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With my constant companions

With my constant companions: coffee and computer ... at the Marriott Columbus Airport Hotel where I am attending the annual AEU National Assembly as a delegate. The Assembly was held from Thursday, June 16, to Sunday, June 20.

What's happening medically ... and on the road with dialysis

I had dialysis in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, June 16th, while at the Annual AEU National Assembly where I was a delegate from Ethical Culture Society of Essex County.

My medical insurance—Medicare plus Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield Medigap—allows me to travel throughout the United States and receive dialysis wherever it is available. My social worker at my "home" clinic arranges it for me. The company operating the clinic—Fresenius—also provides a travel service to help arrange trips for the patients using its clinics.

Before I went on dialysis I thought it would be more than I wanted to handle. Now it's a routine event in my life ... with ups and downs, of course ... but it's no where near as bad as I imagined it might be. And I am not tied down because of it. My ability to travel anywhere in the United States that has a dialysis clinic provides more than enough options for me.

I am now more limited by my afib with my heart than by my dialysis. And I have been to the hospital often enough that I am making friends with the staff at St. Barnabas in Livingston, NJ ... and most of my hospital trips are because of my heart ... and it has happened often enough that I no longer am afraid, I get irritated with the interruption ... and I have such an excellent set of doctors with great staffs that I actually look forward to visiting with them ...

Having arrived at Columbus Airport ... Ohio

Arrived at Columbus Airport in Columbus, Ohio, and waiting for the shuttle bus to take me to my hotel, the Marriott Columbus Airport Hotel.

Note: The traffic pattern for pickup of arriving passengers seems to be accessible, efficient, and easy to understand. We'll see how it goes on drop off for departure.

On board flight to Columbus Airport, Ohio, from Newark Liberty Airport, NJ

On board my flight, looking across the aisle of the commuter plane to the single empty seat. It was a 2 + 1 configuration, two seats on my side and one seat on the other side of the aisle.

It was a short flight, just over an hour. I don't think I can handle much more than that right now. By the end of the flight I was already beginning to feel uncomfortable ... my body having symptoms of restless legs syndrome.

At Newark Liberty Airport late afternoon Wednesday, June 15, 2011, headed to Columbus, OH for the weekend . . . starting Thursday . . . like tomorrow . . .

I am out of the the hospital and feeling great.

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Back in the hospital with afib . . . heart flutters. Went in ambulance from dialysis to the ER then up to the floor for overnight.

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