#kidneyfailuresucks

[spaceguyjd]

No, i didn’t graduate college but I did finish my dialysis course and that’s a pretty big achievement if you ask me.🙌🏽⭐️ #kidneyfailuresucks (at Fresenius Kidney Care Wichita Midtown Home Program)

[waitingformyworldtochange]

My May 6th Lupus Fact. #inreallife I have had all types of treatments during the last 14 years, including chemo where I lost all my hair and went natural, nothing was strong enough to cause a remission. MAY IS LUPUS AWARENESS MONTH. #lupussucks #lupusyouhitlikeabitch #lupusflaresareunpredictable #LupusDontWantThisFight #BadAssLupusWarrior #lupussurvivor #kidneyfailuresucks #mayislupusawarenessmonth (at Country Walk, Florida)

[ericawhitakerrr-blog]

Of all the side effects I’ve had over the past (almost) year, the one I hate the most is my hair loss! 😰 I would even keep the every other day vomiting if I could have my hair back! 😭😭😭 #dialysis #dialysislife #dialysissucks #kidneyfailure #kidneytransplant #kidneyfailuresucks

[ericawhitakerrr-blog]

It's nephrology nurses week. Most of you probably didn't even realize that was a thing, or possibly even what a nephrologist was prior to hearing me talk about it. I see my nurses and techs 3 times a week, they see me when I stumble into the center at 5:30 every Monday/Wednesday/Friday. Usually I'm half awake as they take my blood pressure, check heart rates, weigh me and hook me up to the dialysis machine. They have usually been there since 3:30am and still greet me with a smile, knowing they will be there until 5pm, while I leave after just 3.5 hours. They have cleaned up my vomit when get sick when my blood pressure drops, a lovely side effect of dialysis that happens on a weekly basis. They have called 911 when my heart was giving me issues and held my hand when I was terrified as the EMTs worked on me. They have cried right alongside me when a new tech or nurse is hired and I have to tell my story and about losing Tomas. They notice the smallest details, like when I forget my bandaid I always wear over my port. These are amazing men and women who I spend almost 11 hours with each week, who never complain, who always have a kind word. I'm just so thankful every other day that when I walk into a truly miserable experience, when I don't want to go another day, when the thought of dialysis sends me into such depression it's all I can think about the day prior, I have such an amazing support system. These are the nurses who do the daily jobs, they don't get the recognition of the emergency nurses, but every single day, they save my life. 💙 #kidneyfailure #kidneytransplant #kidneyfailuresucks #dialysis #dialysislife #dialysissucks #nurses #nursesweek #nephrology #nephrologist

[ericawhitakerrr-blog]

🙌🏽 #nocaptionneeded #renalfailure #dialysis #dialysislife #dialysissucks #kidneyfailure #kidneytransplant #kidneyfailuresucks #doctors

[ericawhitakerrr-blog]

At 4:20pm, I got the call I've been waiting for. 💚 I am officially on the kidney transplant list. That means as soon as a match is found we will be scheduling my surgery! 🙌🏽 All the appointments, all the hours on dialysis, and everything in between was leading up to this moment. Now all that's left is to get a call that will literally change my life. 💚 #dialysis #dialysislife #dialysissucks #kidneyfailure #kidneytransplant #kidneyfailuresucks #renalfailure #kidneytransplantlist #prayers #family

[lady-brianna]

It's been 4 months today since your passing and I still think about you every day. I have to fight back the tears when I talk about you. I'm crying now as I type this. Only the good ones die so young and you were so very young and extremely special. Thank you for showing me how amazing poodles are. Even though you are gone, I will never forget you and what our friendship meant to me. I hope one day we find each other again. Rest In Peace my little angel baby Juli ❤️ #standardpoodle #kidneyfailuresucks #imissmyboy

[cjhippos]

291 days.  

This week at work hasn’t been too terrible.  I’ve been feeling like I’m in a rut lately but this week has been ok.  It makes me re-think the whole idea about taking a break from work.  I’d like to look for more opportunities but I’m not stressed out about finding something new.  I guess there are times where you hate your job.  And with all things going on the fatigue makes me cranky.  

But like I said I’ve had a pretty good week.  And it was my long week!  So it’ll be nice to have a short week.  

I’ve been following kidneybuzz.com of facebook.  They offer a lot of information about kidney failure.  Sometimes I think there is too much but it has definitely been nice to commiserate with others that are going through the same thing.  It’s been nice to offer answers to others, or share some of my own personal experiences.  it really does help to talk about it.  I wish I had decided to talk about my experiences earlier on.  Maybe I would have been less cranky these last couple of years.