Being on kidney dialysis isn’t the only thing I’ve learned about my “new normal.” It’s learning how to talk again.
Five things I have learned so far in dialysis.
Tag: health
“Off Center”
Have you ever felt “off center” once you start a form of dialysis, clean-living diet, or any type of body purge?
Filling in the Gap: What Five Years of Unemployment Has Taught Me
Five years ago last week, I went from the working world to being unemployed. I wouldn’t wish unemployment on anyone…it’s been a rough journey, and at times, I feel like hiding from the world. I don’t know how I have survived this long not having full-time employment, but I have and continue to do so. …
The Second Eighteen Years
This past Saturday, I celebrated an anniversary. It wasn’t the wedding variety, a breakup, or the time I taught myself how to catch a baseball with my right hand, so that I wouldn’t have to use my left hand to catch the ball, slip my left hand out of the glove, and throw it. Saturday marked the 18th…
Deadly Strokes
I was never a big rap/hip-hop music listener. There are some songs that I didn’t mind listening to, but I don’t have any opposition to it. Many in my age group groan in displeasure if they ever catch me singing along to Motown or Barry Manilow (yes, I’ll admit that). Last week’s death of…
Civility Is Not Dead...Yet 