It's always so good and uplifting to hear from you, Marty!!! God bless. Hope you can take dialysis in your home as the new wave of care is happening. My friend does that and she is so much happier because of it. It works while you sleep during the night.
18's, Susan zimmerman From: cmlhope@googlegroups.com [mailto:cmlhope@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marty Gartenberg Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:34 AM To: cmlhope@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [CMLHope] why are you on dialysis? Hi Jeanie, I'm not the warrior here because I have already gone through all of this. If anyone is a warrior here it is you and Millie and all the rest of the people with this disease. You are fighting and winning, and that is what this is all about isn't it? I read through all of the posts here and on other sites as well, and every one of them are warriors. I had to start on dialysis a little over one year ago. My kidneys have been failing for several years because of several factors. One being all of the radiation and chemotherapy I had almost twenty three years ago for my bone marrow transplant. Also as ageing comes about your kidneys become less effective. Not that I am an old "fart" but non the less it just happens. Who really knows, it could have been caused by many things but that is what I have, and I will just have to deal with it just as all of you have to deal with your problems. The trick to dealing with anything is to just accept it and simply go on with your life. No one ever said that life is a bowl of cherries. What actually brought my kidney failure was that my community puts down mulch around the houses here and there are always some bags left over that they leave in front of the garages. Since I have some property behind my home I decided to take and put that extra mulch there. Two days later I had a 104 fever and had to go to the hospital. I had double pneumonia and had to be in the hospital for three weeks. It was at that time my kidneys said "good bye" and I was started on dialysis while in the hospital. Maybe it also had something to do with my job and the fact that when I lived in Staten Island and there was an explosion of a benzine storage tank across the Author Kill River in New Jersey that carried burnt benzine across the water way and deposited it om my house and cars. About two months after I was diagnosed with CML, and I later found out that several of my neighbors were also "catering" to this disease called CML. I am now on three waiting kidney transplant lists just waiting for something to come about. I also have two potential live donors but even with that it is still a very complicated waiting game. They may or may not be a match for me but it takes a lot of time to get everything in order. One of my problems is that I was born with O+ blood type, and when I had my bone marrow transplant my donor had B+ blood type. So, now my blood type is B+. I am what is called a Chimera. Two different "people" living in my body. I always try to look at some humor in my life, it just keeps me going I guess... So, what will happen if and when I get that kidney transplant? Do you think there will be enough room in me for another "person" living inside of me or am I just going to explode? I would like to wish you and everyone here a very HEALTHY and happy holiday season. May your upcoming year be better then it has been. I also add my usual 18's to everyone. Marty On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 4:43 PM, <icandoall...@aol.com> wrote: Happy Holidays Marty, Can you tell us again about your dialysis and why you are on it? Good luck to you in the coming year; you are truly a warrior; and Millie also. Jeanie<3 In a message dated 12/10/2012 11:10:40 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ho...@ptd.net writes: Hello again, Marty, I'm taking a short break from decorating for the season. I am about done. It takes me a while to do little things, but in the end, I accomplish it. Yes, I know that you're on dialysis and are a very strong individual. I have always tried to be, but we all have our days when it doesn't work. I always say that I kick myself in the rear when I get depressed, but it's getting impossible for my legs to do that.....:>))) I do try very hard to look at the bright side of life. Today I have work to finish up for our quilt guild, so I plan on doing that. I just keep plugging along like the turtle and in the end surprise myself at what I can do. You have a wonderful day and know that you are admired by many CMLers. Your attitude is always uplifting. Millie -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com <http://cmlhope.com/> ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. 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