It has begun. I am stressing myself out to the point I almost want to not do Dialysis from home. I KNOW me, and I know that this too shall pass... but right now, at this moment, I am freaking the freak out!! I started training yesterday for "PD Dialysis". When the nurse was talking to me it all seemed OK, like this won't be an issue. Then... then she started talking about "sterile environments". She mentioned how hard you have to wash your hands. When you are putting the tubes together you can't have a fan on, you can't have a window open, and you have to have the door shut and nothing moving around. So that stressed me out. Then... then she started talking about everything I have to do before I can even "hook" myself up. I need to take a blood pressure, weigh myself, take a temp. Then... then I have to write it all down in a log. For those people who know me well, know I am not much of a "log" person. I never wrote things down in Weight Watchers and I NEVER NEVER write down my blood sugars in a "logbook". CRAP!! I know that this is a new normal, but for me being as lazy as I am, this could seem to be an issue. I guess I will just have to do it otherwise, well, we all know what the other option would be.
I will do another home training this afternoon and will be "doing a run" from home tomorrow night. Now I have to go to Goodwill and look for a table to place this machine on. I just have to chuckle and laugh it off...
You can do it!
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