Dialysis: from Shock to Acceptance
Reblogged from Big D and Me: Happy New Year everyone. I think it’s going to be a good one! Over the holiday period I had the opportunity to talk with many people that are still new to the BigD (that is they are still in their first few months). Many say that they are now … Read more
Dialysis and the Holidays
Reblogged from DevonTexas: ‘Tis the season to be eating! At every turn, we’ll be faced with the questions like, “What can I eat?” and “What can I cook?” and they’ll be more often than usual. Since cooking has become a hobby with me, I have some very good sites where this information is available. Perhaps … Read more
I’m Home: The Aftermath
This last week, I’ve been in Canby, Oregon, at Canby Grove Conference Center, where the NW Kidney Kids were holding their annual Kidney Camp. This camp is for pediatric stage four kidney disease patients and their families. What that means is that kids who have kidney disease bad enough that they are close to needing … Read more
NW Kidney Kids Kidney Camp
Hey, all! This week I will be pretty much incommunicado, as I will be filming a documentary at the NW Kidney Kids Kidney Camp. I won’t have time to post any of my Friday Follow Ups, as I will be chasing campers about and filming all of their activities. It will be a blast, … Read more
Another Confession From a Lousy Wife
The last couple of weeks since Micah and I have gone to the kidney transplant class have been full of anxiety and hope. Micah, in particular, wears his emotions on his sleeve. I’ve been watching him run the gamut of emotions; as I watch, I empathize. In general, I prefer to see the good side … Read more
Transplant News As Promised Last Week
Last Wednesday Micah and I went to a kidney transplant class. I promised I would write about it this week, because I couldn’t do it last week. I was still too brain fried to even try. The class was three hours long, and I ended up with fifteen plus pages of notes. There is a … Read more
Talking Kidney Productions
Hey, everybody! I am extremely excited and proud to announce that my husband and I have spawned. Yes, our offspring include a brand new bouncing baby facebook page called Talking Kidney Productions. The Talking Kidney Productions page will be used to keep track of ongoing developments with our filming and documentary efforts. Drop by, … Read more
Business Startups–What to DO?
One of the biggest questions that has always plagued me when trying to come up with ideas for a business start up is What Do I Want to Do? In this book that I have by Chris Guillebeau called The $100 Startup, Chris points out that to get a business off and running, I need … Read more
Call Me The Reformed Idiot
The Kidney Health symposium that I attended with my husband last Sunday was beneficial to me in more ways than just a long-overdue smack upside the head and the realization that I had been an idiot. Yeah, there was a lot more going on at the symposium and I feel privileged to have gone. … Read more
