health update....dialisys
I havent been keeping this journal up to date, but I should post for my friends what has happened lately.
Last week I went into the hospital because I was once again having trouble breathing. The doctors decided that it was time that I start on dialisys. I was discharged from the hospital lat Friday, after my third session of in-hospital dialisys.
I am now on outpatient dialisys, and am in the process of being but on the list for a kidney transplant. For the forseeable future, I will be getting outpatient dialisys 3 days a week, for 4 to 5 hours a day. Right now I report to the dialisys center at around 3pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I don;t get home until around 8pm. It is keeping me alive, and it is supposed to make me feel better. So far, it has been an frustrating and exhausting experience. It is uncomfortable, the needles in my are are painful, and I have to keep my right arm still throughout the whole procedure. I am rght handed, so there isn't much I can do. I try to read, until my eyes hurt. I listen to music, podcasts and web radio, but I just can't relax. And when it is all over, I am wiped out. It takes 24 hours to recover from it, and then it's time to go at it again.....
I could really use support from my friends now. I get really bored and somewhat depressed during dialisys. When it is over I am often irriatable and weak from it for about 12 hours afterwards. But they do have wifi there, so if you see my on SKYPE or IM, send me a text. I may even be able to voice-chat on SKYPE as well.
On my "days off" I have been playing WoW, and yes, I have been leveling a Pandarian Monk, which I have found to be a ton of fun. I think Blizzard has a winner with this new expansion. Even Pet Battles are fun!
Last week I went into the hospital because I was once again having trouble breathing. The doctors decided that it was time that I start on dialisys. I was discharged from the hospital lat Friday, after my third session of in-hospital dialisys.
I am now on outpatient dialisys, and am in the process of being but on the list for a kidney transplant. For the forseeable future, I will be getting outpatient dialisys 3 days a week, for 4 to 5 hours a day. Right now I report to the dialisys center at around 3pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I don;t get home until around 8pm. It is keeping me alive, and it is supposed to make me feel better. So far, it has been an frustrating and exhausting experience. It is uncomfortable, the needles in my are are painful, and I have to keep my right arm still throughout the whole procedure. I am rght handed, so there isn't much I can do. I try to read, until my eyes hurt. I listen to music, podcasts and web radio, but I just can't relax. And when it is all over, I am wiped out. It takes 24 hours to recover from it, and then it's time to go at it again.....
I could really use support from my friends now. I get really bored and somewhat depressed during dialisys. When it is over I am often irriatable and weak from it for about 12 hours afterwards. But they do have wifi there, so if you see my on SKYPE or IM, send me a text. I may even be able to voice-chat on SKYPE as well.
On my "days off" I have been playing WoW, and yes, I have been leveling a Pandarian Monk, which I have found to be a ton of fun. I think Blizzard has a winner with this new expansion. Even Pet Battles are fun!