Where'd that new guy go?
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:41 am
Good evening/morning all!
As I stared at my computer screen jonesing for some good fishing action on another insomnia-laden evening, I got to feeling a little guilty for kind of disappearing from the forums, and the Northwest Fishing Reports scene in general, and thought I'd stop by real quick to kind of explain things, share a little about what's going on in my life, and hopefully get back into communicating with all the awesome people that I've met here over the past few months.
Most of you I've interacted with know I've been going through some medical issues that have been pretty tough on me. However, I'm glad to say that most of them should be a thing of the past very soon (relatively speaking). In a few hours, my transplant surgeon will be going before the University of Washington's transplant board for permission to list me as active on the transplant list. Because I have been undergoing dialysis for so long, I will be listed with back-time to September of last year. Meaning once I am listed, I'll be listed as being on the list for almost 14 months. The average wait time for a dual transplant that I will be undergoing is 1 to 3 years, so I could be called in at any time, or it could be another year or more.
There have been 2 things that have been keeping me away from most of the outdoor activities I enjoy so much, and I'm hoping this procedure will rid me of both of them for quite a while. That being fatigue, and severe drowsiness. One caused by dialysis itself, and the other from the amount of blood pressure meds I'm on because of the kidney failure. So hopefully that will be a 2 birds with 1 stone situation once the transplant is complete.
I am also planning on going back to school to complete my doctorates degree in veterinary medicine. Since we don't know when the transplant would happen and wanted to avoid having to retake a bunch of classes (boy are they expensive!) I'm currently only taking one class and an accompanying lab while we await the surgery. This, coupled with all the doctor visits, and 12 hours of dialysis a week plus the fatigue it causes have kept me pretty much out of any kind of extracurricular activities. I still won't be around very often probably for the next couple months, but I'll try to make it a point to drop in a little more frequently to see how everyone is doing.
Sorry for the long-winded post, and I hope you are all doing well!
Tight lines.
~ Jeff.
As I stared at my computer screen jonesing for some good fishing action on another insomnia-laden evening, I got to feeling a little guilty for kind of disappearing from the forums, and the Northwest Fishing Reports scene in general, and thought I'd stop by real quick to kind of explain things, share a little about what's going on in my life, and hopefully get back into communicating with all the awesome people that I've met here over the past few months.
Most of you I've interacted with know I've been going through some medical issues that have been pretty tough on me. However, I'm glad to say that most of them should be a thing of the past very soon (relatively speaking). In a few hours, my transplant surgeon will be going before the University of Washington's transplant board for permission to list me as active on the transplant list. Because I have been undergoing dialysis for so long, I will be listed with back-time to September of last year. Meaning once I am listed, I'll be listed as being on the list for almost 14 months. The average wait time for a dual transplant that I will be undergoing is 1 to 3 years, so I could be called in at any time, or it could be another year or more.
There have been 2 things that have been keeping me away from most of the outdoor activities I enjoy so much, and I'm hoping this procedure will rid me of both of them for quite a while. That being fatigue, and severe drowsiness. One caused by dialysis itself, and the other from the amount of blood pressure meds I'm on because of the kidney failure. So hopefully that will be a 2 birds with 1 stone situation once the transplant is complete.
I am also planning on going back to school to complete my doctorates degree in veterinary medicine. Since we don't know when the transplant would happen and wanted to avoid having to retake a bunch of classes (boy are they expensive!) I'm currently only taking one class and an accompanying lab while we await the surgery. This, coupled with all the doctor visits, and 12 hours of dialysis a week plus the fatigue it causes have kept me pretty much out of any kind of extracurricular activities. I still won't be around very often probably for the next couple months, but I'll try to make it a point to drop in a little more frequently to see how everyone is doing.
Sorry for the long-winded post, and I hope you are all doing well!
Tight lines.
~ Jeff.
