....or whatever they aren't suppose to do, he'll have to put me back at 3 hours, but I'm counting on them not going anywhere. Anyway, I'm only the third person here that has a time that low. Thank you, Jesus!!!

Oh, did I tell you I'm excited??? heehee

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Another Week..............

has uneventfully flowed into the past. Dialysis seems to have settled into a mundane occurance. I blink twice and it's time to go again. Some days seem more productive than others. And then it seems to catch up with me and I need a day of just doing absolutely nothing. But, sure as I do, it is time to go all over again. Then I feel like I'm wasting my life away. This is quite a balancing act. I know I need to schedule my life in a way where I can be more productive, but I've never been famous for my ability to do that. I'm a procrastinator by nature and have prided myself in my flexability. Which actually means that I can put a task off until the last minute and then stay up most of the night getting it done. If someone wants to do something, it's no problem for me to drop whatever I am doing and go. I'm still geared like that. I don't want to miss out on spending time with the person that asks.

The number one complaint at this time is the time change. When it starts being dark at 5:00 PM it is just too much! It seems to be a different kind of darkness to me. It closes in on me and blows its cold wind of discontent through my being, and holds me prisoner. Solitude is not a good thing during this time. I sink deep within myself alone and desperate, and unable to voice the need that overwhelms me. I need to stop here. Don't know if I can handle this much truth. ~Later

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Better than I thought!




My dental appointment went even better than I expected! Although I had been eating without pain, an adjustment made even a bigger difference. I thought just eating without pain was great and it was and still is. But after the visit, we went straight to Chick Filet. And not only could I eat without pain, I could chew anywhere in my mouth I wanted to. I know that probably doesn't sound like a big deal, but believe me, when you've had only one spot where you can chew, it's a BIG difference. And I could chew it well. Wow! So this is what eating really is like. It's the little things that can really make you happy. Ahhhhhhh.........
Thank you, Lord.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Woot! Woot!




Just for anyone's information, who might like to know, since last week, I have been eating pretty much like a normal person - that means without PAIN! My gum is all healed! Now that's exciting folks! I'm scheduled for my follow-up appt. Thursday. I knew eventually it had to get well, but sometimes it seems like forever. Woot! Woot!

~Later

Monday, November 5, 2007



Wow, I was sooooo... tired this morning. I didn't even take anything with me to do while on dialysis. Brought my ear phones and tried to drown out the sounds of the center, but at best I could only float in and out. My arm hurt today, just aggravating. I did bleed a little before they took the needles out.

I partied a little too much this weekend (aka eating too much from the forbidden food list). I can't keep doing that. I've got to spread it out more instead of pigging out all weekend. The machine was set to pull off the extra fluids and my blood pressure went really low at one point. I got to feeling really weird and told the nurse. They adjusted the machine and gave me some fluid back. I was so sleepy when I got home I could hardly hold my head up. Weird. It's bed time now and I'm wide awake!

~Later

Saturday, November 3, 2007

All is well!

I did bleed one day this week. But everything has gone really well. I've been working on some ornaments (sewing) and that passes the time really well. I was told that it might be possible to get 15 more minutes off my time if I ask. Two hours and 45 minutes would be really cool! I have done exceptionally well with dialysis. It's accomplishing what it is suppose to. I don't have any other outstanding illness. The fibromyalgia is painful at times but it isn't debilitating. Arthritis-type stuff is rearing its ugly head but I guess that is to be expected. Fatigue, sometimes. Yep, over all I think I'm doing pretty good. Emily is seeing that I am getting more exercise and I can really tell a difference there.