Bringing back Things to do While on Dialysis Thread

[Maker]

  This is the funniest thread I've read in a long time, thanks all for the laughs! 

I will have to request my unit get some hot guy techs for me to flirt with! 

[RichardMEL]

note to self: once transplant is secured apply to be a tech at Maker's unit.... 

[calypso]

HA, I now do home dialysis on NXSTAGE. SOOOOO. I play XBOX 360 games. I play pac man with my wife. I watch the NFL Channel on DirecTV. I talk on the phne to my Friends and Parents in New England(I am in NC) amd like to grab a nap! For me doing this at home has made a difference. I was going to cut dialysis and that would have been it.

Don't you need both hands to play xbox360 games? Can you do that? Or do you play 1 handed?

[kidneysblowingchunks]

Slingshots and jelly beans!
 

[thegrammalady]

i sleep

[RightSide]

I bought a pre-owned TI NSpire CAS calculator, and I amuse myself by doing math problems on it.  It sure passes the time.  Amazing how much power they packed into that little calculator.

I plan to buy an HP Slate pad computer when it starts shipping, and fiddle with that during dialysis.

http://tinyurl.com/yc5hvun

My dialysis center offers us patients WiFi connectivity. So I should be able to connect my HP Slate to the Internet and surf away. 

[okarol]

HA, I now do home dialysis on NXSTAGE. SOOOOO. I play XBOX 360 games. I play pac man with my wife. I watch the NFL Channel on DirecTV. I talk on the phne to my Friends and Parents in New England(I am in NC) amd like to grab a nap! For me doing this at home has made a difference. I was going to cut dialysis and that would have been it.

Don't you need both hands to play xbox360 games? Can you do that? Or do you play 1 handed?

Might come in handy:
One-Handed Ergonomic Palm Game Controller
PS3, Xbox 360, PC Computer, Xbox, & GameCube, with optional adapters

[YLGuy]

My son won.  My daughter has an Ipod Touch and thought I should get an Ipad to keep me occupied.  My oldest son thought that was crazy as you could get 10 times the memory for half to two thirds the price if I bought a netbook.  I picked up one yesterday.

[okarol]

Things to do While on Dialysis:

Write an essay, limerick, t-shirt slogan, recipe or enter the drawing for IHD's 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION!!
 

[okarol]

Flirt with Giggly Princess Tech for fifteen minutes.

Flirt with Raven Haired Tech for twenty minutes.

Flirt with Smiley Blond Tech for twenty-five minutes.

Flirt with Hot LIbrarian Nurse for ten minutes.

Be seen by doctor for twelve seconds.

Be talked down to by Nurtritionist for two minutes.

Stare at Petite Neckish Patient on and off for twenty minutes.

After all of that fine Dialysis entertainment, since I'm a two hour run, treatment over.

Still cracks me up 

[Des]

I tried knitting, I resembled a pasient with two broken arms straight ahead of me... funny. Because the one arm needs to go where the other goes. I couldn't keep that up for very long.hehehehhe.

I was accidentally squirted with water from the next machine,, so my next visit I stole a syringe and filled it with water in the bathroom. As that tech passes me I squirted him with water .... I was laughing my butt off but he didn't think it was that funny.

I drop stuff......

     

[RichardMEL]

Karol's quote reminds me that how come Stacy (without and E) manages to get all the hotness in his unit? I mean what's with that? The only good looking women that come to my unit are the dieticians, and their visits aren't usually much fun (no matter how good my labs are they always like to make me feel bad for not eating enough fruit or eggs or something). I think Stacy should spend 10 minutes a shift trying convince at least some of those hotties to spread out to other units.. share the love man.. share the love!!! 

[okarol]

Here are more cool things I came across at thinkgeek.com

TV-B-Gone, a small television remote that hangs on your keychain, turns off virtually any television with the press of button. http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/755e/

Tiny universal remote: In seconds (just hold the mute button until the TV target mutes), you can take control of almost any television set. Control volume, channel, mute, off/on. http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/9a06/

[Stoday]

OKarol — you are wicked!

I must admin being intrigued by the DIY colonoscope... http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/d2bf/

[okarol]

OKarol — you are wicked!

I must admin being intrigued by the DIY colonoscope... http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/d2bf/

You made me look!!

[Riki]

OKarol — you are wicked!

I must admin being intrigued by the DIY colonoscope... http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/d2bf/

You made me look!!

yeah.. I looked too...

[needlephobic]

I know at my center we have to use the same chair so how about when you come in go to a different chair and let them look for you lol musical chairs 

[ChickenLittle56]

Stoday that is hilarious.

[okarol]

Stress relief squeeze ball

[onestronglittlelady]

Call the center on your cell phone, from your chair, while the nurse is trying to talk to their friends instead of working. It is also fun to call them to bring you a pillow. And did you know if you bring in a flask you will get lots of looks while you are drinking out of it!

[Adam_W]

If I tried some of the things I do on home hemo in a centre, I'd probably get kicked out. I play my guitar, play computer games with the volume up REALLY loud, watch movies, again with the volume up loud, and sometimes I'll even roll my machine outside on the front porch on nice days. and dialyze in the sun  It's also not uncommon for me to stand up (VERY carefully) to get or adjust things when I'm dialyzing. One time, I was drawing my monthly labs and I forgot to get my insulated bag to put them in during the tx (I dialyze alone  ), so I CAREFULLY got up, and rolled my whole machine behind me so I could reach the freezer to get my bag. I sure would get booted out on my arse If I did any of that at a centre!   

[okarol]

... sometimes I'll even roll my machine outside on the front porch on nice days. and dialyze in the sun...   

Nice! 

[Riki]

Here are more cool things I came across at thinkgeek.com

TV-B-Gone, a small television remote that hangs on your keychain, turns off virtually any television with the press of button. http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/755e/

Tiny universal remote: In seconds (just hold the mute button until the TV target mutes), you can take control of almost any television set. Control volume, channel, mute, off/on. http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/9a06/

That might be worth getting for my unit, since most times the controllers for them don't work.. I'm hoping we're getting new tvs and controller thingies in the new unit that opens in the spring

[Iwannabean]

We get different techs and different chairs every time we come in.  There is one tech that I'm always messing with.  I pinch the lines and when my machine starts beeping, I call her over and ask her "why does this only happen with you.  We also had the state inspectors in on Monday and I asked my nurse if we are still having Pizza and Wine on Friday if we pass inspection.  I also said (in front of the inspectors) to the head nurse "Its good to see you sober today .  I love messing with people.

Iwannabean

[Riki]

I also said (in front of the inspectors) to the head nurse "Its good to see you sober today .  I love messing with people.

Ohhh.. that is NASTY... *LMAO*

The nurses in my unit tend to keep things rather light, and if you pay attention to what they're saying, it can be rather comical.  Case in point: anyone who uses the Gambro Phoenix machines know that they can be set to a single needle setup, but you also have to attach 2 additional chambers, which are called balls.  When going on or coming off, the fluid levels must be changed to certain levels, and to do that, you push air in or pull air out with syringes.  The nurses always say that they're playing with their balls when doing this.  I think it's hilarious.

Anyone who has me on facebook or follows me on twitter knows that I talk about "the crazy people" all the time.  The latest thing I posted about them is that 2 of them serenaded me with a rendition of "That's What Friends Are For," and they did a pretty good job