Comments on: Interlude http://toastie.st/2009/12/02/interlude-2/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:27:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Toastie http://toastie.st/2009/12/02/interlude-2/#comment-10495 Toastie Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:40:50 +0000 http://toastie.st/?p=3581#comment-10495 @Valerie - I've been on the list since February 2008 when my kidney function took a sudden nosedive. So it's good I got a year-and-a-half under my belt before even starting dialysis. The average wait for a cadaver kidney for my bloodtype is 6-7 years. No dialysis requirement. Obviously if I find a living donor, my wait would be much less. (I may have a lead on that, but it's best not to talk about it). As much as I vent, I do know that what I am dealing with doesn't compare with what you and your family have to deal with. I'm not one to do such comparisons (lest I really feel lousy) but I do know I'm not the only one going through sucky stuff. :) Thanks for the comment. @Valerie – I’ve been on the list since February 2008 when my kidney function took a sudden nosedive. So it’s good I got a year-and-a-half under my belt before even starting dialysis. The average wait for a cadaver kidney for my bloodtype is 6-7 years. No dialysis requirement. Obviously if I find a living donor, my wait would be much less. (I may have a lead on that, but it’s best not to talk about it).

As much as I vent, I do know that what I am dealing with doesn’t compare with what you and your family have to deal with. I’m not one to do such comparisons (lest I really feel lousy) but I do know I’m not the only one going through sucky stuff. :) Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Valerie http://toastie.st/2009/12/02/interlude-2/#comment-10494 Valerie Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:26:21 +0000 http://toastie.st/?p=3581#comment-10494 I'm not going to tell you dialysis doesn't suck. I don't have a chronic condition, and the medical issues I do deal with are, theoretically and by definition, acute, and it sucks. I can't imagine dealing with a chronic condition. And although I don't believe your doctor would be the best person to give helpful advice (that not being their department), I do think he/she would be able to get you to the right person. They owe you that. Demand it. What is the process for getting on a kidney list? Are you on it? Do you have to do a certain amount of dialysis first? Sorry, I got in problem-solving mode. I really just meant to say, I believe when you say it sucks, and I'm sorry. I’m not going to tell you dialysis doesn’t suck. I don’t have a chronic condition, and the medical issues I do deal with are, theoretically and by definition, acute, and it sucks. I can’t imagine dealing with a chronic condition. And although I don’t believe your doctor would be the best person to give helpful advice (that not being their department), I do think he/she would be able to get you to the right person. They owe you that. Demand it. What is the process for getting on a kidney list? Are you on it? Do you have to do a certain amount of dialysis first?

Sorry, I got in problem-solving mode. I really just meant to say, I believe when you say it sucks, and I’m sorry.

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