I've heard every excuse from A to Z, why no one can be my donor, and save me from having to do dialysis and have essentially a lower quality of life all the way around.
Let's see...there's the ones who are afraid that something will happen to them if they give me a kidney... Never mind that they have two good ones, and I have none whatsoever.
Then there's the ones who are afraid that they might be the wrong blood type. Transplant centers the world over check for these things. I am A+, but can accept an organ from an A+, A-, O+, and/or O-. Got it? Nothin' to be afraid of there!
Then there's the ones who say, "Well, can't a person live, like, forever, on dialysis?" Uh....sure...but why in God's name would a SANE, 39 year-old, WANT to live forever on dialysis??? Not only that, but NO...people don't always live forever on dialysis. 18% of people who are waiting for a transplant, die within the long, long five years it generally takes before a cadaver donor becomes available. Too many people needing a transplant, and not enough donors...has created a helluva problem with the damn waiting list!!!!
There's the people who are just plain chicken.
Hey...I'll lay you 10 to 1 that those chickens could never live with no kidneys, as I have done (and barely, I might add!) for almost two years!! I'll just bet....
This week, apparently, I'm anemic again. This has put quite a damper on my life. I'm also...possibly dehydrated...either that or I'm getting dizzy as hell because I'm anemic! At more than one point today, I had to stop, and I was so dizzy that I got a splitting headache until the dizziness let up. Well, DAMN! And no one is brave enough to be my donor????
FYI: I did get an email the other night, from an out-of-state donor...at least he says he was approved to be a donor where he lives...it's just a matter of him calling Sharp, and me getting Medi-Cal already here....this might just work out...as long as he doesn't run up an unrealistic travel bill and expect me to take care of it, because that I can NOT do!!
Forgive me for ranting. I'm just sick and tired of dialysis, and all the ways that it puts a damper on my lifestyle... Know what I mean??
P.S.: **As I was saying the other night...I DO, VERY much, ♥ sweet surprises...so, maybe someone reading my blog will be moved enough to...well...NOT YOU, necessarily!! Just put the word out for me, PLEASE, because that's what we need to do...network, network, network. That's one of the reasons I started this blog in the first place.
Now then. Time to run, I think.
I'll be back...not sure when, though.
Love ya!
xoxoxo
(poofski)
