tim nickerson

[smoke]

my name is tim nickerson i have been on dialysis for 2 years now in halifax nova scotia i ask that you read this then find me on facebook and share my post

so i have called ctv,cbc,global,talk radio,Q104 rant line, the mayor's office, the MP for dartmouth cole harbour, the new nova scotia gov't party office i will not stand by and watch people on dialysis be treated the way we are......a main unit that is to small, lack of tools, over worked nurses, lack of funding and all the other bull shit people on dialysis has to deal with i know i'm going to taking a hit with what i'm doing it happen to someone else on dialysis when they did the same thing but but its the only fight i have left in my life and it is a fight for my life as i see it..........all i ask is if you call me friend is to stand behind me its a fight i am willing to fight on my own but its a fight that can be won if i know my friends are there.

i need a army for this fight

[kristina]

Hello Tim,

I have just read your introduction and I am very sorry about your situation...

Unfortunately it may be very difficult to get people together to change
terrible health systems and/or the abuse of vulnerable and frail patients because :

1) Patients with kidney issues are often too exhausted because of their dialysis and/or other health issues
    and don’t feel physically strong enough anymore to use their ellbows and fight ...

2) ESRF patients often feel they have to compromise to have a chance to survive  ...
    ... let's not forget that many people are prepared to do almost anything to survive...

3) ... many healthy people are convinced that kidney failure would never ever happen to them...
    ... and so they are not really interested because it does not affect them...

4) ... another obstacle is the fact that dialysis and/or transplants have become a growing industry world wide...
   

(... been there, seen it & realized I was fighting on my own for better (NHS) health services ... and I am not on dialysis... not yet anyway...)

[Rerun]

Hi Smoke, and welcome to IHD.  We are based in the United States.  So, things are different here.  Not the best but different. 

You will enjoy this thread.

Civil Rights and Kidney Dialysis  http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=29501.0

I'm glad you joined.

Rerun, Moderator   

[cassandra]

Welcome to the site smoke

   

Good luck, and strength, Cas

Mb I do not have fb