Dealing with End-Stage Renal Failure
Challenges in life sometimes demand a change of course that can be abrupt or gradual, uninviting and demanding. Many readers may identify with this.
Fourteen years ago, my husband and I relocated from New York State, USA, soon after the 911 atrocities, to North Carolina. I began a working at Orange County Community College, as a teaching assistant, translator, and interpreter (English-Spanish).
It was gratifying learning about and assisting the various Hispanic Cultures. It was major change for us accustomed to a northern environment, to settle in a mid-southern culture.
Shortly into the job, while walking through the corridors of the college, I began feeling funny or, odd in my body. Not understanding…show more content… Injury to my kidneys followed, and decreased vision after that.
I lost my left leg to amputation! The loss of my limb has been devastating to me. It has affected my ability to interact with family. The roles of wife, mother, and grandmother took on a different direction.
From being so active in my home and church, and socially with close friends, my independence was gone.
Life then shifted to becoming dependent on others. No longer could I get into my car to go wherever I wanted. No longer could I visit friends on my own. No longer could I go shopping when I desired.
There are so many things we take for granted until this kind of terror strikes! I was not aware, that the journey was a process downhill. Nor was I aware of the part that nutrition, lifestyle, and frequent use of medicines played a part.
Perhaps it’s too late. I am thinking more about the important and essential balance between my spirit, soul and physical body. Although I thought I was taking care of myself, something has been gradually going awry with my
