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« Reply #50 on: February 07, 2010, 07:12:45 PM »
having a really really sick child.
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« Reply #51 on: October 31, 2011, 09:53:58 AM »
Dialysis isn't as bad as falling head over heels for a lover,
and having her dump you after a couple of months.
Dialysis isn't as bad as basic training at Fort Polk, U.S. Army,
back in the summer of 1974.
Dialysis isn't as bad as a wipeout in big North shore surf.
Dialysis isn't as bad as three days without dialysis.
Dialysis isn't as bad as watching your father die from
a brain tumor.
Dialysis isn't as bad as flunking a class.
Dialysis isn't as bad as realizing your boss lied to you about a raise.
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« Reply #52 on: October 31, 2011, 10:37:09 AM »
....... not having friends or family who are supportive and sympathetic as you are having to do it ......
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« Reply #53 on: October 31, 2011, 12:52:19 PM »
...catching a skunk with your bare hands.   :rofl;
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Nov 5, 2011 - THREE YEARS POST TRANSPLANT!  :D
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« Reply #54 on: October 31, 2011, 12:53:40 PM »
Or as bad as this!!!!
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1993 diagnosed with glomerulonephritis.
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Feb 13, 2008 - Activated on "the list".
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« Reply #55 on: October 31, 2011, 06:05:06 PM »
dialysis isn't as bad as having your face pressed down onto a hot stove.
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-Diagnosed with ESRD (born with one kidney, hypertension killed it) Jan 21st, 2007
-Started dialysis four days later in hospital (Baxter 1550-I think, then Gambro Phoenix)
-Started in-centre dialysis Feb 6th 2007 (Fres. 2008H)
-Started home hemo June 5th 2007 (NxStage/Pureflow)
-PD catheter placed June 6th 2008 (Bye bye NxStage, at least for now)
-Started CAPD July 4th, 2008
-PD catheter removed Dec 2, 2008-PD just wouldn't work, so I'm back on NxStage
-Kidney function improved enough to go off dialysis, Feb. 2011!!!!!
-Back on dialysis (still NxStage) July 2011 :(
-In-centre self-care dialysis March 2012 (Fresenius 2008K)
-Not on transplant list yet.


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« Reply #56 on: November 01, 2011, 03:53:47 PM »
a pap test.... just sayin'
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« Reply #57 on: November 02, 2011, 07:43:31 AM »
A colonoscopy, Just sayin :thumbup;
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« Reply #58 on: November 02, 2011, 08:15:32 AM »
Dialysis is not as bad as....

...a nice swim in a lake of hot lava.
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« Reply #59 on: November 02, 2011, 05:58:23 PM »
hypothyroidism... holy crap.. I feel like my battery is running low and I need to be plugged in, but I can't find the f-n cord
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« Reply #60 on: November 06, 2011, 02:55:06 AM »
Quote from: Riki on November 02, 2011, 05:58:23 PM
hypothyroidism... holy crap.. I feel like my battery is running low and I need to be plugged in, but I can't find the f-n cord

Riki, get your meds straightened out and you should get your energy back. At least I did.
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« Reply #61 on: November 06, 2011, 01:48:34 PM »
Quote from: kporter85db on November 06, 2011, 02:55:06 AM
Quote from: Riki on November 02, 2011, 05:58:23 PM
hypothyroidism... holy crap.. I feel like my battery is running low and I need to be plugged in, but I can't find the f-n cord

Riki, get your meds straightened out and you should get your energy back. At least I did.

I was only just diagnosed last week, so only just started taking the meds.  I'm told that it'll be a couple of weeks before they start to work
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« Reply #62 on: November 08, 2011, 08:56:43 AM »
Good luck Riki, hope you feel better soon.

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« Reply #63 on: November 08, 2011, 10:03:06 AM »
having kidney stones. Ouch!
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« Reply #64 on: November 08, 2011, 02:18:01 PM »
Quote from: Isabella13 on November 08, 2011, 10:03:06 AM
having kidney stones. Ouch!

Ooh.. nasty
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« Reply #65 on: November 09, 2011, 12:34:15 AM »
Nothing ( I dont think) is worse than having sciatica and diarrhea at the same time.
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« Reply #66 on: November 09, 2011, 05:08:32 AM »
Eeeew, all of a sudden I am feeling very healthy. :2thumbsup;

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« Reply #67 on: November 09, 2011, 06:23:52 PM »
Quote from: Jean on November 09, 2011, 12:34:15 AM
Nothing ( I dont think) is worse than having sciatica and diarrhea at the same time.

OMG.... that is.... I have no words to describe that.. except maybe painful and messy
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« Reply #68 on: November 10, 2011, 07:07:01 AM »
Never take a box of ex-lax and a sleeping pill......ever  :rofl;

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« Reply #69 on: November 28, 2011, 11:02:32 PM »
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Quote from: kporter85db on November 06, 2011, 02:55:06 AM
Quote from: Riki on November 02, 2011, 05:58:23 PM
hypothyroidism... holy crap.. I feel like my battery is running low and I need to be plugged in, but I can't find the f-n cord

Riki, get your meds straightened out and you should get your energy back. At least I did.

I was only just diagnosed last week, so only just started taking the meds.  I'm told that it'll be a couple of weeks before they start to work


You get your energy back yet, Riki?
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« Reply #70 on: November 29, 2011, 11:33:34 AM »
Quote from: dwcrawford on September 22, 2009, 06:39:06 PM
as we imagine it will be, before we start dialysis.
Isn't that the truth?!
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« Reply #71 on: November 29, 2011, 11:43:39 AM »
Dialysis isn't as bad as being hungover.
It is isn't as bad as having to work on your day off.
It isn't as bad as nails down a chalkboard (that kills me).
It isn't as bad as having to bathe your great-grandma.
It isn't as bad as cleaning the toilet-which you have to do a lot more of when you are on PD-so cancel that one.
It isn't as bad as menstrual cramps (sorry guys-but it's so true).
It isn't as bad a driving 5 hours.

It really isn't that bad after all, but I still hate it, because of what it represents.

Btw-don't ever combine dialysis with any of the above, especially multiple items at once. That's a recipe for a very bad time.  >:D
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« Reply #72 on: November 29, 2011, 02:14:28 PM »
Frying bacon in the nude!
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« Reply #73 on: November 30, 2011, 09:32:24 PM »
Quote from: kporter85db on November 28, 2011, 11:02:32 PM
Quote from: Riki on November 06, 2011, 01:48:34 PM
Quote from: kporter85db on November 06, 2011, 02:55:06 AM
Quote from: Riki on November 02, 2011, 05:58:23 PM
hypothyroidism... holy crap.. I feel like my battery is running low and I need to be plugged in, but I can't find the f-n cord

Riki, get your meds straightened out and you should get your energy back. At least I did.

I was only just diagnosed last week, so only just started taking the meds.  I'm told that it'll be a couple of weeks before they start to work


You get your energy back yet, Riki?

No, not yet.. though I have had a few sleepless nights, so the insomnia appears to be coming back.  Perhaps that's a sign that it's beginning to work
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« Reply #74 on: November 30, 2011, 09:48:16 PM »
. . . . . .  as hearing your doctor saying, "I don't know what's wrong."
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