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Title: Our member Bill P.
Post by: okarol on June 07, 2009, 09:10:32 PM: As you may know, one of our IHD family members, Bill Peckham, is the creator of http://www.billpeckham.com aka "Dialysis from the Sharp End of the Needle" which has done an incredible job of tracking industry news and trends - and in blogging about advocacy, reimbursement, politics and the provision of dialysis. If you've noticed, there has been very little going on at DSEN lately. So here's an update from Bill, you can read it here:
http://www.billpeckham.com/from_the_sharp_end_of_the/2009/06/sunday-me-blog-whats-the-story.html
Please join us in wishing Bill the very best as he faces this challenge.

Lots of love to you Bill. :grouphug; :grouphug;
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: vandie on June 07, 2009, 09:22:16 PM: Many positive thoughts headed your way, Bill.
xoxo
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Post by: rose1999 on June 07, 2009, 10:43:42 PM: Wishing you all good things Bill, please let us know how it goes :cuddle;
Thank you Karol for letting us know about Bill xx
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Sunny on June 07, 2009, 11:34:04 PM: Got to love ya Bill for trying so hard to make a difference for so long. Get well.
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Post by: charee on June 08, 2009, 03:07:43 AM: Wishing you all the best Bill thinking of you :cuddle;
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Post by: Sluff on June 08, 2009, 04:20:27 AM: Wishing you the best Bill.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: kristina on June 08, 2009, 04:32:19 AM: Thank you Karol for letting us know.
Wishing you all the best Bill,
lots of energy and lots of luck,
best wishes from Kristina.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: paul.karen on June 08, 2009, 04:36:41 AM: Sorry to hear everything you have been going through Bill.
I hope your surgery goes well and you are back to your old self.
Positive thoughts for you...-
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: monrein on June 08, 2009, 05:13:14 AM: So sorry to read of this situation you're facing Bill. My thoughts are with you as you navigate through it and I will wait for updates along with your many friends.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: willowtreewren on June 08, 2009, 05:14:30 AM: Thanks for keeping us in the loop, Karol.

Bill, I have been wondering where you were. Take care and get better soon.

Aleta
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Post by: David13 on June 08, 2009, 07:03:00 AM: Bill, I hope you are feeling better soon.
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Post by: pelagia on June 08, 2009, 01:47:11 PM: I'll be thinking of you too. i hope you can get the surgery behind you soon.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: paris on June 08, 2009, 02:38:51 PM: We love you, Bill. Lots of positive, loving and caring thoughts during the next few weeks.(always) You have a strong army of supporters here who care very much. :grouphug;
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: kitkatz on June 08, 2009, 02:58:58 PM: Best wishes and positive thoughts are heading your way Bill P.
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Post by: Romona on June 08, 2009, 03:19:56 PM: Best Wishes Bill. :grouphug;
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Post by: Rerun on June 08, 2009, 04:36:01 PM: Just marry Meinuk and the problem will be solved! Best of luck Bill I know you will keep on them until it is done right.

:flower;
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: paris on June 08, 2009, 04:39:58 PM: Quote from: Rerun on June 08, 2009, 04:36:01 PM
Just marry Meinuk and the problem will be solved! Best of luck Bill I know you will keep on them until it is done right.

:flower;

I agree! Rerun can be the maid of honor! Hope you don't mind some humor, Bill :grouphug; You know we can't stay serious for very long!
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Bill Peckham on June 08, 2009, 04:42:37 PM: Thanks for the good thoughts - I like reporting boat trips and foreign travel a lot more than medical issues.

Again no call back today but it's just 4:30 here so maybe it'll still come. I had the thought today that this would be even worse if it was before cell phones - if I had to stay home by the phone I'd have gone crazy ... at least I know I can be reached - my cell phone is working.

My neph did relay that the surgeon wants a cardiology consult - not sure if that was before surgery or before scheduling surgery. That's Friday, the gallbladder surgeon is scheduled for a week from Wednesday. So if nothing else I should know something by then.

I'm tired of feeling tired. And I feel under dialyzed because lately I've been doing evening 3 hour dialysis. I think later this week - maybe Wednesday - I'll go back to nocturnal, 2 days on/one day off schedule
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Rerun on June 08, 2009, 04:49:28 PM: He is ignoring us Paris!~!!!!

