With some time today to write in my journal/diary My Life in Words, my break as a diarist is still not over with. I just want to let other diarists who take their time to read my thoughts of the day and comment to let them know I am doing okay. My boo-boo on my face from my accident a week ago Wednesday morning at dialysis is healing slowly but surely. The accident is etched in my memory that it will take a while for me to let it go because medical staff nurses, the director failed to be safe that day. Yes, it was an accident, but my sense of trust is very low with some people — sone of the staff I will not name here. So, please forgive me if I am a bit frightened to trust specific medical staff right now. It has gotten that bad recently, sorry.
Anyway, Jackie got an understanding the other day about my mixed feelings during the holiday season between Thanksgiving Day and New Year’s because of the bouncing around of days and times at dialysis being on Sundays and Tuesdays for the patients on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I cannot see why the clinic can be open on holidays so the patients can have full treatment in 2 1/2 hours and then go home to celebrate the holidays with family by 12:30 pm/1 o’clock pm on a holiday day. Give the employees extra money for working the holiday day. Let the patient decide to change the day and time if they find the holiday day too stressful to contend with along dialysis. Also, when a patient misses a day, the clinic should never fail to find a chair for the patient the following day! If the clinic does not have available chairs, they can talk to inpatient dialysis to see if they have an opening. Or send the patient to another clinic. I understand that other clinics may not help because of space, but something needs to be done to make sure the patients have treatment three times a week.