Merry Christmas From Our Family to Yours!

So much to do, so little time! It seems this year (2005) I've gone from one trip to another LOL. We leave for Colorado Springs, CO on Saturday (Christmas Eve) to spend the holidays with my parents and my brother and his wife. Alek is looking forward to Santa visiting at Grandma's house!

I'm feeling good, even though I got a tad anemic during my last trip over Thanksgiving. I'm hoping being above 7,000 feet again in Colorado won't contribute to my becoming anemic once again. Bring on the EPO...

I will be doing dialysis at Pikes Peak Dialysis in the Springs. This will be the third time this year I've been there (Jan, May and now Dec). Its a great unit - big, lots of staff, friendly patients. I'm looking forward to being there again.

If I don't have time to update again before the holidays, I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Dialysis was such a zoo today. I really do love when its crazy in there, though. Steven C. was back for his first in-center treatment (after being in the hospital for surgery on his leg) and I was so glad to see him. Brenda (one of our nurses) put on reindeer antlers and a Rudolph nose and danced around singing. Melanie (another nurse) was being her ususal crazy self, except for crazier than usual :P A couple of the patients were being silly and Dottie (who sits next to me, opposite Steven) said "its nuts in here!" which pretty much summed it up. I was so glad to see everyone and be back "home" after vacation... I really miss that place when I'm traveling. Oh, and there was a brand new patient (her very first treatment in-center) today, too... I'm sure she probably thought all of us should be on sedatives, poor gal.

I think I have the weirdest "family" on planet earth. Dialysis is like a crazy and twisted family reunion three times a week hehehehe :)

Oh boy. I am really in a "uremic fog". No dialysis since Monday afternoon will do that do a person, I suppose. Gawd I've been lazy this week but it has been soooooooo nice to take a break (from dialysis). I've not absent-mindedly taken a break from dialysis ever... not once in two years. So, ha, sue me. Yes, yes I know its not good for my health, but damn was it good for... my mental state? Something.

Although, it does make me darn sleepy (from all the toxins floating around in there) and somewhat spaced-out, and sort of puffy-feeling (I'm only 2 kilos over my weight, though, so not bad...) but over all I feel OK. Not too hungry, but then again, when am I ever hungry?

Back to the dialysis grind tomorrow. *sigh*