Bill, take it easy! Take care of you! :grouphug;
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Bill Peckham on June 08, 2009, 05:01:48 PM: Quote from: Rerun on June 08, 2009, 04:49:28 PM
He is ignoring us Paris!~!!!!

Bill, take it easy! Take care of you! :grouphug;

I was laughing
Life just isn't that easy
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Meinuk on June 08, 2009, 06:43:02 PM: I wasn't going to post in this thread. It was all a bit too close to home.

Who is this Bill Peckham you are trying to marry me off to? All I see is a dog and an alligator.

Thanks for the sentiments. (and he won't have me. He thinks I am a closet Republican)

Anyway, I just think this cancer thing is a ploy to get more hits on his website. www.billpeckham.com (http://www.billpeckham.com)
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: okarol on June 08, 2009, 11:24:16 PM: ;) You're right Meinuk, it's an effective plot at that, causing us to check out www.billpeckham.com more often than usual!

What's wrong with closet Republicans? :cheer:

The wedding chapel in Vegas was great - we could book it! :2thumbsup;
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: dwcrawford on June 09, 2009, 06:58:20 AM: I wish I had known who Bill was before now, but this thread did get me to looked at his website. Thanks Bill. Lots of interestiing stuff there. And best wishes Bill.

And Okarol, I suppose if I were a Republican I'd want to remain in the closet too.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Rerun on June 09, 2009, 07:01:30 AM: Quote from: dwcrawford on June 09, 2009, 06:58:20 AM
And Okarol, I suppose if I were a Republican I'd want to remain in the closet too.

Oh, now I understand your (Jackass) avatar! Your a democrat!! :rofl;

(Sorry, Off Topic)
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: dwcrawford on June 09, 2009, 07:03:44 AM: Absolutly and I've also been called smartass, dumbass, stupid... and a few other terms. So it is fitting.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: paris on June 09, 2009, 08:32:34 AM: Rerun, Okarol and I are all on the same page!

Bill, hope we make you laugh a little and with that laugh, remember how much we all love you :grouphug;
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Romona on June 09, 2009, 01:37:19 PM: Quote from: Meinuk on June 08, 2009, 06:43:02 PM
I wasn't going to post in this thread. It was all a bit too close to home.

Who is this Bill Peckham you are trying to marry me off to? All I see is a dog and an alligator.

Thanks for the sentiments. (and he won't have me. He thinks I am a closet Republican)

Anyway, I just think this cancer thing is a ploy to get more hits on his website. www.billpeckham.com (http://www.billpeckham.com)

How about we marry Anna off with RichardMel? He is dishy!

After we all visit www.billpeckham.com. We love you Bill!
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Post by: dwcrawford on June 09, 2009, 01:43:27 PM: It worked didn't it.... I mean hits to his website.

Richardmel just told me earlier that he was swearing off women... (or was that Birds).
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Bill Peckham on June 09, 2009, 04:30:05 PM: Quote from: dwcrawford on June 09, 2009, 01:43:27 PM
It worked didn't it.... I mean hits to his website.

Richardmel just told me earlier that he was swearing off women... (or was that Birds).

Remember every time someone visits my page an angel gets their wings

Quote from: Romona on June 09, 2009, 01:37:19 PM

After we all visit www.billpeckman.com. We love you Bill!

keep the ham in http://www.billpeckham.com/ (http://www.billpeckham.com/)
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Rerun on June 09, 2009, 04:32:45 PM: You wacko right winged Evangelical Christian!

