Posts Tagged ‘health’
Supermarket lobster
One reason I didn’t use to seek out dialysis blogs is because I knew it would be of no help to read something along the lines of what I’m writing now. I woke up at 3AM this morning in the usual cold sweat that I’ve had every time I’ve been dialyzed. [Read More]
How Evil Is Medco? I’ll Know Soon Enough…
My employer’s 2010 health benefit changes have been announced. Lots of costs are going up. Here is the most difficult pill to swallow, pun intended: A new annual deductible of $100 will apply for brand and non-formulary drugs purchased at retail pharmacies. That [Read More]
A healthcare reform must, and it’s not the public option
This one’s personal. I’ve known about a particularly grotesque Medicare regulation for awhile, and there’s a small chance it could impact me someday. See, Medicare would become my health insurance if I were ever to go on disability. With any luck, if and [Read More]
Medications, Food, or a Roof
I’m now on about eight different medications related to my failing kidneys. Most of them are generics, and my copay for those is $10 or less for a one-month supply. I have a couple of brand-name (non-generic) prescriptions; those are $35 each. One of the brand-name [Read More]
Fun with your Fistula: Labor Day Edition
I’ve been through five dialysis sessions now: a week ago Friday and Saturday, and then the most recent Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. I’ll write more about what it’s like at some point, but for now, I’d like to share a wonderful image. WARNING: [Read More]
True Dialyze
Well, my kidneys worked without any help for 12309 days. As of today, they’ll no longer do their job without the aid of technology that’s only been around for a half-century. Ok, so I’m being a little melodramatic. They’re still working, but at 8% [Read More]
No more postponements; time for the Big D
Twenty-something years after finding out I’ve got Polycystic Kidney Disease, and nineteen or so months after entering end-stage renal disease territory, I’ll be starting dialysis on Friday. I’ll have a couple of “brief” treatments at the [Read More]
Midsummer’s night kidney disease blogging
I hadn’t been planning on a health post. This is not well-thought-out. Just stream-of-consciousness. I feel like my body is shutting now. It’s really not. I’m sure the kidneys still have 8%-10% functioning in them. That doesn’t sound like much, but [Read More]
