tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332656966780600461.post1672399366865650123..comments2024-02-27T16:30:53.579-05:00Comments on The Kidney Boy: Having a lifeStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03839945462306233274noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332656966780600461.post-3616522918948338572010-10-15T00:35:59.365-04:002010-10-15T00:35:59.365-04:00My husband also does Nxstage his treatments are ab...My husband also does Nxstage his treatments are about three and a half hours then you have to figure at least another hour to set up and to take him off and of course there are times you have alarms or needle placement problems that can extend his treatments. We do 5 treatments a week. My husband tried to stay active but he is always just so sick and tired its hard to even get him to get up and function lately. He is battling anemia and even with iron infusions his hemoglobin is lingering around 9.0 and his iron stores are not good. I try and give him the things he always told me he wanted when we were dating. He said he loved to travel and wants to see as much of the world as he can. So sense he started Nxstage we have been on two cruises. He loves traveling but being that he always feels pretty crappy. Both cruises he ended up spending a few days just resting in our stateroom. We have another cruise planned for March 2011. Taking so many vacations straps our budget but I think its important for my husband to enjoy life because we all know ESRD has many victims. Plus he had to give up so much like his job his freedom and his social life this is the only way I know to make him feel somewhat normal again. I'm so glad I found this blog and I hope you keep writing it.Vickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05968731631215727062noreply@blogger.com