by Barbara Holbert | Aug 8, 2017 | Make Lemonade
Last winter I was ill with back-to-back “normal people sick.” This was on top of my transplant recovery and side effects from immunosuppressant meds. How did I score on the gratitude scale? Not so good. I decided to blame God and that didn’t work out very well....
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by Barbara Holbert | Jun 26, 2017 | Be Well
Lyme disease is a huge topic and it’s going to take several posts. This post covers a brief history of Lyme disease, Lyme disease basics, and steps you can take to limit your chances of contracting it. I don’t have Lyme disease, but I know people who do. Contracting...
by Barbara Holbert | Apr 1, 2017 | Beyond CKD
My kidneys can no longer clean the toxins from my blood. I now rely on a machine to do the work my kidneys no longer can. Thanks to research that began around the time of World War II, there is a treatment called Dialysis. It has saved my life, and the lives of...
by Barbara Holbert | Feb 8, 2017 | Be Well, Beyond CKD
New home in suburbs. Check. Kid in good school. Check. Pilates business taking off. Check. Kidneys decide to go on strike. Check. …Wait a minute. That is NOT the plan! I am a doer. Maybe that’s because I’m a Midwesterner and I have a reputation to uphold. When I’m not...
by Barbara Holbert | Feb 8, 2017 | Make Lemonade
There is no better time to tap into your gratitude than when you’re sitting in the dialysis chair. When I first started dialysis, I noticed that there were two distinct groups of people: grumpy people and sparkly people. The grumpy people were always complaining....
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