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« Reply #50 on: August 16, 2009, 07:25:30 AM »

When you go to a family reunion and sit with your SIL's husband sharing caregiver tips and treatment parameters!

And urging him to join IHD!  :clap;

 :rofl; :rofl;
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« Reply #51 on: August 17, 2009, 02:22:54 AM »


                 
You always keep several 
get well cards on the mantle.
That way, when unexpected guests arrive, 
they will know you've been sick 
and will be unable to clean up after them.

So sneacky ! I love this.... I am going to use it ! SOON
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« Reply #52 on: August 19, 2009, 01:33:20 PM »

You admire your fistula more than you admire your penis.

 ;D
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« Reply #53 on: August 19, 2009, 02:13:47 PM »

 :rofl;
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« Reply #54 on: August 19, 2009, 02:59:28 PM »

I don't have a penis    :2thumbsup;
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« Reply #55 on: August 19, 2009, 03:04:38 PM »

aren't you glad?
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« Reply #56 on: August 19, 2009, 03:08:37 PM »

yes, really I am
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no penis envy here
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« Reply #57 on: August 20, 2009, 06:41:57 PM »

Reminds me of a joke I had with some of the (female) nurses when they tell me how big my fistula is.... "Yes you know it's good when you've got a big throbbing... fistula" or "you know what they say about men with large throbbing fistulas...."

 :rofl;
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« Reply #58 on: August 22, 2009, 12:34:52 PM »

what do they say about women with large, throbbing fistulas     :banghead;
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« Reply #59 on: August 22, 2009, 12:37:48 PM »

I love my husband's large throbbing.... fistula.

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« Reply #60 on: August 22, 2009, 07:01:28 PM »

One of the nurses at the unit ( a new one training) felt hubby's fistula and said your's is long and big!! Of course he had an answer for her!!  LOL!!
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« Reply #61 on: August 25, 2009, 08:10:14 PM »

what do they say about women with large, throbbing fistulas     :banghead;

I don't know but I'd love to meet one. Could be fun finding out !!!  >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D  :rofl;
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3/1993: Diagnosed with Kidney Failure (FSGS)
25/7/2006: Started hemo 3x/week 5 hour sessions :(
27/11/2010: Cadaveric kidney transplant from my wonderful donor!!! "Danny" currently settling in and working better every day!!! :)

BE POSITIVE * BE INFORMED * BE PROACTIVE * BE IN CONTROL * LIVE LIFE!
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« Reply #62 on: September 09, 2009, 05:17:01 PM »

you know dialysis is taking over your life when ------  :oops; I forgot what I was going to post

oh wait, nope, can't remember
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« Reply #63 on: September 18, 2009, 10:27:57 AM »

You see healthy person taking meds, get excited  :) ask what they are taking...
Get disappointed, :( find out its Tylenol
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« Reply #64 on: September 21, 2009, 06:47:04 AM »

You judge how sick someone is not by how he "looks" but what his GFR is.
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« Reply #65 on: September 21, 2009, 02:04:10 PM »

you know dialysis is taking over your life when ------  :oops; I forgot what I was going to post

oh wait, nope, can't remember

... when you keep forgetting things  ;D
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« Reply #66 on: February 03, 2010, 06:31:00 AM »

You Know Dialysis Is taking over your life when...you are proud of how drunk you managed to get on shots on your last and only night out in months.

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« Reply #67 on: February 03, 2010, 06:40:44 AM »


You Know Dialysis Is taking over your life when...  you dream tht you left your dialysis bag at the clinic and the need to go get it.   
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« Reply #68 on: February 03, 2010, 07:33:46 AM »

You know dialysis is taking over your life when they have to wake you up to go home, and you want "just 5 more minutes".

                       :waiting;
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« Reply #69 on: February 03, 2010, 07:43:00 AM »

You know dialysis is taking over your life when they have to wake you up to go home, and you want "just 5 more minutes".

                       :waiting;

WOW, and I thought dreaming about it was bad..... :o
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« Reply #70 on: February 03, 2010, 12:05:22 PM »

                       

WOW, and I thought dreaming about it was bad..... :o

EEEEckkk. I hate dialysis dreams, or rather nightmares. I seem to be having a lot of them lately. I was, well still am to a certain degree scared of needles. The first few sessions I was bubbling like a kid, my nightmares usually involve lots of sharp things.

You Know dialysis is taking over your life when...your diary is filled with more appointment reminders than everything else in your diary put together.
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« Reply #71 on: February 03, 2010, 12:32:29 PM »

You know dialysis is taking over your life when they have to wake you up to go home, and you want "just 5 more minutes".

                       :waiting;

Oooooppss that happened to me this morning, was put in isolation room due to me having the nasty :puke; and runny stuff bug...so not a lot of sleep for the last two nights......asked if lights could be turned off...next thing I know, she is waking me up to unhook me  ???.....well away I was   :2thumbsup;
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« Reply #72 on: February 04, 2010, 08:33:43 AM »

  Yes   dreaming and solving problems.......   Since I start self cannulation  I have been trying to work on a better way to use the needles so that I dont clott....... I have been using a wet needle and ajusting that so that it works better with the flash........   This is what I dream......  all night working on doing dialysis and then all day doing dialysis.......    When will it stop...... :rofl;
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« Reply #73 on: February 04, 2010, 11:40:22 AM »

  You know dialysis might be taking over your life.......when you set the computr cntrolled thermosat for "dialysis days" and "non dialysis days".  On dialysis days the heat is lower.  Came home one day last week, got out of the center early, and forgt we had that "setting", house was like a frozen wilderness.   :rofl; :rofl;
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« Reply #74 on: February 04, 2010, 01:44:42 PM »

You know dialysis is taking over your life if....you jump whenever the phone rings

...your phone battery dying whilst your out is a major disaster and you resort to desperate measures to acquire a phone charger.
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