I have not posted anything on this blog in a while for a bunch of reasons:
1) Much of what I write on this blog is, for lack of a better word, depressing. No one wants to read about sick people and their ongoing illness(es). I know that I don't want to write about it.
2) I've concentrated my writing efforts on my "Dave's Odds and Ends" blog (http://www.oddsendsandriffs.blogspot.com/)
I'm posting an update now because over the past few months I have started to memorialize my thoughts in other areas, so I may as well do the same with ESRD.
This past week has been exciting in a bad way; lately my dialysis sessions have been about as exciting as an oil change. Not this week! On Monday my tech had a devil of a time getting a needle inserted properly, and my arm smarted for most of the session. On Wednesday I asked to have too much fluid removed, and as a result started to cramp like a #@#$&$@# and asked to be taken off the machine a half-hour early. That was followed by two early doctor's appointments the next day, so I was feeling a bit bedraggled by the time I got home yesterday. I actually slept through my TNA Impact wrestling show, which is on from 9 to 11PM Eastern. Today I feel fine, but on looking at myself in the mirror I discovered that I have a broken blood vessel in my left eye. It's not so bad and hasn't gotten any worse since this morning; it's just an indicator of the rough week, I guess. Today I'm supposed to see a movie with Hilva after my session; I'll call her in a couple of hours to see if she's still up for it. I definitely am; I need a change of pace. If not, no big deal. I can spend the money on some fish.
I thnk that my dry weight needs to be bumped up yet again - from 95 kilos to 97.5 kilos. Over the last three months my dry weight has been bumped from 84.5 to 90 to 92 to 95 kilos, and I fear that I am still growing. I say "fear" because I would truly like to stay at my current weight (approximately 220 pounds). I would rather remain wiry and fast than become big, bulky and slow. I may have to modify my exercise or eating habits to slow down my growth. We shall see; in the meantime, I realize that I am blessed to be in good health, and I'm not trying to fix anything that isn't broken.
That's it for now.