:rofl;

I'll have to go check it out myself now!
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: paris on June 09, 2009, 05:56:50 PM: Remember every time someone visits my page an angel gets their wings

Anyone who quotes from a Jimmy Stewart movie is a god in my eyes!!
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Wenchie58 on June 09, 2009, 05:59:55 PM: My favorite movie of all time. :)
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: thegrammalady on June 09, 2009, 06:12:10 PM: i surrender (i think i've said that before) evry time i'm off line for a few days, something happens.

best of luck with everything bill, we're all thinking of you.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Jill D. on June 09, 2009, 07:34:58 PM: My thoughts are with you, Bill. I recently went through a period where I felt about as bad as I remember ever feeling, and I know are hard that can be. Hang in there...and I pray that you will start feeling better after surgery and that all goes well.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Bill Peckham on July 03, 2009, 05:02:37 PM: The surgery is Monday at 3PM. I'm using twitter to update people. You can go to the actual twitter page here https://twitter.com/BillPeckham (https://twitter.com/BillPeckham) or there is a twitter feed in the left hand column of my blog http://www.billpeckham.com/ (http://www.billpeckham.com/) and tweets now update my status on Facebook. A friend will tweet from my phone or I'll give her my log in information for the site for updates during and after the surgery which should be done by 6PM Seattle time.

When I took care of my Mom last year I wrote a Caring Bridge page for her friends to keep up to date about what was happening but I haven't felt like writing a day by day account. And really how many times can you say you're feeling like having a nap? But now that the action is picking up maybe I'll write more ... 140 characters at a time.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Razman on July 03, 2009, 05:28:03 PM: I wish you all the best on Monday and it's OK to take those "naps" as long as you want ! You've done so much in keeping other advised with "Dialysis from the sharp end of the needle" and I trust that you will be back soon.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: okarol on July 03, 2009, 05:30:09 PM: I will be following your tweets Bill - good luck on Monday! :grouphug;
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Post by: Romona on July 03, 2009, 05:35:10 PM: Good Luck! Remember the Peter Gabriel song.
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Post by: lola on July 03, 2009, 06:08:28 PM: :grouphug; :grouphug; goodluck xoxoxoxo
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Post by: Hemodoc on July 03, 2009, 10:11:12 PM: Best wishes Bill. As always, you are in our prayers. Get back to work and DSEN soon, we miss your updates.

Peter
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Post by: pelagia on July 04, 2009, 04:30:27 AM: I hope that all goes well for you on Monday. We need you out there in our virtual world! :cuddle;
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Post by: Rerun on July 04, 2009, 05:33:24 AM: Hang in there.

:cheer:
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Post by: Sluff on July 04, 2009, 07:12:48 AM: Good Luck Bill.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Epofriend on July 04, 2009, 08:34:52 AM: Bill,

Best wishes, we're praying for the best.

Rolando and Alene
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: thegrammalady on July 04, 2009, 08:55:30 AM: Quote from: okarol on July 03, 2009, 05:30:09 PM

I will be following your tweets Bill - good luck on Monday! :grouphug;

karol, you tweet, then tell us what's going on. twitter is one thing i just can't seem to get into, but i do want to have all the news. best of luck bill!
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Bill Peckham on July 04, 2009, 11:56:30 AM: Quote from: thegrammalady on July 04, 2009, 08:55:30 AM
Quote from: okarol on July 03, 2009, 05:30:09 PM

I will be following your tweets Bill - good luck on Monday! :grouphug;

karol, you tweet, then tell us what's going on. twitter is one thing i just can't seem to get into, but i do want to have all the news. best of luck bill!

Feel free to repost tweets here Karol. It'll be Tuesday at the earliest before I am on.
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Post by: rose1999 on July 04, 2009, 01:14:03 PM: Bill I hope all goes well on Monday, thanks for agreeing to Karol posting tweets on here and thanks Karol for doing this for us. We all want to know how you go on Bill and I'm sure we are all wishing you the very best. :grouphug; Be back soon!
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Post by: paris on July 04, 2009, 03:49:17 PM: You know how much we love and admire you, Bill. We'll all be with you in spirit (and Twitter) on Monday.
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Post by: glitter on July 04, 2009, 06:56:46 PM: I hope all goes well for you Bill, and I will be glad to see you posting again. :)
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Post by: monrein on July 06, 2009, 02:47:47 AM: I'll be thinking of you today BIll and following the updates.
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Post by: Sluff on July 06, 2009, 03:52:05 AM: Good luck Bill.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: okarol on July 06, 2009, 09:14:57 AM: Last night's twitter:

Paying bills and thinking about cleaning. Water only until 6AM and then nothing until surgery is over - hospital food will sound good by Tue
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: paul.karen on July 06, 2009, 09:42:58 AM: Well Monday is here.

