Category Archives: health

Cake around the corner !

Posted on October 12, 2019 by dfolstad58

A few days ago I posted a post called Pass The Muffin ! with photos which could have been confusing, because the pictures from my 60th birthday in 2018 as in last year. 🙂 What a different situation it was … Continue reading →

Posted in family, health, travel | Tagged BC Ferries, birthday, Dialysis, family, friends, Juan de Fuca, sooke, Sookepoint, Transplant, travel, Vancouver Island | 15 Comments

The Lucky ones have crutches and bandages

Posted on September 24, 2019 by dfolstad58

Today I was thinking about all the people who suffer with problems invisibly. The ones with crutches, bandages, and wheelchairs – we see they are hurting, we empathize, we cut them some slack in our expectations. But the people hurting … Continue reading →

Posted in health, Thinking Out loud | Tagged bandages, compassion, crutches, depression, Golden rule, invisible, kidney disease, kindness, mental health, respect, understanding | 16 Comments

It’s been a year,what a change – my wife inspired this one

Posted on September 23, 2019 by dfolstad58

(September 19, 2019) Dave, it’s hard to believe that just one year ago today was your first day of dialysis. You were one of those whose life was saved by your dear friend Greg, who gave one of his own … Continue reading →

Posted in FAVORITE POSTS - A Few of them ♥, health | Tagged Dialysis, hope, kidney transplant, lessons, one year, Time | 21 Comments

Some understanding goes a long way

Posted on September 3, 2019 by dfolstad58

Starry, starry night Paint your palette blue and grey Look out on a summer’s day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul Shadows on the hills Sketch the trees and the daffodils Catch the breeze and the winter … Continue reading →

Posted in health, Thinking Out loud | Tagged health, night, starry, thinking out loud, understanding, vincent van gogh | 11 Comments

How has my life changed?

Posted on August 17, 2019 by dfolstad58

I received a kidney transplant April 24, 2019 The terrific readers who regularly read my post already know I received a miracle this year on April 24, in the form of kidney transplant from a living donor. My living donor … Continue reading →

Posted in FAVORITE POSTS - A Few of them ♥, health, Thinking Out loud | Tagged benefits of transplant, Dialysis, family, future, hemodialysis, Kidney, life, living donor, Transplant | 24 Comments

Messages without Sound

Posted on August 14, 2019 by dfolstad58

I was thinking about how easy we can communicate the wrong meaning in a situation and cause miscommunication without meaning to. Even non-verbally we communicate differently all over the world. Indians bow and say Namaste as Greetings. In the middle … Continue reading →