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Preserving the Fragile Shell . . .
The past few weeks have been a reminder to me that I need to be mindful of my health. My blood pressure has been very high for the past month and I allowed an upsetting situation to put my heart … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, balance, blood pressure, calm, careful, chick, daily practices, dialysis, dialysis machine, doctor, drama, emergency department, emotion, energy, even keel, excitement, extremes, goal weight, gym, health, heart, irregular heart beat, medication, meditation, pregnant, shell, spiritual reading, stress, Target, urine, yoga
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A reminder of what a diagnosis feels like . . .
I am a member of a forum on Facebook for people doing dialysis, living with Kidney Disease, caregivers or health professionals dealing with Chronic Kidney Disease. The other day a man bravely wrote a post on the forum about … Continue reading
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Tagged caregivers, catheter, Chronic Kidney Disease, compassionate, death, diagnosis, dialysis, divorce, Facebook, fears, forum, good wishes, health professional, hemodialysis unit, job loss, kidney disease, love, machine, medical emergency, medications, normal, panic attacks, stress, strong, support, symptoms, toxin, traumatic
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What I’d prefer to do with 6 HOURS . . .
On the dialysis machine for my 6 hour weekend stretch. (Thanks for being here with me through it.) I’m currently at the “one hour left” point. A friend came and hung out with me for the first two hours. (Which … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, Canada, dialysis access, dialysis machine, infection, kidney transplant, Kingston, New Jersey, operation, Port-of-Spain, stress, Toronto, Trinidad and Tobago
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