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« on: May 06, 2009, 01:21:14 PM »

I feel like a dishrag that has been used up and wrung out.  It's just one of those days.  After a night of virtually no sleep and a visit from the cramp fairy, I'm exhausted and my legs feel like they can't even support me.  I'm here at work right now, but can't really focus on my work.  I'm breaking the rules by getting on this website at work, but I just needed to vent a little bit.  I can't let others here know how bad I feel, and I can't go home - we are already in layoffs and cut hours due to the Chrysler bankruptcy.   

I was in a meeting this morning where I was a key player and people were looking to me to get creative, but the only thing I could get creative about was where I was going to throw up if it became imminently necessary.  Luckily, it didn't, but I feel so weak and braindead.  This post is probably the best work I've done all day, LOL.  Nahh, I have done some work, but it's all been a huge struggle.  I'm gonna have to review it all tomorrow. 
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« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2009, 01:24:32 PM »

Cherpep, I'm just sending you some hugs and a big wish that tomorrow will be a better day.  If I see the cramp fairy I promise I'll swat her and put her out of commission for you.  :cuddle;
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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2009, 01:28:36 PM »

Thanks, monrein!!  Smack her good, please! 

I just reread my post, and boy do I sound whiny!!  I hate whining!  Shame on me.  OK, sucking it up now. 
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« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2009, 01:28:50 PM »

Cherpep, you are such an inspiration!  I wish there was someone at work you could talk to at times like this, but I understand your situation.  We are always here for you!  :cuddle; 

I'm with monrein:  I am going to give that cramp fairy a couple of cramps of his own if I see him.
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« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2009, 01:30:57 PM »

Cool!  David and monrein going after the cramp fairy.  Yeah!  Maybe I'll get some sleep tonight after all. :thx;
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« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2009, 01:34:10 PM »

 :grouphug;
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« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2009, 01:37:38 PM »

Cherpep, you are such an inspiration!  I wish there was someone at work you could talk to at times like this, but I understand your situation.  We are always here for you!  :cuddle; 

I'm with monrein:  I am going to give that cramp fairy a couple of cramps of his own if I see him.


isn't the cramp fairy a girl ?
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« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2009, 01:43:10 PM »

Might depend on the kind of cramps.  Example...menstrual cramps...girl (nasty one at that) but those wicked leg and body cramps on dialysis, might just be some evil sadistic bastard guy.  Just my  :twocents;
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« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2009, 01:46:52 PM »

In that case - it's definitely a guy!!
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« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2009, 01:48:39 PM »

 :Kit n Stik;  well we'll have to smack him extra hard then.  :Kit n Stik;  Now he's just a dizzy sadist. 
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Home haemo 1980-1985 (self-cannulated with 15 gauge sharps)
Cadaveric transplant 1985
New upper-arm fistula April 2008
Uldall-Cook catheter inserted May 2008
Haemo-dialysis, self care unit June 2008
(2 1/2 hours X 5 weekly)
Self-cannulated, 15 gauge blunts, buttonholes.
Living donor transplant (sister-in law Kathy) Feb. 2009
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« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2009, 03:48:46 PM »

Cherpep, What a day. I am sorry and wish you could have just gone home.  I know you are worried about the job outlook with the auto companies. It is hard not to stress.   And you did not sound whiney!  You sounded sick!  I hope you have a better night.   :cuddle;
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« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2009, 04:00:34 PM »

Sending  :grouphug;

I hope you can get a better night's sleep tonight, Cherpep.  :flower;

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« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2009, 04:51:48 PM »

Big  :grouphug; to you.  I caught the cramp fairy in the alley and kick her a**.  I slapped har a couple of time for you!
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« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2009, 05:16:47 PM »

Hehehehe - I read a kid's book not long ago where the heroine got rid of a spiteful fairy by yelling, "I don't believe in fairies!" at the top of her lungs until the fairy keeled over and died.  Try that next time, cherpep.
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« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2009, 06:36:45 PM »

I know all about having to work and feeling crappy.  Monday night at dialysis my sore shoulder decided to have a cow all night long.  I moaned and groaned all night. Up all night then had to get up 5:45a.m. and go to work feeling like crap with no sleep.  And I had to make sense of CST testing in my classroom and keep kids quiet and busy for hours on end that day. Then I went home at 12:30 and remembered I had scheduled an IEP at 2pm at school that day.  I had to turn around and go back to work.  All I wanted was a nap.
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« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2009, 08:03:44 PM »

Cherpep, hope you are sleeping soundly by now and hopefully the cramp fairy is all cramped out someplace far away.
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« Reply #16 on: May 06, 2009, 08:05:52 PM »

Yes Pelagia is right. Get lots of sleep tonight.
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« Reply #17 on: May 06, 2009, 11:38:41 PM »

 :grouphug; I hope tomorrow is better!
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« Reply #18 on: May 07, 2009, 05:01:32 PM »

Was today a better day?  Let us know how you are.   :cuddle;
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« Reply #19 on: May 07, 2009, 06:09:05 PM »

Thanks, guys!!  Thanks so much.  I don't know what I would do without my IHD friends.  I have come to rely upon these posts more than I ever thought possible. 

Yes, today was a much better day.  I actually got some sleep - actually in my bed (not my sleeping chair), and my bed is the most comfortable bed in the world.  It was a cool evening, so having the window slightly open gave me some fresh air while I slept, which was pure heaven.  So, I was able to function at work.  Now, if only the Wings could win tonight - it would be a great day all around.

Thanks again, guys!!! 
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« Reply #20 on: May 13, 2009, 11:08:24 AM »

I am so sick of being sick.  What a rollercoaster!  I was feeling better, than after just a couple of days - sick again.  My entire Mother's Day was spent lying down - stomach pains, nausea, cramping in my legs and neck, total exhaustion, dizziness, double-vision, and dry heaving.  My blood pressure has also been low, never going over 90/60 and getting as low a 50/35.  Monday I was feeling a little better, managed to eat a little bit of mild food, made it into work. Tuesday - sick again!!!  Made it to work, but barely functioned.  Today, I feel a little better, but still feel like crawling under my desk.  What is up with this crap?!

I felt like this a couple of months ago then my graft stopped working, and they thought I may have been experiencing low clearance in my treatments.  I had to have surgery.  I sure hope it's not the problem right now - I cannot possibly have surgery right now - my job would suffer, and I honestly can't afford it.  Please, please, please don't let it be a clearance issue.  Just drew blood last night, so I guess we'll find out at my next appointment.  Let's hope it's just a bug that my body is having a hard time fighting and I can wait til my next appointment to find out. 

Now where did I put that magic wand that will make everything better?  Did someone borrow it?
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« Reply #21 on: May 13, 2009, 02:54:17 PM »

Are you too dry Cherpep?  Could you have gained a bit of real weight but kept your dry weight the same?  Just a thought.
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Pyelonephritis (began at 8 mos old)
Home haemo 1980-1985 (self-cannulated with 15 gauge sharps)
Cadaveric transplant 1985
New upper-arm fistula April 2008
Uldall-Cook catheter inserted May 2008
Haemo-dialysis, self care unit June 2008
(2 1/2 hours X 5 weekly)
Self-cannulated, 15 gauge blunts, buttonholes.
Living donor transplant (sister-in law Kathy) Feb. 2009
First failed kidney transplant removed Apr.  2009
Second trx doing great so far...all lab values in normal ranges
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« Reply #22 on: May 14, 2009, 12:53:55 PM »

 :grouphug;
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