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« on: May 10, 2016, 03:43:52 PM »
VIDEO: Bill Peckham - on dialysis for more than 25 years - speaks at Breakfast of Hope in Seattle, WA on May 5, 2016 in Seattle.
https://youtu.be/aM6MwQ7mJHQ
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« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2016, 06:23:31 AM »
Thank you for posting this link. It is so wonderful seeing and hearing Bill Peckham whose name I have read many times in different places. A inspiring, uplifting message. A great speaker.
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« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2016, 09:12:21 AM »
A great speech, Bill.
Thanks for all you've done and will do.
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« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2016, 04:06:13 PM »
Good speech Bill.  I had a dog named Banjo too.  She lived 16 years.

Thanks for sharing Karol.

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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2016, 04:57:48 PM »
I am beginning to believe that Superman wears Bill Peckham pajamas.
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« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2016, 09:36:18 PM »
Fantastic, like taking a trip with.!  Really enjoyed listening to your travels!!! 

Thank you also  Karol
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« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2016, 08:15:29 AM »
Quote from: Michael Murphy on May 11, 2016, 04:57:48 PM
I am beginning to believe that Superman wears Bill Peckham pajamas.

I don't think Bill sees himself as a Superman.  Just a regular, every day person like the rest of us whose life unfortunately became afflicted with kidney failure.  However, Bill has shown that being on hemodialysis does not been ones ability to reach his or her dreams or goals in life has to come to an end.  Yes, more work and planning, but with fortitude, a positive attitude and a supportive hand here and there from others, we can lead normal lives even depending on a machine.  This is especially true for those of us who have no co-morbidities other than maybe controllable hypertension.

For Bill, that meant running the Colorado River (heck, non ill folks don't even want to do that). Yet, to my young friend, Cat, who started hemodialysis the summer after graduating high school, it was still leaving home for the college experience (which she completed in 3.5 years even with time off getting a transplant during her junior year).  And for IHD member, Zach, it is following his dream of being of film producer. 

To me, Bill's message is with the right attitude we can be just as "normal" or "great" as the guy next door, especially if getting good dialysis treatment.
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« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2016, 09:55:42 AM »


Inspiring.  Should be seen by everyone that thinks they are disabled, and not only those of us on Dialysis, but all those stuck with negative attitudes.

Thanks Bill!
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« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2016, 10:01:14 AM »
Thanks for posting Karol.


That's about right Frank. It isn't that I've been able to live this specific life rather it is that I've been able to live a life that feels like the one I was meant to live but for kidney disease.


That said the parts of my life that I think of as being remarkable are due to needing dialysis. It's has been a strange journey, I kinda feel like I"ve peaked.
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« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2016, 01:36:49 PM »
I don't see him as a superman just as a extraordinary individual that lives life as it should be, overcomes and preserves.  The joke is not that he is superman but that the way he lives his life inspires others to achieve more.
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« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2016, 03:54:30 PM »
Bill - did you ever get down to Antartica?
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« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2016, 05:12:08 PM »

Bill,  I don't think you are anywhere near your 'peak' just yet.   Rather,  I think you are just getting started, warming up for the next round of adventures.   If you have a big enough box, I'd climb in it just so I could tag along!   Just be sure to poke a couple of holes in it for air.

Keep on having fun and taking adventures!

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