We dont agree much about politics but i look up to you for good answers and advice in regards to anything dialysis. You go above and beyond what the average person on dialysis does. I even go to your website :o..
Get well and stay well so you can do what you do so well. Advocate for so many people on dialysis.
Godspeed Bill & be well.
P&K
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Post by: kitkatz on July 06, 2009, 10:41:31 AM: Good luck Bill!
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Post by: okarol on July 06, 2009, 03:30:21 PM: Twitter update:

- Checked in. Waiting to be taken to surgery prep.... about 2 hours ago from web

- pre-op blood draw & EKG completed. Waiting for anesthesiologist.... about 1 hour ago from web
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: okarol on July 06, 2009, 04:11:58 PM: Twitter:

This is Bill's friend, Debbie, tweeting for him. He just met with the anesthesiologist and the surgeon and is now off to surgery.... 36 minutes ago from web
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Post by: okarol on July 06, 2009, 05:23:39 PM: The OR nurse just spoke with Sue - everything is going as expected.... about 1 hour ago from web
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Post by: Sluff on July 06, 2009, 07:57:43 PM: Thanks for all the updates Karol.
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Post by: okarol on July 06, 2009, 08:44:40 PM: Surgeon says all went as expected. Kidney removed lapriscopicaly (sp?). Bill is in recovery room for another hour or so. All good. Yeah! ...38 minutes ago from web
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Post by: okarol on July 07, 2009, 09:16:53 AM: Today's news!

I went for short walk and am now sitting up waiting for some orange jello and apple juice to be delivered. Pretty sore but not too bad ...27 minutes ago from web

I have a great view from the 11th floor looking east. I can see the new Seattle Kidney Center and can glimpse lake WA in a couple places ...24 minutes ago from web

Thank you all for the good thoughts and prayers. I've gone for a short walk and am very much hoping I'll be home tomorrow ...3 minutes ago from web
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: paris on July 07, 2009, 09:19:14 AM: Thanks for sharing the "tweets" Okarol. Bill, glad you are now on the recovering side of the operation. We are all sending healing thoughts. Enjoy the orange jello :sarcasm;
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Post by: willieandwinnie on July 07, 2009, 09:34:39 AM: :thumbup; okarol, thanks for the updates. Bill, hope you get discharged and get get some needed rest. :cuddle;
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Post by: rose1999 on July 07, 2009, 10:27:57 AM: Thanks Karol, we can always rely on you, bless you..

Thinking of you Bill - hope all continues to go well :cuddle;
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Post by: Sluff on July 07, 2009, 01:41:08 PM: Good for you Bill, I too hope you will be going home tomorrow.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: okarol on July 07, 2009, 02:50:21 PM: From twitter:

Haven't dialyzed inpatient since my very first run (9/90) this my 1st hospital stay Hope tomorrow I'm home 2 dialyze. Keep the streak going! ...15 minutes ago from web
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Romona on July 07, 2009, 07:20:43 PM: :grouphug; Best Wishes Bill!
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Post by: Sluff on July 07, 2009, 07:32:11 PM: I hope you keep the streak going! About the dialysis, that is.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Bill Peckham on July 07, 2009, 11:26:24 PM: maybe tweeted too soon

my bowels haven't "woken up" so it looks like I'll be here through tomorrow and I'll have to dialyze inpatient

all they wanted me to do was fart but the one time I want to I can't

and they won't let me have any beans

kinda a let down but I probably wasn't being realistic

thanks for the good wishes ... how about someone sending some gas my way

;D
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Des on July 08, 2009, 01:41:41 AM: fart, gas, poep (afrikaans "pup"), wind, ect

I am sending it all your way.

I am glad to here you are feeling o.k.

