Ever get jealous

[Sluff]

pelagia the beauty of IHD is the diversity within this disease. Your posts are as imporant as anyones post be it pre dialysis or post transplant. Every stage inbetween has it's own level of importance, which depends on where you are in your progression. Transplant is not a cure but probably the closest thing to it.   

[Ohio Buckeye]

Good news is always good to hear and encourages us and gives us hope.
If it was all bad news it would be so depressing,.
We want to be happy for those who have good things happen.

[Wattle]

 I get envious on a weekly basis.  It is human nature to desire. 

Vacations and spontaneity get me the most.
My kids would love to going skiing again this year (most of our friends go).... but it is impossible to get all my PD supplies onto the mountain. I take it the hardest when I think the kids are missing out on things.

Like Meinuk said... It is human nature to desire.

[twirl]

here is something petty
I am jealous of my own twin sister
she can pee
and she complains and complains about her 2nd grade teaching job
I told her at least you can teach
I miss it so much
and she has two good kidneys
she can pee
she can pee
she can pee
and did I mention----- she can pee

[kitkatz]

I am super jealous of my sister's 65 ounce soda cup she carries everywhere with her.  She must fill it two to three times a day!
Damn! I have threatened to throw it out her truck window in the middle of nowhere.  She says she has another one!  Damn!
She can pee, too.

[twirl]

65 ounce soda cup
I did not know they made them that big
size does matter

[Robby712]

Jealous...uhhhh yeah.  But for me some of the trips, a float trip an hour away, a trip to Chicago (4-5 hours) on my weekend off, even just a day trip type of thing are all doable, but I just can't get over the mental barrier of "Oh man I'm away from home what if I start feeling bad or what if I can't make it back for my treatment, or what if zombies attack and there is a mass exodus from this city and the roads are all blocked and I have to walk back home + fight zombies..."  Anybody else feel that way?

On a slightly more positive side I find myself trying to get my parents or friends that aren't big travelers or wouldn't normally spend money on travel to be a bit more open minded about taking trips.  "Hey, at least you CAN go somewhere...DO IT!"

...I guess I should take my own advice. 

[st789]

People would not understand us or would not take the time to understand.  Too distracted with materialistic world.

[G-Ma]

I have more trouble getting past other peoples mental barriers and perceptions of kidney disease especially ones who don't take the time to learn...ex: when I lived in ND my one sister was only 8 hours away and she would not let me come to visit because "I might bleed to death?"...where? from my little toe? so needless to say I didn't see her and now live several states away and she doesn't even call....ignorance...hate it.  I love going on day trips, always have and do whenever possible....I miss miss however being able to just go on any day I choose (D) days....yes, that's a mental issue for me.

[skyedogrocks]

I know Rob is jealous of not being able to do the things he used to do.  He feels bad when our son wants to go out and toss the baseball around, but Rob is tired from a full day of working.  He's also jealous that we can't go away as much as we want to, or have to limit the activity of a vacation.  He pushes himself more than he should because he hates being sick.  I hate seeing this.

Rob is one of the coaches of our son's little league team and right now they are both on the All-Star team.  Over the weekend we had a slew of games, at one of them we overheard someone talking about someone they know being sick and that you would never know it if you looked at them.  This person just kept commenting on how great he looked, but how sick he was.  Rob and I both looked at each other and sorta smiled, we know about that all too well.