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Zach
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« on: November 11, 2008, 06:08:14 AM »
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Uninterrupted in-center (self-care) hemodialysis since 1982 -- 34 YEARS on March 3, 2016 !!
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No transplant.  Not yet, anyway.  Only decided to be listed on 11/9/06. Inactive at the moment.  ;)
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Just the facts: 70.0 kgs. (about 154 lbs.)
Treatment: Tue-Thur-Sat   5.5 hours, 2x/wk, 6 hours, 1x/wk
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My KDOQI Nutrition (+/ -):  2,450 Calories, 84 grams Protein/day.

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« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2008, 06:11:01 AM »
Thankyou to all the vets here on IHD and around the world.    :clap; :clap;
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« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2008, 06:57:45 AM »
Thanks to all the Vets and Military Personnel that keep us from harm. :thx;
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« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2008, 07:04:31 AM »
I thanked Len this morning.  :beer1; Thank all the Vets and military for keeping us free.  :cuddle;
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« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2008, 07:30:47 AM »
Thank you to all the Veterans that I am free and not speaking German, Japanease, Vietcong, Iraqi, or Arabic. 

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« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2008, 08:48:17 AM »
I observed two minutes of silence this morning and have been wearing my poppy for two weeks.  Miracle of miracles I still have the first one I bought this year.  I usually go through several as they fall off my lapel.

My Dad was a flight engineer with the US Air Force in WWII.  He was shot down over the English Channel on his second flight out and they limped back to land, barely making it.  Two men on their plane were killed, one was sucked out the blown off back of the aircraft.  My Dad's older brother was also shot down and rescued after some long hours in a life raft at sea.
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(2 1/2 hours X 5 weekly)
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« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2008, 08:52:07 AM »
I'm on my way out the door to get a bunch of poppies to celebrate my dad, brother, uncles, grandfathers, husbands, and last but not least son's and grandchildren who without all the people willing to fight for freedom I would not have had the chance to enjoy.
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« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2008, 09:33:24 AM »
My gratitude to all who have served our country.  Thank you for giving you time to help keep our land free and safe.   God bless the veterans and God bless America   :usaflag;
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« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2008, 11:04:08 AM »
Thanks to my uncle Col. Frank Hager a pilot in the Aircorp in WWII.  His now 88 years old and doing great!

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« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2008, 12:21:44 PM »
There are not many WWII Vets alive anymore. Give him a hug from 1 vet to another.

Respect to all who served and to those who paid the ultimate price so that I can be free.

"All gave some, some gave all."
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« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2008, 03:00:04 PM »
My FIL is a WWII vet, and is doing great for 90 years. Thanks to all you other Vets out there for defending our freedom. God Bless the USA
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« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2008, 06:29:48 PM »
I called my Dad to wish him a Veterans Day thanks he is 85 and was a gunner during WWII on a B-29 out of Tinian Island where the bomb left from, delivered by the USS Indianapolis, to drop on Japan. Thanks to all the soldiers...Boxman
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« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2008, 07:11:12 PM »
Thanks to all the Vets, including my Dad (post-Korea), my Uncle Mike (Vietnam) and Josh (Iraq)!
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As for me, I'll borrow this thought: "Having never experienced kidney disease, I had no idea how crucial kidney function is to the rest of the body." - KD
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