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« on: September 15, 2009, 10:32:02 PM »
I borrowed this from Okarol in an earlier thread....

Going before a firing squad
Getting kicked in the nuts 3 times a week
Being chased by blood sucking beasts through the gates of hell
Losing your entire family to the plague
Getting swallowed by a whale



Now add your own...
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Remember your present situation is not your final destination.

Take it one day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.

"If we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm gonna lose it. Lose it... It means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of ones faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal, wacko!" Jack O'Neill - SG-1
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« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2009, 10:42:37 PM »
Running a cheese grater over your elbow.
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« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2009, 11:04:11 PM »
slamming your finger in a drawer...... so that the nail later falls off
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« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2009, 11:08:11 PM »
shark bite
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Ivanova: "Old Egyptian blessing: May God stand between you and harm in all the empty places you must walk." Babylon 5

Remember your present situation is not your final destination.

Take it one day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.

"If we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm gonna lose it. Lose it... It means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of ones faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal, wacko!" Jack O'Neill - SG-1
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« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2009, 11:23:59 PM »
2 sharks circling you.
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« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2009, 11:42:03 PM »
Dialysis is not as bad as....

NOT doing dialysis.   8)
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« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2009, 05:20:28 AM »
Losing your legs to diabetes.
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« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2009, 05:34:31 AM »
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Dialysis is not as bad as....

NOT doing dialysis.   8)

You can say that again (and again, and again)!!!
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« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2009, 05:59:46 AM »
aging....

and then again there is aging while on dialysis so...

But then again, dialysis is simply a major nuisance.
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« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2009, 10:12:42 AM »
Dial-ysis Vs Dial-up  (J/K)
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« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2009, 02:25:45 PM »
Dialysis is lots of fun.  But it is not nearly as much fun as having a root canal or a colonoscopy.
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« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2009, 02:54:41 PM »
Dialysis is not as bad as ...
the months before you knew what was happening,
the crappy feeling,
zero energy,
shortness of breath.
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« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2009, 08:00:52 PM »
... a poke in the eye with a sharp stick!   :o
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« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2009, 08:06:22 PM »
Dialysis is not as bad as having your toe nails pulled out.
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« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2009, 08:51:16 PM »
Dialysis is not as bad as a radical nephrectomy
Dialysis is not as bad as kidney cancer
Dialysis is not as bad as the alternative...
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06/85 Diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes
10/04 Radical Nephrectomy (Kidney Cancer or renal cell carcinoma)
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05/08 Started CCPD (my cycler: The little box of alarms)
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« Reply #15 on: September 19, 2009, 07:24:49 AM »
2 bone marrow test
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« Reply #16 on: September 19, 2009, 08:13:05 AM »
Quote from: Zach on September 18, 2009, 08:00:52 PM
... a poke in the eye with a sharp stick!   :o
:rofl;

Thats what I was going to say!!
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« Reply #17 on: September 19, 2009, 08:26:06 AM »
Go ahead and poke me in the eye.  Just get it over with!
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« Reply #18 on: September 19, 2009, 09:26:50 AM »
...as other types of organ failure that have no life sustaining technologies.
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« Reply #19 on: September 21, 2009, 06:45:49 AM »
Quote from: dwcrawford on September 19, 2009, 08:26:06 AM
Go ahead and poke me in the eye.  Just get it over with!

I am with you.... just poke me in the eye.... at least its only once?
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« Reply #20 on: September 22, 2009, 01:04:09 PM »
Quote from: monrein on September 19, 2009, 09:26:50 AM
...as other types of organ failure that have no life sustaining technologies.


such a good thing to remember! 
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« Reply #21 on: September 22, 2009, 06:28:40 PM »
not having the option to recieve dialysis.
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« Reply #22 on: September 22, 2009, 06:39:06 PM »
as we imagine it will be, before we start dialysis.
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« Reply #23 on: September 22, 2009, 07:26:01 PM »
I've been poked in the eye - with a very large needle.

I was 7 years old. Imagine the doc telling you to "sit very very still and try not to blink" as this bloody big needle comes closer and closer and closer and.....

yep, dialysis is better than that!
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« Reply #24 on: September 23, 2009, 06:37:11 PM »
I don't yet know how bad dialysis will be but I'm sure it won't be as bad as haveing a TV camera stuffed up my jacksie.   :sir ken;
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