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It’s been quite some time since I last updated you on my journey with chronic kidney disease. Mostly that’s because I’ve had little to tell you – I’m still receiving dialysis three times a week and the sessions are progressing well. I’m feeling healthy and am still trying to fit as much as I can …
When I first started dialysis, which coincidentally is almost exactly a year ago, I found myself scrolling through the dialysis groups I had joined on Facebook. I was startled by the number of posts relating to hair loss. It seemed that many dialysis warriors were trying to find ways to combat this scourge. Apparently, it …
Last time I told you I was scheduled for an angiogram to check my heart health as my next step towards my kidney transplant. Following the procedure, the main thing to know is that I am still on track for the transplant operation. Well, mostly on track as I will have to wait six months …
One of the final tests I need to go through before we can be approved for a kidney transplant is an angiogram. From what I understand, an angiogram is necessary to confirm that my heart is strong enough to undergo the rigours of the transplant process well. While I haven’t experienced any heart problems my …
Last time I brought you up to date on how things are going with my dialysis. As I mentioned at the end of that article, I have simultaneously been actively working towards a possible kidney transplant. And that’s what today’s blog is about. I think when I last wrote about this side of my journey, …
In my last two articles I’ve stepped away from sharing different aspects of my journey with chronic kidney disease and dialysis. I felt we all needed a break from the topic for a while *smile* That’s not to say that nothing has been happening on that front. On the contrary, I have so much to …
I have always been a reader. As a child, I was the one who would be curled up in a quiet corner with a book, rather than out there playing in the sunshine. Reading is, and has always been, a fundamental part of my life and a pastime that I’ve turned to when I’ve felt …
Not only has music become a regular self-care practice for me when undergoing dialysis. There are two other pastimes that I have managed to assimilate into my regular activities when at my treatment, those of reading and listening to podcasts. When I began my treatments, I wasn’t sure how much I’d be able to do. …
If you read my blogpost last week, you’ll already be aware of the playlist I’ve created for my dialysis sessions. Considering how much heavy rock and metal I listen to, and consequently how much of those genres there is on the playlist, it may be surprising that I only included one song from this group …
Since I was a teenager I’ve loved music. It’s mostly due to my older brother Ian who spent many years as a club DJ and who introduced me to much of the music I listened to when I was younger. Over the years, the role that music played in my life began to evolve, from …