Anniversary

[nyyki]

Four years ago right now I was prepped for surgery, waiting to get knocked out for a four hour surgery to give me a third and far more functional kidney. If I hadn't had that surgery I might be dead by now, because dialysis is a postponement of death, not a clock stopper. Of the five patients who started when that clinic first opened, only one other person is still alive at this point in time, and several others who went there are also in the big sleep. This is normal for the process -- it's a tightrope medical procedure.

Comments

[numb3r_5ev3n]

<3 glad you made it!

[nyyki]

Thanks. My roommate contends that when it all blows up the only thing left will be the cockroaches, me, and of course Keith Richards. I've had some close scrapes, but I manage to make it out the other end of it, bruised and battered but still functioning. Your appreciation of my continuation is welcome.

[flamingsword]

It is good that The Nyyki exists. Good on you, and your doctors, and your donor -may they rest in power. My thanks to the whole crowd of folk that helped you survive.

[nyyki]

Thank you kindly, sib. It was great hanging with you today, J too.