Get better soon.!
Hugs
Des
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Sluff on July 08, 2009, 04:58:30 AM: Quote from: Bill Peckham on July 07, 2009, 11:26:24 PM
maybe tweeted too soon

my bowels haven't "woken up" so it looks like I'll be here through tomorrow and I'll have to dialyze inpatient

all they wanted me to do was fart but the one time I want to I can't

and they won't let me have any beans

kinda a let down but I probably wasn't being realistic

thanks for the good wishes ... how about someone sending some gas my way

;D

Thats the best I can do Bill... :sir ken; FOOOa00000roooot toot.... :rofl; use your imagination here.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: glitter on July 08, 2009, 08:26:21 AM: Oh geeze, I hope you fart today..... :cheer: :cheer: :bandance; ( I had gastritist once- not farting sucks)

LOL wake up bowels! Bill wants to go home!!!!
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Post by: okarol on July 08, 2009, 09:30:59 AM: Hope you toot and can tweet again soon Bill!

Rest while you can! :cuddle;
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Post by: thegrammalady on July 08, 2009, 10:29:47 AM: hope you make it out of there soon!
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Post by: Zach on July 08, 2009, 10:32:42 AM: :beer1;
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Post by: Meinuk on July 08, 2009, 10:35:23 AM: I'm guessing that this will be the one time you won't blame it on the dog?
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Post by: paris on July 08, 2009, 12:45:32 PM: You know we are family when we are all sitting around talking about your ability to pass gas! Hope tomorrow finds you home and recovering. :grouphug;
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Bill Peckham on July 08, 2009, 06:02:32 PM: Still nothing - they dialyzed me for 3 hours today. I self cannulated with buttonhole needles was a bit worried that the button holes would have healed over since Sunday morning when I last had needles in but it was fine.

I don't know how much detail to go into but I feel bloated and have tried everything. Coffee, lots and lots of walking and what may be my first suppository. Or I've had one before and managed to forget the experience, not sure but still nothing.

They have a video library here; tonight I'm watching "The Gods must be crazy" last night I watched "Raising Arizona" which was in a care package from RSN.

I mostly have been spending my time reading the internets and watching the traffic back up on I-90 - at least I'm not stuck in traffic.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: okarol on July 08, 2009, 07:31:59 PM: Home remedies: Warm prune juice, senna tea, apple cider, raisins, safflower oil with honey.

Hope you get moving soon! :sir ken;
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Post by: Zach on July 08, 2009, 07:37:01 PM: A little Castor oil will doo the trick! ::)
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Post by: okarol on July 08, 2009, 07:40:42 PM: Oh yeah castor oil :puke;

How about milk of magnesia - can renal patients take that?
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: dwcrawford on July 08, 2009, 07:41:14 PM: Jamie Lee Curtis and Activia, but it takes 2 week they say.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Hemodoc on July 08, 2009, 07:58:19 PM: Milk of magnesia should be avoided due to the magnesium in renal patients. Good old father time is about the only thing that works. With a laparoscopic surgery, it shouldn't be much longer.

Get well soon.

Peter

P.S. How would you like to have a job where you go around asking people if they are passing gas. Quite a strange profession to be a doctor at times, but quite rewarding at the same time.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Meinuk on July 08, 2009, 08:05:06 PM: Quote from: Bill Peckham on July 07, 2009, 11:26:24 PM
maybe tweeted too soon

Don't forget to tweet when you toot.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Bill Peckham on July 08, 2009, 08:30:51 PM: There's enough gurgling going on that the surgeon signed off on the normal menu - I have a cheese burger and brown rice on the way.

I'm really hoping to be home tomorrow.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Zach on July 08, 2009, 08:35:45 PM: :clap;
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Post by: Sluff on July 09, 2009, 05:25:25 AM: Hope you go home today Bill. :cookie; :cookie;
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Bill Peckham on July 09, 2009, 10:34:21 AM: I'm wearing pants because I can now fart.

(that is not a sentence I have ever typed before)

waiting for the paper work to go through all the required channels and then I am home!
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: dwcrawford on July 09, 2009, 10:38:17 AM: Bravo!!! Never thought I applaud someone for farting.
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Post by: Zach on July 09, 2009, 10:39:25 AM: As they say, there's "Nothing Like A Good Crap In The Morning."

