Email I received from a member. LIST THE THINGS YOU LOVE ABOUT DIALYSIS.

[thegrammalady]

i just found this thread....two things my mother always said (besides "oh susan") that have driven me completely loony all my life are, "you can always find someone else worse off than you are" and "can't never did anything". the day i said that to one of my kids i was so shocked i shut up and walked out of the room. (yes, they know their mother is certifiable) However over the years i have learned that my mother is right. there isn't anything i can't do. there are however many things i don't want to do. If i want to become a brain surgeon, (which i don't) i can go back to school and do it. no reason why not. i have a disabled child. i'm very grateful i'm not the mother who's son's shortest seizure ever was 20 minutes long. 20 minutes was how long it took to get to a hospital to have it stopped medically. my youngest daughter doesn't quite understand me. she says i ignore the large pink elephant in the livingroom. i don't ignore him, as long as he behaves himself i'm willing to share my space. ok, what i like about dialysis..........

the government pays me not to work
i can take all the naps i want
i get to play with my grandchildren
i can make blankets for babies who have nothing
i have to watch what i eat, so i'm loosing more weight
i have time to read, the library and i are good friends.........i probably could keep going, but i'll spare you the gorey details

[George Jung]

Well, I guess I am thankful for treatments being available (dialysis + transplant) , but I will never say ,I like, much less, love, anything about them.  Never.  I would give just about anything to be healthy again.  Not to say there aren't things I can find that are good about it, respectively speaking (you always have the power to find the good in the bad).

[kitkatz]

The health issues in my house have brought hubby and I closer together.

[angela515]

I know I am not "healthy" but with transplant, I feel like a normal healthy person. So therefore, I *LOVE* transplants. Yes, I take a few pills a day, but then again, the most healthy of people sometimes take a pill for whatever reason (i.e, headache or something..).

[lamillinger913]

It may be stretching things to say that I love dialysis, but like Zach said, hate takes too much energy. And dialysis is a damn sight better than carrying around 20 lbs. of fluid and having congestive heart failure at age 49.

I have met some great people.
My nurse practitioner always makes me laugh.
The doctor sees me once a month, whether I make an appointment or not.
I discovered Rachael Ray.
It forces me to slow my life down.
It gives me time to read, if I want to.

[angela515]

It may be stretching things to say that I love dialysis, but like Zach said, hate takes too much energy. And dialysis is a damn sight better than carrying around 20 lbs. of fluid and having congestive heart failure at age 49.

I have met some great people.
My nurse practitioner always makes me laugh.
The doctor sees me once a month, whether I make an appointment or not.
I discovered Rachael Ray.
It forces me to slow my life down.
It gives me time to read, if I want to.

Very positive way of looking at dialysis and I like to believe I looked at it that way also when I was moping around trying to be negative! I also know there's a great chance, since i'm so young, that I will need to return to dialysis again someday... and I need to look at the positives of it, or your life just turns into a depressing waste of space.    Great positive attitude lamillinger!





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[CW]

This is a challenge, but for Goofynina and Epo I will make a genuine effort

hmmm. Lets see for Hemo

Get to catch up on tv
Tasty crunchy (but not to dense) ice
I have a much different perspective on life
Meeting decent people on IHD
Believing I can accomplish anything (strangest thing I truly believe this..am I crazy  )

ok PD

Freedom and control of my own care
Able to travel without too much trouble

For my Kidney brothers and sisters who have left this world - you are not forgotten!

[kitkatz]

I love the act of sitting down in a chair after being on my feet all day teaching.

[petey]

It's been said before and I know it sounds kind of corny, but here's what Marvin and I like about dialysis...

"tomorrow"


...dialysis (now 6 x week -- home hemo) gives Marvin a good chance (not guaranteed, but extremely possible) shot at a tomorrow (a tomorrow that may not be great but is better than none).  For us, that's enough to make us happy.

[twirl]

list of things I have learned at dialysis          Twirl's Laws of Dialysis

1. if you hold your bottom together and pray like hell, you will not have an accident before you are let off to go to potty
2. if your butt is numb for three hours, after the first hour, you will not fall flat on your face when you stand up
3. if you vomit, techs and nurses scramble to get gum for themselves to chew
4. if you screw up your lab reports for that week, it is the mean doctor's turn to do rounds
5. if you bring a most wonderful snack, you are looking forward to eating, you will drop it
6. if you join IHD, you will have friends who will seem like family

[kevno]

Nearly 2 years since i was on this thread.

Still can not say much what I like about dialysis, I did keep my leg which is a positive. Like the beep to finish dialysis for that day  The walking off the unit to freedom well that is until I have to walk back onto the unit 

Time to stop, starting to hate it again

[Neo]

I love BENADRYL INJECTIONS while on the machine!!!!

[twirl]

really   why do you get the injections

Neo, in your photo, what is that in the back seat behind you------ can of a strange looking character ------ to the side of your face

[flip]

I like the way the nurse blows in my ear before she takes my temperature. 

[twirl]

Flip    you do go to a friendly unit

[flip]

well, it does keep my b/p up (no other comments please)

[lola]

Only thing so far we have found is our air went out last night and we can't get someone here till Thursday pm but I called today because Otto is dying he's so hot and they said sorry, so I said OK but then explained Otto is a D pt and just like that they are coming at any time because he's a medical priority she said

[flip]

Medical patients do get priority. You should notify utility companies also. Around here they can't disconnect you (even for nonpayment) if you are a medical patient. If there is a storm outage, patients get priority.

[lola]

  WE HAVE AIR AGAIN

[monrein]

There is ONE and only ONE thing I love about dialysis.           I feel much much better than NOT dialyzing.

Oh yeah, there is another thing.  Walking out the door at the end of my run.

[flip]

I usually do a little dance and click my heels....kinda like Mr. Bojangles

[twirl]

I usually do a little dance and click my heels....kinda like Mr. Bojangles

I'd like to see that.
I love trying to determine which of your belongings will fall off that little bitty tray thing you get for all your stuff.

[okarol]

I love that Jenna felt better after her rapid decline right before beginning dialysis. 
I love that dialysis bought us time until a living donor could be found. 
I love dialysis because it introduced me to some of the best folks in the world! 

[flip]

I actually take in my own lap tray and a large shoulder bag with all my stuff.

[kitkatz]

I love it when the hard back book I bring to read goes whammo on the floor during the quietest part of the evening run!