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update w/good news

This morning at dialysis I talked to my dialysis nephrologist. He would like to see me either get the damn transplant, or otherwise get additional surgery for permanent dialysis. “Shit or get of the pot” were his exact words. Seriously.

So then Monica and I went to see the transplant nephrologist at OSU today.

He said that from a medical point of view either Monica or Shark is an acceptable donor. He also said that he wants to get things moving. He sees no reason for further delays. He’s calling the people who run such things and having them schedule my pre-transplant appointment (the official one where you see the nurses, docs, social workers, watch the videos, etc.) Basically, he doesn’t want me on dialysis any longer, and wants me to get the transplant as soon as possible. “We all really want this to work for you”, was his quote.

He also said as a matter of policy they don’t call the donor to schedule their corresponding appointment. The donor must call them. This is to ensure that the donor really really wants to be donor – makes sense to me.

So, because of the above, the doc told us that now’s decision time…who will it be? Shark or Monica? Remember, if one doesn’t go through, the other can still be brought in. But we have to make the call.

I am very happy at the results of today’s appointment. But now we’ve got a decision to make and then some stuff to do.

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o hai

hai guize, long time no blogg.

things are in a semi-stable state around here right now. i’ve been going to the blood cleaners (martinized for your protection!) three days a week. there have been a few hiccups in the process, as is typical when starting dialysis, but we’ve got it figured out now. I spend 6:15-9:00 am MWF at the dialysis clinic. they have individual flat panel TVs to distract you from the fact they’re stealing your blood.

so this will probably go on for a few more weeks until the eventual transplant. we’re making progress on the transplant, too. myself, monica, and shark all got our tissue-typing tests done this week. we’ll know the results within two weeks.

i felt good enough to go back to work this week, by the way. that made the boys very happy. not full time yet, but stopping in the office and doing some remote work as well.
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boys are doing as expected — upset that daddy’s sick, but handling it very well. except luke, who is just rolling along like nothing is out of the ordinary we have a family shrink practice, by the way … the family that sees psychiatrists together stays together! i highly recommend doing this, just like you do with family doctors.

monica is a rock. she is the hardest working woman in the world and the most devoted wife in history. i love her to pieces.

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