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 Going along doing my thing, One Day At A Time.

Took a pic to share in case anyone is curious about the dialysis:

Because I have a graft (a loop graft) the needle on the right goes in at the top. It takes the blood out and runs it through the machine. Then the clean blood comes back in through the bottom needle and while I DO feel much better doing hemodialysis than I did doing PD dialysis, I'm always tired on dialysis days and I usually nap or at least laze around because standing up sometimes gives me a headache. My body feels achy and sore and really it shouldn't be a surprise because dialysis is like making your heart run a marathon...do I look like a person who WANTS to run a marathon?

I am grateful anyways for every day, even the dialysis days.

Keep breathing and cherish the moments!

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One Day at a Time

So far things are going pretty well on dialysis. I'm just getting into a  better frame of mind for doing more things in life so I've been working on my blogs again and I wrote a 365 days of the word poem book that has been published on lulu.com. I also have been working on my books. I'm writing a very ambitious series of books but first I am world building and it is a LOT of work. I WILL keep working and trying and someday I will actually tell the stories!!

Bath!!!!!

Today I had my first bath since I started pd in 2014! Lavender bubble bath, hot water, relaxing and heavenly! I missed baths very much...I do feel better too ...I was achy this morning ...sometimes a good soak just makes the world alright <3 :)

So...

I haven't checked in for awhile but I've been going along getting along and dealing with my life day by day...I am going three times a week to dialysis and so far things are on track. Graft works well...needles go in easy...very few alarms go off...I've sorted that I must eat so I have a nepro during treatment and my bp hasn't dropped the last few times so I think that's the trick. So I've gotten to a place where I can breath and endure and I've been reading a lot but I sometimes feel like I want MORE to do but I barely have enough time in a week to do any of the things I DO do...so I'm still sorting my life! But...I am still HERE!

Ugh!

I don't get home until 7 o'clock and then I want to eat because I'm starving!!
Because...it takes so long to hold my arm after till it stops bleeding...not my idea of fun but here's hoping we all get better at it!

So...

From May until the 15th I waited for a surgery appointment On May 15 I had surgery to have a graft put in my arm. So I waited for the graft and my arm to heal for WEEKS! It was swollen a long time and sometimes even still my hand is full of fluid and swollen so I haven't put my rings back on :( but I found one that actually fits so my hand isn't naked! lol
I have since been to see Dr. Gowing twice for check ups and today I will do my first hemo treatment using my graft.
From now on I will be going to hemo 3 times a week again and I am now done with PD ...eventually I will get my pd catheter taken out so at least I can be somewhat back to normal again except for having to go 3 times a week for dialysis...however, I am STILL here!!
It has been a long couple of months but I have had time to breath and I'm still unsure about home hemo but for now I will get used to hemo 3 times a week and see how it goes.
I can tell you today that I have MUCH more energy right now than I have had on PD and I feel pretty good :) Keep on keeping on!!!