There is much more to being a successful Dialysis patient, parent and/or partner than finishing nightly dialysis. Those of us on Dialysis tend to get wrapped up in ourselves, in the process of dialysis, in its needs and yes, confining and conflicting requirements. We forget that there are people out there who are normal, or at least they should be, who are having other life’s experiences that float their boats.
We sometimes overlook the fact that Dialysis is but one, an important one, but just one aspect of our lives. As a diabetic, I must keep a high level of diabetic control. Yesterday I visited with my eye doctor for a diabetic retinopathy exam. Do this once a year. I’m fine. No change. We have to keep a steady pull on all aspects of our life. We have to start every day with the USNavy Seal’s credo, and make our beds.
The neatest thing that took place at our N. Texas home yesterday was that the Egyptian Goose that laid eggs in the guttering over our master bedroom roof coached her six little ducklings down off the roof and she went quacking, along with her male mate, across the street, through the ditch, and off into the golf course to seek water.
Life does go on, even if you are are Dialysis……. Live it, own it.
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