iPod shuffled to "Rolling Down a Mountainside", The Main Ingredient. "Whether you're saints or sinners, smile and share". Nice strings. My cousin and I both took violin lessons. I punked out after 2 years. I hated carrying the big ole violin to school 2-3 times a week. She kept it for much longer. I think she even played the harp. Yeah, she's got talent. :) BTW, I'm doing the one finger typing trick and will be doing it forever. I have to keep the arm with the needle(s) in in it outstretched and still. The fistula is getting a workout. Working up to the 2nd needle. It's been going good for the most part. Monday, the needle was pressing against a nerve. Ouch. It had to come out with 45 minutes to go. No biggie. In addition, the "stick " team has been very cool doing my sticks. :) Still, I'll be glad when my tech gets back. Her entire module misses her.
Ok. What is a module (in the context of my dialysis center)? "Come and Talk to Me", Jodeci. Still love them, but I always flash to the video of Ludicris when he was watching a video of KC and Jojo pass out drunk on stage. :( Ok. The modules are rectangular shaped areas. Each mod has 6 dialysis chairs and 6 dialysis machines. There are 3 walls, with a fourth boundary open. A work station the size of a formal dining room table against the 4th (imaginary boundary). The work station has drawers and cabinets on both sides. The top has several storage organizers with assorted supplies and boxes of gloves. The side has a sink. There are also 2 recovery chairs. When people finish dialyzing, they can get moved to one of those chairs in order to get the dialysis chair ready for the next patient. Finally, my center has 7 modules. Max patients per shift is 42. Number of shifts..3. My center looks like a maze. The one in Vegas was a big open room.
So for reference, my 1st two days at dialysis, I was in module 1. I thought that was my home. Day 3 I went to module 2. An entire new staff and now I am with other patients. And it's a longer walk. ; ( Yes I had my walker, but gah, didn't they how that just wore me out? "Baby Got Back", Sir Mixalot. "Red beans and rice didn't miss her". Heeeee. Lol. Yes, I like "My Hooptie" also. See, I hadn't been up close and now I was seeing what happens at dialysis. Seeing people with fistulas, cranky people, passive people, sad people. I pretty much knew where I'd fit in. If you know me, you know also.
Signing off with "Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love), The Delphonics. The beginning strings are so distinctive. I can name that tune in 2 notes. Lol. Seriously though, they are a great group from the 60s-70s.
I LOVE music. It is usually what I use to catalog my memories. Not deliberately, but it just happens. It helps so much to have your blog to read. I don't have to use a fistula, but I know what it's like to have been stuck so much for IVs and blood draws that it's just harder and harder to find good veins. You help SO much with this blog. You will never know how much. I look forward to each and every one. Hang tough!
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