Merry Christmas All!

Thank you for continually checking here.

For your thoughts...

and

your prayers.

May the best blessings of the season be yours.

This much madness is too much sorrow...

With everything that has happened today I don't have ANYTHING to gripe about.
All prayers for the kids of Newtown, CT.

The F word.....

Another week gone by....and no calls from Pinnacle but two more doctor appointments in.
My nephrologist tells me that things are still sliding and so this is what led me to seeing the second doctor - the fistula surgeon. Although he started out with a bit of flattery telling me that I have phenomenal veins, he was pretty quick and to the point in telling me I needed to get this done and the sooner the better.
Again, once you get the fistula, you have to wait for it to "mature" (2-3months) before you can use it for any dialysis.

Argh.

I'm kinda bummin' here.

Tentative surgery date is January 24.

52 days left to get a call.

Coming Attractions -

• Next appointment with the nephrologist - 12/12

• Follow-up at the fistula factory - 12/14

• Meeting with the Mayans - 12/21

Is out of sight truly out of mind?

Once again, it's been way too long since I've updated here but there has been a lot going on in BobWorld. I have been teaching my five classes and the last of those is tonight.
In early October, I changed jobs and took a position as chief photographer with a design firm in Lancaster. It has been a bit challenging to say the least. I've completely revamped their photo department and implemented a new photo workflow and so I've been putting in some long days.
Due to this hectic schedule, I was able to get the vein mapping done but I have not been able to schedule the follow-up appointment and subsequent........ahem......fistula surgery.
I know it's not the ideal situation, but keeping this busy has allowed me to put certain "unpleasantries" out of mind for a bit.

Yes. Yes. I know. All in good time.

There are a lot of good friends that I haven't gotten to see lately either so I'm hoping that once things settle down a bit, I'll get to catch up on all of the above.

Thanks to everyone who have been persistently reminding me to get this appt. scheduled.
As much as I gripe and complain, I do appreciate your thoughts.

I'll let you all know as soon as something is scheduled.

Up in Arms...

 

Arm Ultra Sound and Vein Mapping Scheduled for October 18.       Joy.

Argh! This is frustrating...

 

In Wait for New Kidneys, Relying on Flawed System