This picture was taken on December 16, 2015 and I am just now getting around to writing about our five year anniversary. I think I wanted to wait until the true anniversary, which was January 25, 2011, and then lots of big changes happened in my life, which included working at one full time job until I was laid off, but working at a part time job, and my new full time job, all at one time....
And that's the way it goes. Life just keeps going.
It is interesting to think that Al has had the "new" kidney for almost as long as he was on dialysis.
Al is doing fine. He is used to his new normal. He had to face the reality of getting some "mechanical work" done on his shoulder that he had let go for so long, because he figured it was not worth getting it fixed until he was sure he was going to live long enough to enjoy the benefits of the surgery.
He told me, "Now I have to worry about all of this old age crap." Smile.
He and I both had surgery again, his for his shoulder, mine for a knee, about the same time this summer, and no one worried about either one of just having one kidney. Because you really just need one.
I still think about taking good care of my one kidney, and he does too. We are both using alternative pain remedies for other ailments, not kidney related, and trying to avoid Tylenol (though processed by the liver) and all Nsaids (all hard on the kidneys--ibuprofen, naproxen and aspirin). But otherwise, life is just about the same, except he is still here.
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