My name is Samiir Halady. I am from India. I am a crf patient and I take dialysis twice a week. I work for a digital agency in marketing and love to go trekking in the mountains.
Kohoj
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Samiir H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
Kohoj was a trek that someone else from the group was supposed to lead. However the member was extremely busy and expressed inability to take it up.
Kohoj was ...
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Nakhind
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Samiir H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
When we went to Peb last year, we had met three guys who had climbed Nakhind and then walked upto Peb and from thereon gone ahead to Matheran via Kalyan Darwaja. ...
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Sharing Lives
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Samiir H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
When we trekked earlier (in the 90s) it was in small groups. We knew each other well and had that bonding and trust that made trekking with each other such a pleasure. We we ...
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Will I Wont I ?
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Samiir H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
When I last trekked in 2001, before being diagnosed with the kidney ailment, Harishchandragad was next on my schedule.
Well then I was unwell and for a while started ...
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Back to Blogging
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Samiir H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
Since I started blogging some three years ago I have never taken such a huge break in between my posts. Hence in a way this post is something of a come back for me.
I ...
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Just a Chance
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Samiir H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
But you are egoistic they say. You are feeling insecure they say. If you ask them why, there is no answer.
You are labelled the bad guy. Based on som ...
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Change and Learning
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Samiir H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
There have been many ups and downs in life. So much so that the mind has got trained to view any incident as just an incident and not an up or down. This is because even if ...
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Peb a.k.a Vikatgad
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Samiir H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
In our attempt to explore new places for trekking, we decided to go to Peb. I had heard that it was a difficult one, but one of our groupies was very keen to go there. So we ...
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Sagargad
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Samiir H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
V Hikerz was a very active group. We had been to our regular trekking destinations. Our new members were now more or less accustomed to what trekking was. It was maybe the r ...
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Naneghat
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Samiir H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
I had missed the first trek of the season, Dukes Nose as I had to attend a family function. I could not have missed it. So I missed the trek. It was heartening to note that ...
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V Hikerz Blog
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Samiir H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
Being busy has its own consequences. We tend to forget everything else that we enjoy doing.
In my case I have been busy with work and treks. Well in my case at least I ha ...
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True Happiness
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Samiir H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
There was a time when I got started on dialysis. My world collapsed. I was at a loss as to how to live life.
It was not easy to accept the fact that
I would not li ...
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The Challenge
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Samiir H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
I have seen dialysis from close quarters. Its really tough to face all the time. I have seen some friends lose their lives while on dialysis, very similar conditions to th ...
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Breathless
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Samiir H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
I have been extremely busy with my work and hence have not been able to write much lately. My schedules have been such that I hardly get enough sleep. In between I had been ...
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Tung
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Samiir H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
After my hairline fracture, V Hikerz went ahead with a couple of treks. The group was not so comfortable going ahead without me, but then the group is alwyas more important ...
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