Category: Women
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My Sweet Mama
Today was another appointment for Mom to see the Sugar Doctor. Or rather we should say the Nurse Practitioners. One of them was new and just getting into the routine of this clinic. I generally am the one to go with her to these appointments nowadays. The medicine she was on is on back order…
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Second Trial Run
This morning was a different experience. Fortunately for Mom that is a good thing. There were less times to wait which was nicer and better on my nerves. As I have specified over the past week I have been dealing with allergies. Although the last 48 hours have been really good. No sneezing, but lots…
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Sunday Morning Thoughts
Honestly, after the past few mornings yesterday was another hard day to get up. My phone alarm works so I just kept pushing the snooze button. However, my second alarm has bitten the dust. It’s the red lighted time I would see throughout the day and night for so many years until Saturday. Anyhow, once…
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Deli-Style Food
A year ago when I was training for DaVita there was a restaurant behind our hotel I really wanted to try. My fellow trainee and I were in Illinois and it was the night before our last day there. We had made the deal to try that place for our supper. While I took a…
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The Conclusion of Experiences and Reality
Thankfully the nurse made sure to ask for my phone number especially since I was the designated driver. Later in the lobby, I heard a lady say that the nurse had forgotten to get her phone number and it made things a little complicated, but the receptionist was able to help her out in a…
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The Experience Versus The Reality
Yesterday morning I had to set my alarm for 6:30 am and 6:45 am. Mom couldn’t eat and we had already discussed eating breakfast afterwards. So in solidarity I fasted with her only taking my first pill as she also did. I wanted to sleep in until 6:45, but then I thought that only gave…
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Experience Versus Reality
Have you had an experience where it was pretty much nothing like the way you thought it should be? That was this morning for us! I know that things happen and we can’t always anticipate what will happen and each scenario with every patient. I have lived through this in Dialysis Clinics. We prepare as…




