Saturday, July 23, 2011

Hi All, I am now on my 5th hemodialysis treatment. All is going well, i got up on time, and was there ten minutes early to be exact. I went in, and was instructed to take my weight and then sat at station 3. The nurse comes over to start the preparation of the catherer hookup. I came in at 51.8, so it was decided that 3 would be taken off. Everything went well that day. I didn't have any bleeding from my catherer, like the previous incidences after treatment. I went home, and ate lunch, a chef salad, and then i took a nap for about two hours. later on that evening, we planned to go to the State Fair. We were on our way to State Fair, arrived, but were finding it difficult to find handicapped parking. After about three drives around the parking lot, my husband finally spots a handicapped spot, not too far from the entrance of the park. how lucky was that, i ask you. We went into the park, and i saw a fellow dialysis pts. from my unit there. We conversated for a few minutes, and i said to him, i am glad to see a dialysis pts. like myself, still enjoying life and having fun, inspite of this dialysis life that we have to cope with, and he nodded, yeah, i wasn't going to miss seeing War, and in which this was the very same reason why i wanted to go to the state fair. I said i hope you have a great time today, and he said the same in return. That was so sweet, that truly made my day, to see a fellow dialysis pt., at the state fair as well. After entering the fair, we got something to eat, and i chose a basket of plain fries, (for one thing, my potassium was on the low end of norm, so i didn't have any concerns with high potassium levels, so the fries, were fine), though i did try one of my husbands chicken nuggets, because they looked so good, and of course, one wouldn't kill me right? and of course, i had the homemade lemonade, which was very refreshing, but i didn't over indulge on the fluid intake. After we finished eating, we walked around, and decided to go over to the art exhibit, which housed a quilt exhibit, weird and odd art, (in my opinion),(not knowing what it is, you know that kind of art), there was this one art piece, that appeared to be the belly of a whale, made from metal, and it had an unique feature, though it appeared to be the belly of the whale, it was also shaped like a gazebo inside, you can actually sit on the metal like benches inside. I also visit, the hall of fame exhibit, rock & roll - featuring memorabilia from elvis pressely colection, the beattles, kiss, (in which there was this black tall high wedge boots, with stars on them, that my husband thought might belong to George Clinton, (who is his idol of course), but it wasn't it was for the kiss group. They also had a display with michael jackson's gloves, and his famous red beat it jacket. We saw a hypnosis act, prior to the War concert. Checking out inventions, jewelry counters and finally it is time for the concert, so we all gathered to get a great viewing spot to see the show, but when we got there, there was only standing room left, but where we were standing we could see the show, just fine, and plus there were large viewing monitors on either side of the stage. It was a great concert, playing all the sounds we grew up on. So many fans, just like ourselves there. My husband striked up a conversation with a devoted fan, he happen to be latin descent. They were conversating so much and so loud, that other guys began to chime in, sharing all their reminiscing times, about the weed (you know, blunts, joints, reefer, whatever)infested concerts, it was always there, my husband replied, some were talking about the concerts in Long Beach, another guy talked about the concert in the late 70's in Detroit, and there was one that even talked about a concert he remembered in New York. The conversation kept going on and on, there were times when one would take a break and get a cup of beer. While they were having their reminiscing conversation, i continued to groove to all the tunes, but i was a little disapointed that they didn't play my favorite song, "Where was you at", i truly wanted to hear that song, of course, i enjoyed hearing such hits as cisco kid, me & baby brother, and why can't we be friends, slipping into darkness, and don't let know one get you down, just to name a few, i did enjoy the concert, so my evening after dialysis today, was quite enjoyable. As i was going home, i was thinking about that fellow dialysis pt. that i bumped into at the fair, and i think, why can't we dialysis pt. live a somewhat productive life, this i have realized the second time around (my return to hemo, you know). I was thinking when i first started dialysis way back in 1990, i was so skeptical about even trying to have any fun, i was so scared to go out anyway in public, i was so paranoid, thinking that if i were to go out, that i may get sick while i was out, but i soon got over being paranoid, and began to live my life, and most importantly enjoy my life, inspite of dialysis. Well that is it for my blogging today. take care and all the best to my bloggers, and i hope that all dialysis pts. continue to enjoy their lives to the utmost, don't let dialysis control your life. Glo