Just feeling numb

[casper2636]

My life before D. was great...I was a Life Flight Trauma Nurse. I gave back to the people that needed help all of a sudden. With this, I was given a years notice; Little time to prepare;Not enough to set my mind straight. Now, I'm in the pepole I've treated positions....life or death. I've got to choose life because it has so much to offer...at what tax do I pay?

[MooseMom]

My life before D. was great...I was a Life Flight Trauma Nurse. I gave back to the people that needed help all of a sudden. With this, I was given a years notice; Little time to prepare;Not enough to set my mind straight. Now, I'm in the pepole I've treated positions....life or death. I've got to choose life because it has so much to offer...at what tax do I pay?

Life Flight Trauma Nurse...that's a dream job!!!  So, you like helping people.

Something just occurred to me.  I read an article from Iowa, I think...Des Moines...about a patient in a DaVita clinic who was asked to become a patient advocate within the clinic.  I thought that was a cool thing to do, and it made me wonder if perhaps the next time I saw my neph, I could offer to be a "bitch buddy" for a patient/patients who he thought might benefit from talking to someone who was going through the same sort of thing.  I have no idea what he will say, but at least I could offer.  There are support groups around here for just about every malady but NOTHING for kidney patients.   Not everyone with CKD has access to the internet.  Anyway, do you think you might could do some local advocacy/support work of this nature in your area?

[gaelicdevil]

I see your position better now. You where already in the trenches but on the other side. Now you are on the sucky side. I looked for that for years and never found one. A diabetic endocrinologist. Somebody that would understand, know that you can't always follow the rules. Hard.

[casper2636]

Yes, I looked into the other side...of giving back. I'm just not physically stable to reciprocate. My blood pressure is so low that if you stand me up, I'm like a weeble ....I'll roll over  and I might fall down!Never know!My mouth works just fine, and my brain is just as skilled...But they can find a body that works as well.It's hard to get old and get sick at such a young age, with a mind that just wants to run!!

[gaelicdevil]

The problem with weebles is they don't fall down. And we as humans do. Even if just for a moment, until we regain our footing.

[Sugarlump]

And some of us just stay laying down and look at the stars