‘pkd’ Archives
Skipping dialysis for my own good
IPhone post from my own bed on a dialysis night. Decided I am too tired for dialysis tonight. That sounds like a silly excuse, considering I just need to drive there and then could, in theory, go to sleep. I feel like I’m too tired to rely on my dialysis sleep to get [Read More]
Craigslist for a kidney
I know you mean well, but, no *****, I will not ask for a kidney on Craigslist. I don’t care if Duke would do a transplant from a stranger, although I’m pretty sure they won’t; there are legitimate reasons to have a policy against this. I have an [Read More]
Dialysis rant #83
At 12:42AM, I don’t particularly care if I will regret this in the morning. Yes, *** clinic business manager, I’m pissed off enough to throw this up on the internet. I’m really happy that you’re the biggest most profitable dialysis company in the [Read More]
Dialysis Non-Rant
I’ve blogged before directly from my dialysis bed at 5AM. The result is usually close to a screed. I almost posted my thoughts early this morning, but, ultimately, I’m not so proud of the screeds. I sound like a broken record after a while. For younger readers, [Read More]
Just add butter, olive oil, onions, mushrooms, and a pinch of salt
It’s been awhile since I shared this image, of a normal kidney next to a kidney afflicted by polycystic kidney disease. Kinda makes you hungry, doesn’t it? No? Kinda makes you want to donate a kidney, doesn’t it? Eh, I tried. [Read More]
Friday Night Rants
1. Very deep disappointment and a bit of anger over developments at work. I can’t say much more than that. 2. Disappointment that two weeks of fevers and pains and other unpleasant symptoms have no definite cause. A CT scan revealed the usual…big kidneys with [Read More]
My preface for tonight is that I don’t particularly enjoy writing about dialysis. But I’m here now, so I’d rather get my thoughts out now, rather than when I’m back home tomorrow night. I was told that quiet hours were between 10pm and 6am. But I am [Read More]
Rest
Fallen by a possible kidney infection today. These things happens. Cysts burst, cause aching and fevers and general blah. The key is to start an antibiotic before things get too bad, which I’ve done. I wound up spending one or two awful nights at St. Mary’s [Read More]
More fun with Flickr stats
I’m amused when I can find one of my pictures on the first page of Google Image search results. picture of av fistula (#6) (Technically, this is not a Flickr image. It’s just embedded in the blog.) [Read More]
778 days on the transplant list
I tend not to want to think about dialysis or my kidney disease when I’m not actually at dialysis, since I’m actually at dialysis for approximately 27 hours per week. I just want to do a quick catch-up on transplant news. (I don’t know why I feel the need [Read More]
