Tag Archives: dialysis

Musing on the vanished muse

“It is more than a little insidious how a worsening health situation can morph you into a person you never imagined you were or could become.” I wrote that in September of 2011.   That was a bleak time.  Times are … Continue reading

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Dialysis leak

yesterday after my run a new wrinkle….. I was standing up for my last blood pressure reading, actually my third last because I had a low reading and so they gave me some saline to pump me up a touch, … Continue reading

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my photos on flickr – stats – 300k views

blogged from my dialysis chair during my dialysis run today see table below: I am not sure how to interpret these numbers – 52k for my photostream vs. 238,896 for photos and videos.  This might mean views of photos by … Continue reading

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a fews thought about my Dialysis these days

heat wave -  the clinic air conditioner had a nervous breakdown following last week’s high temperature record day on Thursday and so Friday we had an hour or so of heat although the day was less scalding.  On Monday, I … Continue reading

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dialysis today smooth

my only problem today was the funky earphone input for the TV on an arm that hangs over my chair.  It sometimes gave two channels, sometimes mono one ear and most of the time, silence.  Watched Da Vinci’s Inquest, which … Continue reading

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my Friday overfloweth

Lots on my plate today.   visited the Ellery Site, sw of Waverley, Ontario, on provincially owned land where Laurentian University Department of Anthropology held an archaeology field school.  Two Huron villages, one dated to the 1400s based on distinctive … Continue reading

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Monday, the health card

Well, the heart rate control issue progresses.  It seems we have my medication dosage tweaked correctly.  I am heading into Penetang for dialysis this afternoon.  I just checked my heart rate with my sister’s old stethoscope, she the retired nurse, … Continue reading

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my heart got annoyed

Last Wed. at dialysis, my heart rate was 150 and stayed there.  My blood pressure got a little wacky by the end and so I was taken by ambulance to Midland Hospital.  Atrial flutter was adjusted by meds.  By Saturday … Continue reading

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today dialysis

right now in the chair and hooked up to the dialysis machine (artificial kidney) about one hour into my four and a half hour run.  My nurse tody is one of the veterans but for some reason is a little … Continue reading

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Monday report

Dialysis yesterday was aside from one tiny needle adjustment, smooth.   I brought my big entertainment laptop from ACER, it of the sometime flickering screen, and watched the last two episodes of Doc Martin Season 1 and into Season 2.  I … Continue reading

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