SIGH....I guess you didn't understand my point. Let me try and explain it better. When kidneys don't work well, poison builds up in your system and these poisons affect your brain. Irritability can become an issue. Dealing with such an illness can also be really hard in many ways including lots of stress, anxiety, anger and depression. Sometimes anger can be displaced. I remember a lecture on emotions and kidney function I had as a student nurse around 45 years ago and the speaker left a real impression on me back then. I am not enabling, I am understanding a bit of what might be physiologically happening. I don't need a lecture on how to deal with terminal/chronically ill people. I have been on both sides of this knowing first hand what it is like, and I believe in telling people the truth. There are just kinder ways to do this. Sending someone a private email, instead of embarrassing someone in a public forum would have been the best way.

happy Birthday Kim, we sure do miss you here at the table. Sure wish you would check in once in awhile!

Hi Kat whats up?How are you?I went to the hospital to get ready for transplant.Im ready,I have a few tests they wannt redone.Hubbys guy that takes care of stocks etc.Him & his wife help people get kidneys they need ,match them up.So were hoping soon here.keep fingers crossed.

I am so sorry to hear about those leg cramps. I used to get them in the inner thigh, so bad that I would just cry too. I never did find out what caused them, but since my back surgery(stenosis) I am less bothered by them. There is a product called "Emergency" that is electrolytes and minerals, and it helped more than anything I found. I noticed recently that WalMart carries one "flavor (orange with Vit. C) which I never tried, but you might try it. (Also has potassium magnesium etc.). (They are little packetts sold in a box of 18 or so. I keep hoping that your kidney donor finds the way to your life and answers your prayers. Still praying for you too.