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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: F.A.Q. (Frequently Asked Questions) => Topic started by: mykey711 on May 18, 2011, 04:11:38 PM
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How many of us on dialysis are still working, full time or part time?
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Not me - but my disability is because of severe hearing loss which happened years before the kidneys failed.....
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Full time, baby! :laugh: I just started dialysis at the end of January. I have been extremely blessed in that I have not had to miss any work yet due to dialysis. I go third shift and take my work laptop with me so I can stay in touch with the office. I find I get my best work done in-center as I have very few interruptions, unlike my office where it seems like the phone, walkups, and IM's don't stop. ::)
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I work full time as well. I will not let ESRD win and turn me into an invalid. I am lucky that I have so far managed to get by pretty well (started D on Apr 22) and have a sit-down computer job. I am due for a raise in June, my health benefits are amazing, and there is no way in hell I'm gonna let ESRD take any of that away from me!!!! Take that, ESRD!!!! :boxing;
KarenInWA
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I'm still full-time with my assembly job and I don't plan on slowing down anytime soon. Keep moving forward. Every day.
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I retired in February this year; work and dialysis were getting just a bit too much for me.
I am 70 so I think it's OK to start to take it easy.
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started PD in the summer of 2008. Have been a full time firefighter for the last 15 years. I have to push myself pretty hard at times. Love my job.....
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Started PD in 2005, was working full time as a teacher, that only lasted a short while, as I switched to .25, which as a teacher really works out to .50 with all of the extracurriculars I was doing. Did that for about 2.5 years till I became to much. Haven't worked now for about 2 years. Miss it but life changes and you have to change with it.
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I too work full time. Been doing pd and working full time for 9 years now. After the first 6 months or so, pd becomes a daily routine like brushing your teeth. Will probably be doind pd til I retire. Hope I can still lug these bags around when I'm 60. :pray;
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Work full time IT consulting and part time Fitness training for fun. PD doesn't really have any impact on my life.
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Working part time...let go of my full time job in January as a teacher. The crazy kids and not coping with D was too much. Today I have pulled myself together and look forward to going back to work. I even applied for an online teaching job!!! OH man wouldn't that be PERFECT with dialysis?!!
xo,
R
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Blokey works full-time.
I even applied for an online teaching job!!!
I've thought about doing that, but think I'd find it too odd. Not to mention I'm probably leaving education ...
Could you do private tuition? (Is that an option in your neck of the woods?) Or do you need the job for health insurance purposes? (I'm very naive about the way things work in other countries!)
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Once I whip drain pain, so I can sleep at night, I'll probably return to work.
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Self-employed (Own business for 11 years) and work during treatments. The technicians joke with me all the time about how I whip the laptop just as soon as I'm hooked up, and then don't notice when the time is done and they have to prod me to put the computer away.
I get a lot done in those 12 hours a week!
gary
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Blokey works full-time.
I even applied for an online teaching job!!!
I've thought about doing that, but think I'd find it too odd. Not to mention I'm probably leaving education ...
Could you do private tuition? (Is that an option in your neck of the woods?) Or do you need the job for health insurance purposes? (I'm very naive about the way things work in other countries!)
hey poppy I need the full time job for health insurance even though right now I am on medicare/medicaid, but I miss having money and feeling like I have a sense of purpose. I am not sure what you mean about private tuition. Right now I am tutoring part time for an independent education company, but no benefits. I keep thinking maybe I will go back to school to be a social worker or another Masters degree in curriculum and instruction...but I'm haven't decided yet.
What part of the world are you in again?
xo,
R
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hey poppy I need the full time job for health insurance even though right now I am on medicare/medicaid, but I miss having money and feeling like I have a sense of purpose. I am not sure what you mean about private tuition. Right now I am tutoring part time for an independent education company, but no benefits. I keep thinking maybe I will go back to school to be a social worker or another Masters degree in curriculum and instruction...but I'm haven't decided yet.
What part of the world are you in again?
xo,
R
I'm in England.
By private tuition I just meant tutoring one-to-one out of school hours (for those who have fallen behind or whose parents think they need extra help.) People who do it over here can charge lots of money, but they tend to work for themselves.
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We have a working while on dialysis thread on the site. It is full of information. http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?board=54.0
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:boxing; After not working for five years I started working again part time a month ago, it's a lot of work but at least I get home early