Mourning the loss of my NxStage

[David13]

Have you asked nursing students in the area?

Great idea, Kit! 

[okarol]

A guy found a kidney on Craigslist (see News Articles) so maybe you could find someone to help...? Ya never know.

[jbeany]

Auugh!  I got the keys to the house today.  Now I know why she was so eager to have someone move in.  When she left for the winter, which is turning out to be a permanent vacation in Arizona, she didn't pack or move much of anything.  She's had the house on the market for a year, so I figured if would be nearly empty.  Nope!  It looks like she just walked out the door and left it.  The closets are overflowing, the cupboards are stuffed full, the knickknacks are still all over, and even the fridge is still partly full. (Ewwwww!) There were still dishes in the sink.  No wonder she couldn't sell it!  I've got to pack her stuff and put it in storage before I can move in mine.  I know part of her problem was it's half my dad's stuff, and she couldn't deal with it after he died.  Hopefully, it will be easier for her if I have it already boxed up and labeled. 

At any rate, my packing just doubled.  I've already come to the conclusion that I own tooooooooooo much junk, just from boxing up the first of my things here at home!

[okarol]

Awww JB - that sucks. Sounds like a lot of work. Does she mind if you sell her stuff? Or just don't tell her LOL.
Hope things get easier soon. xoxoxo

[kitkatz]

Good luck with two houses full of junk! 

[paddbear0000]

I'm very sorry to hear about all of this. it's great to have a house to use, but it sucks that you have to deal with all of the mess! 

[skyedogrocks]

I'm sorry about not being able to do NxStage, you were doing great on it.  I'll pray that something comes up for you.  In the meantime, enjoy the house!

[jbeany]

I had my first day in-center, at the center closest to the new house.  It's a satellite center from my other clinic, so I get the same doc, dietitian, and social worker.  It's tiny!  3 chairs in a room smaller than my new living room.  Only 2 staff members at a time.  There's some advantage there, though - no waiting for hook-ups, fewer people to spread cold germs, and it's really quiet.  Good crew, too.  I, of course, got to start out my first day back in the grind by shoveling out from 12 inches of snow that we got last night.  I'm a 15 minute drive from the center, and it took me over an hour to get there - most of that time spent just trying to get a car out of the driveway.  When I got there, the only nurse there introduced himself as Dave, and said the other nurse, Nancy would be there shortly.  One of the 3 patients lived a few miles away, and was stuck, so Nancy had taken Dave's truck to go get her.  Now that's personal service!

On the down side - I'm right back to that washed-out, crappy feeling I always got after in-center, and the weird taste is back in my mouth.  Ugggh.  On to my first weekend off D in ages, too.  Time to freeze some grapes and try to stay away from the faucet.

On the up side, my step-mother tells me that the pond in my new front yard has its very own otter.  That should be fun!

[paddbear0000]

An otter? How cool!

[jbeany]

@#$#@%%$&*@

Packing! 

Someone shoot me now, please.  Or give me a kidney, damn it!

[Zach]

 Or give me a kidney, damn it!

I'll give you one of mine!   

[jbeany]

Ya think if we traded, they'd decide to start working again?  Give them a change of scenery, maybe that would inspire them to function?

4 hours of non-stop packing at the new house to get step-mom's stuff boxed and out, and it doesn't even look like we've made a dent in it.  I came home exhausted, but the only reason we stopped is we ran out of boxes.  Ah, well, my nap has me in a better mood, but I'm still sick of packing!

[Wattle]

AN OTTER JB!!  I really want a pic of that!!

I am sorry you had to shovel snow before you could get out of the driveway. That sounds foreign to me!

I hope you get to swap back to nxstage soon. 

[jbeany]

Turn, turn, turn.. . .
Step-mom called me today.  Now she's coming back and I can't use the house.  I was expecting her to flake out not long after I was in it, but not quite this soon!  Apparently, the buyer she had for the family restaurant backed out, so now she has to come back to run it.  Hmmmm. . . better her than me; that place is exhausting.

At any rate, my packing continues, and I'm going to apply to a rent controlled apartment only about 6 miles from the center I'm at now.  If that doesn't work, I can stay where I'm at at least until summer - it's still only about a 15 minute drive.  I've got lots of time to sort and get rid of my junk!

Thankfully, I've only moved a single carload of stuff to the new place.  Step-mom has just doubled her work, though.  We packed all her stuff and moved it out to the garage already!

I really did want to see the otter, though!

[okarol]

It must be so frustrating to have things so unpredictable now - I pray it just means that simpler times are ahead.
 

[paddbear0000]

Oh man jbeany, that SUCKS! I would be so pissed at her!!   

[Chris]

She better not be one bit angry that you packed stuff up and put it into the garage and cleaned up the mess in the kitchen. I wouldn't put a thing back. This is where being on dialysis comes in handy for once, which is very rare.

[Joe Paul]

So nice of you to start to clean things up, then she tell you she is coming back. I hope you soon get your own place, close to your clinic. It would have been nice for you to find another partner though, so you could have continued with your nxstage. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

[paris]

I am sorry Jbeany.  All that work for nothing.  If she is upset with her stuff packed up, give her my phone number!   I'll take her on!   I hope a good solution comes soon.   

[kitkatz]

That is too bad things did not work out.  She got a clean house, though and all you got was screwed.  Hope things pick up better for you soon!

[cherpep]

jbeany - where are you at in Michigan?  I see your profile says Northern Michigan - is that the U.P?  Or is it the northern part of the L.P?  I'm also a Michigander who does NxStage.  I live near Detroit, but my mother lives in Atlanta, MI (half hour from Gaylord). 

[jbeany]

cherpep, I'm right by the Bridge.  My center is in St. Ignace, at the north end of the Big Mac, but I'm below the Bridge with the rest of the trolls. . .

I called on the supposed "low-income" housing apartments in Mackinaw today.  The woman at the office said they were income-based, with the lowest possible rent at $400, plus electric.  What?  I only make $800 on disability - how can that be income-based if they want half of what I get?  Nuts.  The other income-based apartments in the other closest town takes your income, subtracts major expenses like medical costs, and then figures 30% of the remainder to get a rental fee.  Guess I have to go to the Housing Commission and see about getting on the waiting list for disabled housing now.

[pelagia]

  hope tomorrow brings something better.

[Chris]

cherpep, I'm right by the Bridge.  My center is in St. Ignace, at the north end of the Big Mac, but I'm below the Bridge with the rest of the trolls. . .

I called on the supposed "low-income" housing apartments in Mackinaw today.  The woman at the office said they were income-based, with the lowest possible rent at $400, plus electric.  What?  I only make $800 on disability - how can that be income-based if they want half of what I get?  Nuts.  The other income-based apartments in the other closest town takes your income, subtracts major expenses like medical costs, and then figures 30% of the remainder to get a rental fee.  Guess I have to go to the Housing Commission and see about getting on the waiting list for disabled housing now.

That's what I am afraid of happening if I try. And probably Medicaid would want more too for being on my own, but they already get a good chunk of my disability income. I haven't looked further into it yet, just been to the office that helps, which got me some more money from the state. Not sure if this is a one time check or a monthly check, but $79 bucks is good for gas  Not ure if you have a county office that is called (your county) center for independent living. It is for people on disability and helps in various ways no matter what your disability is.

[okarol]

I think this is a great idea - it's about PD but seems to make sense that it could be done for NxStage too.
http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=12829.0