I’m nearly in the end of the plasmapheresis. I’m getting the dialysis now three times a week. Hope to get home on Wednesday. This dialysis staff here is really remarkable. Many of them are from the Philippines, trained there, and some had great experience in Saudi Arabia. Apparently because of poor diet, there are a…

There is not much to report today. I’m on day 11 or 14 of the plasmapheresis treatments, which will end on Tuesday. I’m hoping to be able to go home on Wednesday which will be a nice thing. We did have a great celebration at the hospital for Thanksgiving. There is a library on the…

Well, it’s Tuesday morning. I’ve completed now half of the treatments for the plasmapheresis. There really are no other updates or stories today to tell. The nephrologist is hopeful that the treatment plan will work so that is encouraging. Just a reminder to my patients, all contacts should be through the phone number at 802-860-3940.…

Simple things in life can be pleasurable. Saturday night I had difficulty sleeping again. I woke early on Sunday morning at three am after only 2 1/2 hours of sleep. The steroids remain a problem in disturbing the sleep cycle. You don’t even feel like napping. You’re just wired all of the time. I feel…

Usually on Saturday mornings, I’d like to get up early with Justine. We have a cup of coffee before starting our exercise routines. She goes to Jazzercise, I take my 3 mile walk with my friends. This Saturday was certainly different. I had to wait for my transport person to push me to dialysis. It…

Friday morning, I woke to more swelling. I could not believe the size of my thighs! It’s as though I was Arnold Schwarzenegger—-that I had lifted leg weights overnight, and now I had these huge muscles!! I know that was not the case. I asked the nurse to weigh me. I was astonished to see…

My close friend, Thomas K Hicks MD, wrote to me yesterday morning. He is my college and medical school roommate. He is also a good navy man. He said, “Frank, you need a renal rally!!!” He is so right—-renal reboot would be fantastic. I was hopeful yesterday but there was no renal rally!!! The doctors…

Ah—— it’s 2:30 AM and I’ve been sleeping uninterrupted since 930 pm. It feels like a miracle. They infused the high dose steroids about six pm last night. I worried so much that it would be another sleepless night. Tonight was the last night of the infusion. Tomorrow, I can go down to 60 mg…