Good Evening to you:
I just finished cooking Boston Baked Beans with a few twist. Here is the recipe I used to guide me from Allrecipes.
I went to the local food pantry and we received lots of summer beef sausages and Hot and Spicy Beef Summer sausages. So in place of bacon I sliced the sausages and used a can Goya Tomato Sauce along with Hunt's Tomato sauce and 1/4 cup of ketchup (what was left in the bottom of the bottle). The sauce had a very good kicked to it, I believe my children and guest will enjoy it.
Why I am beginning again because two of my good friends are giving me much support they both believe I have a lot to give as far information about my life on dialysis. My friend, Marcella says there is a need in the our ethnicity community to know about kidney disease. I second that because I have come across blatant ignorance and not enough public awareness campaigns for Kidney disease here. Not only that many people don't understand the struggle I go through to "Stayin' Alive" oooh oh oh I'm stayin' alive, by the grace of God.
So in these days to come I will share with you my triumphs and gripes of daily grind of living on hemo-dialysis.
Right now,some people (my aunt a former dialysis nurse) know that have some knowledge about the diet of dialysis patients is to eat low-phosphorus to no high phosphorus (Po4) foods and the same with high based potassium (K) foods and no salt (Nacl). So you probably wondering why am I looking forward to eating my homemade baked beans. Because I have been soo-o good in a year not eating any baked beans and I want so so bad. I will eat them with moderation (I will not eat them with green eggs and ham). I will have to sacrifice something else, like my son's barbecue chicken and beef. I will have put aside for the next day. I will eat other sides we will fix like rice/vegetable casserole, garden salad, fruit as well as macaroni cheese in moderation of course. I can make some awesome lemon/lime punch too.
Oh! I can't forget Renvela I take as an appetizer or either a after-dessert. Mostly an appetizer so I don't neglect it. Hint Renvela is a binder dialysis patients take to make some impurities go to your stool instead urinating it out.. Most patients don't urinate any more....that's why we wait for a kidney transplant.
I just remember and sorry I forgot I still have to go to dialysis tomorrow same time and same station, Batman!....and on Labor day no such thing as holidays or Holy Days for me. If you take a day off from dialysis I may take days off my life.
So I had to stop and call my guest to tell this. No I didn't want to go early even if I planned it with my center because I would come home tired and miserable and not able to enjoy anyone. Dialysis wipes me out, I like a semi zombie don't ask me anything important I will mostly likely forget or get very angry so if you see me in this state of mind.....just me patience and kind.
Okay I will stop now. I do have another blog I am setting up call "Cruisin' through Life in a Red Corvette" I hope this blog becomes my bucket list of sorts or things I am planning to do that excites me. I give details as I blog.
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