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I’ve been down with a viral infection bug type tbhing the last couple of weeks. Spiking temperatures up to 39.5 degrees celsius, generally feeling like shit.
The wierd thing is that all my bloods are good, except my haemoglobin has dropped by over 20 points from 155 to 132. I’m not sure what that’s all about, […]

I was at my local chicken shop last night, waiting for my order, when I couldn’t help but feel someone was watching me.
As I scanned the room , I noticed a man, about 50 years old, staring at my arm.
“Ah, the fistula”, I thought.
I seem to almost have grown a new arm on top […]

Just 48 hours……….
with no fluid restriction - mmmm that beer tasted good, I think I’ll have another
Just 48 hours……….
With no fear of dying from potassium overdose. I think I’ll have a banana split for dessert
Just 48 hours………..
Without worrying about phosphate - that block of cheese looks good!
Just 48 hours……….
Without those damned needles.
Just 48 hours……….
Not thinking […]

Well, we’re getting closer to another Christmas on dialysis (my fifth in a row).
After my Freaky High Potassium last Christmas, I’ve been giving some thought to boycotting Christmas altogether this year.
After having four “get-togethers” between dialysis sessions last year, it comes as no great surprise that I had a potassium high enough to hospitalise me. […]

I had a phone call from my renal specialist the other day, letting me know that he had turned down a transplant on my behalf.
Apparently the donor was a 74 year old, and the kidney didn’t work in the recipient. So although I was glad to have missed out on a kidney that didn’t work […]

In the never ending quest to turn a profit from my misery, NephroCare Asia (Fresenius) have decided that it’s too expensive to provide a blanket to keep me warm at dialysis.
Now this wouldn’t be an issue if they didn’t insist on running my machine at 36 degrees C, but that’s a story for another day.
I’ve […]