From KT – June 12, 2013
Part 1:
Good evening to the good people of DaVita!
It is midnight here in DC. I had quite the day. Breakfast was a CFO interview; a meeting with Fresenius executives for a few hours to discuss kidney care policy; meetings with Senators and Representatives for the balance of the day; a meeting with former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle from 5 to 6:15, an old relationship that was great to renew; and a meeting with a potential facilitator for an upcoming conference we are sponsoring, which ended at 7:15.
Then what was supposed to be a 30 minute single beer session with another US Senator – the single beer part turned out to be accurate, but we talked for 90 minutes instead of 30. Good for the Village, bad for his planned evening with his daughter.
We are slowly but in some ways surely building recognition for the amazing gift we could give patients and America if they let us manage the patients in a holistic and coordinated way. I have been fighting this battle since 1994, and am not ready to give up.
I had one diet coke today. I was dragging.
I had a short workout, 19 minutes of solid bike intensity, 5 minutes of PT. I overslept a bit, because I took 33% of a sleeping pill and did not realize how stultifying that was.
One for All, KT
Part 2:
Yo Fellow Citizens!
A quick addendum to last night’s message, I was tired and so I had a few gaps.
After the 90 minute session with the US Senator from Pennsylvania, Bob Casey, I had a 90 minute career/discussion session with one of our promising young executives. Then I did email until about 11 pm, ate some dinner …. And then turned to my daily MTM note at midnight.
And the reason I took part of a sleeping pill in the middle of the night before is that I re-aggravated my rib issue and the pain was waking me up again.
I have continued my 2 week stretch of eating terribly; it will be interesting to see if I can curtail that shortly.
Finally it may be interesting for you to know some of the other Senators I had sessions with on this trip – Hagan from North Carolina, Cantwell from Washington, Wyden from Oregon, Baucus from Montana, Carper from Delaware, Rep Black from Tennessee, Udall from Colorado, Isakson from Georgia, and I am forgetting someone. Some good meetings with staff as well.
Ok, have to run to do my workout and PT. Hope you do well today, all 4000 of you!
KT
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Amanda Lodge said,
June 13, 2013 @ 10:15 am
Hi KT!
Thank you so much for posting these messages every day. It’s so inspiring to see that you are able to fit in a workout/PT every day even with your busy schedule. Thank you for all that you do, and keep up the good work!
– Amanda
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sheila said,
June 13, 2013 @ 10:16 am
Senator Udall is from NEW MEXICO
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Evette said,
June 13, 2013 @ 10:27 am
Great work on the groups of meetings and still managing any workout time with a hurt rib. I’m sorry to hear that and do hope the injury does not become a hindrance. I just have to say IMPRESSIVE vocabulary, KT! Stultifying is rarely used in daily vocabulary so I had to look it up as I love learning new words. Thank you for all that you do to help us grow as a village.
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Nancy said,
June 13, 2013 @ 10:40 am
Sounds like a productive day. I’m sure that promising young executive couldn’t sleep following what was surely a motivating discussion. Thanks for sharing.
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