8)
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Post by: paris on July 09, 2009, 12:36:07 PM: This whole thread is making me laugh! :rofl; Glad you get to go home :cuddle;
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Post by: Romona on July 09, 2009, 02:20:01 PM: :bandance; Glad you are going home.
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Post by: Sluff on July 09, 2009, 02:37:47 PM: Hooray for the toot toots. Glad you get to go home. :2thumbsup;
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Post by: okarol on July 09, 2009, 02:45:52 PM: Good news! :yahoo;

Recent twitter:

I'm home. Yippee. I'm looking for a few days of rest. I expect a call about the preliminary pathology this afternoon.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: okarol on July 09, 2009, 07:49:04 PM: Even better news!!

Twitter:

Surgeon reports pathology all positive. No evidence of spread; it was even smaller in person than it appeared via CAT scan. Case closed! ...11 minutes ago from web

Wooo hoooooo!! :yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo;
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Bill Peckham on July 09, 2009, 08:20:51 PM: I'm glad to leave the medical issues behind but I want to hold on to all the support I have felt. I need to reflect ... it feels like I am at a proverbial fork in the road ... there's time for that. Now I'm going to work on getting my strength back and setting goals.

First goal: I want to be swimming in Lake Washington by the end of the month.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: glitter on July 09, 2009, 08:35:37 PM: I am so happy for you, I' glad your cancer was smaller then they thought- nasty stuff. At least it was encapsulated inside the kidney. :flower;

Have you ever been so happy to fart? LOL :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Bill Peckham on July 09, 2009, 08:51:51 PM: Quote from: glitter on July 09, 2009, 08:35:37 PM
I am so happy for you, I' glad your cancer was smaller then they thought- nasty stuff. At least it was encapsulated inside the kidney. :flower;

Have you ever been so happy to fart? LOL :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;

Last night while eating my hamburger: Best. Fart. Ever.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: glitter on July 09, 2009, 08:52:55 PM: :rofl; :rofl; :clap; :cheer:
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Post by: Rerun on July 09, 2009, 09:06:25 PM: :thumbup; :yahoo;
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Post by: Des on July 09, 2009, 11:25:18 PM: YEAH YEAH AND YEAH

Some good news.....

Mabe not so much the farting :) but the cancer news.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: aharris2 on July 10, 2009, 05:06:26 AM: Quote from: Bill Peckham on July 09, 2009, 08:51:51 PM
Last night while eating my hamburger: Best. Fart. Ever.

Congrats on that Bill, and

I am really happy that the news on the cancer was good... so now it's off to Tikal when???
:clap;
Alene, la gringa mochilera
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: rose1999 on July 10, 2009, 07:24:35 AM: Bill I'm so pleased to read all about your good news :yahoo; I hope that if nothing else this has shown you how much you mean to all of us. :grouphug;
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Post by: Sunny on July 12, 2009, 05:48:49 PM: So glad to know they got all the cancer and you are on the road to recovery. Hope you get to go swimming in the Lake soon.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: okarol on July 14, 2009, 02:34:44 PM: :waving; Hi Bill,
Just wondering how you're feeling - hoping each day get easier! :cuddle;
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: paris on July 14, 2009, 02:55:50 PM: Hope your recovery is going well. Rest and take care :cuddle;
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Romona on July 14, 2009, 04:52:57 PM: Thinking of you! :cuddle;
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Bill Peckham on July 14, 2009, 06:40:36 PM: I had a 7AM meeting I went to this morning - first time I set the alarm clock. When I got home at 9AM I took a 3 hour nap.

Tomorrow I am suppose to participate in a half day retreat. I'm not sure I'll be able to last the duration but I'm going to try. Doing my first overnight dialysis treatment since the surgery tonight. This will be a good test.
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: willieandwinnie on July 14, 2009, 07:31:57 PM: :2thumbsup; Glad to hear from you Bill and continued blessings. :cuddle;
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: okarol on August 06, 2009, 06:34:09 PM: How is your recovery coming Bill? Been swimming in the lake lately? :waving;
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Zach on August 07, 2009, 11:29:59 AM: :beer1;
Title: Re: Our member Bill P.
Post by: Bill Peckham on August 07, 2009, 01:37:49 PM: I've had a few low energy days - I swam a few days in a row while it was hot here but with the clouds swimming is lesss apealing and I could feel all sorts of muscles I didn't even know I had.

My chemistries are looking good but I have not been sleeping well - on or off dialysis. If I can get that sorted out it should give me more energy.