Dialysis
What is it?
Someone close to me is getting it for the very first time. It seems so damning to me but I hope it isn't as critical as it sounds.
What is your experience with dialysis?
My dad has it. His kidneys are failing him and hes diabetic. He goes 3 times a week and sits for about 4-5 hours and has fluids drained off him cause he cant really pee, and it builds up in his bloodstream. He has access holes in his arm they hook into each time. It really drains him those days, but the next day he feels great. Sometimes he eats too much before a treatment, they weigh him, and assume its liquid, and try to take too much off him. He has to sign papers then if he wants them to stop. I told him sign more papers if you want to live longer lol, he likes to eat big meals now and then.
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It would be hard to live like that.
They filter your blood.
I'll filter my brain with a bullet before I deal with that...
My family knows this also, so it won't come as a surprise.
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It would be hard to live like that.
He hates it, his dialysis days he feels like hes gonna die. Some days are even worse, he tells me "I thought last night was it. I told (wife) I love you, this is it.".
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I'll filter my brain with a bullet before I deal with that...
My family knows this also, so it won't come as a surprise.
Im honestly surprised hes still going too. Think he does it for his wife. Cause I know him, and if he was single, he would be the same way.
Thank you very much for all your input. It is appreciated. I hope she gets better.
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Hope so too, or a new kidney. My dad jokes all the time that I should give him one of mine lol. Or he'll say "you know what I want, a million dollars and a new kidney" lol.
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I hope she does too Azhya.
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I do too AA. But, it's a tough road ahead of her.
When a persons kidneys aren't working properly in filtering out blood impurities, a dialysis machine can help extend their lives. From what I've heard, treatments as often as every day include having tubes connected to the body to pass all of their blood through a dialysis membrane and back into the body over a course of hours.
It seems to drain her each time and seems very weak after. She has also lost body mass since she started this. She gets it almost every other day now. Will this eventually stop or is this permanent?
Depends on the cause but it's often permanent or until a person receives a transplant.
means they are going to shoot dye into your blood so they can see where/if any circulation and/or organ issues occur
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No fun.
It sure will put a dent on her plans. She has plans to go abroad in May. I wonder if she will be back on track by then.
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It will depend on what's causing her issues with her kidneys. If the issue goes away, she could be good to go.
This seems to be the problem: Elevated creatinine level signifies impaired kidney function or kidney disease. As the kidneys become impaired for any reason, the creatinine level in the blood will rise due to poor clearance of creatinine by the kidneys. Abnormally high levels of creatinine thus warn of possible malfunction or failure of the kidneys.
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I'll filter my brain with a bullet before I deal with that...
My family knows this also, so it won't come as a surprise.
Well S'Mel, ya might wanna get a vial of cyanide too.
Just like some guy called a Mr. A. Hitler did back in '45.
You bein and admirer of him an' all.
Ya never know, the gun might miss or misfire & could end up as a vegetable instead.
Better keep the vial for insurance, eh S'Mel?
Why won't anyone talk to me? ac_crying
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Hey I just quoted you in my funeral thread lol.
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Hey I just quoted you in my funeral thread lol.
That's the most attention he's ever had on these forums.
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Thankfully, the dialysis patient I was talking about is no longer getting dialysis. For now, this is over. They removed the catheters too. No more dialysis, we are told. I hope that is truly the case.
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That is wonderful news Azhya.
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Thats awesome! I hope your friend tries to maintain a healthy lifestyle so as to not ever have to go back on that again. I feel like my dad's pill consumption added to his kidney demise.
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Thats awesome! I hope your friend tries to maintain a healthy lifestyle so as to not ever have to go back on that again.
Prescription medication Blazor?
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Prescription medication Blazor?
Yeah, a LOT. Im sure some he needed, some he may not of. He considered the pain relievers and stress medicine and such as party favors more so. Was always trying to get me to take some, I hate pills though, medicine in general. He use to smoke pot, but his wife of the past 25 years or so made him quit smoking it back then since its illegal. He found that he could get pills legally, so that became his thing.
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Prescription medication Blazor?
Yeah, a LOT. Im sure some he needed, some he may not of. He considered the pain relievers and stress medicine and such as party favors more so. Was always trying to get me to take some, I hate pills though, medicine in general. He use to smoke pot, but his wife of the past 25 years or so made him quit smoking it back then since its illegal. He found that he could get pills legally, so that became his thing.
My husband knows a young man who developed a prescription drug addiction after breaking several bones in an atv accident..
It's very sad.
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My husband knows a young man who developed a prescription drug addiction after breaking several bones in an atv accident..
It's very sad.
Ah damn, I hate pills. I can understand a need to relieve pain, but they do become addicting and damaging.
Pills remind me of mechanic in a can, you know, stuff you put in your car to make it run better, but in the end it just masks the issue and compounds the problem.
Thanks, guys! Yes, it is a good thing. We hope she does not need it anymore.
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I hope so too Azhya.
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So, what do people think of dialysis today?
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I don't know anyone who has had dialysis recently.
Since I posted this in September of 2017, the person I know who had this no longer had a need for it after that.
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It's only meant to be temporary isn't it Azhya?
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Thats awesome!
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It's only meant to be temporary isn't it Azhya?
I really don't know, Fash. Others here have said that sometimes it's for life.
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Thats awesome!
Thanks, folks! :thumbup:
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It's only meant to be temporary isn't it Azhya?
I really don't know, Fash. Others here have said that sometimes it's for life.
It was life for my dad, he never made it off it. Was on it at home, every 4 hours. Then switched to at the clinic 3 days a week. Those were dialysis days, cause it took a chunk of the day, and then he had nothing left energy wise for the rest of the day. But his off days he felt amazing.
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It was life for my dad, he never made it off it. Was on it at home, every 4 hours. Then switched to at the clinic 3 days a week. Those were dialysis days, cause it took a chunk of the day, and then he had nothing left energy wise for the rest of the day. But his off days he felt amazing.
How is he now?
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It was life for my dad, he never made it off it. Was on it at home, every 4 hours. Then switched to at the clinic 3 days a week. Those were dialysis days, cause it took a chunk of the day, and then he had nothing left energy wise for the rest of the day. But his off days he felt amazing.
How is he now?
I visited his grave this past Fathers day. Drank a shot of whiskey.
He passed away almost 2 years ago. Dont feel that long.
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It's only meant to be temporary isn't it Azhya?
I really don't know, Fash. Others here have said that sometimes it's for life.
It was life for my dad, he never made it off it. Was on it at home, every 4 hours. Then switched to at the clinic 3 days a week. Those were dialysis days, cause it took a chunk of the day, and then he had nothing left energy wise for the rest of the day. But his off days he felt amazing.
ac_crying
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How is he now?
I visited his grave this past Fathers day. Drank a shot of whiskey.
He passed away almost 2 years ago. Dont feel that long.
Oh, so sorry to hear this, Blazor. My regrets. :sad: I might have forgotten that part. May your father rest in peace.
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What is it?
Someone close to me is getting it for the very first time. It seems so damning to me but I hope it isn't as critical as it sounds.
What is your experience with dialysis?
I used to go to dialysis with my grandma when I was six years old
She died two years later from complications from a kidney transplant
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What is it?
Someone close to me is getting it for the very first time. It seems so damning to me but I hope it isn't as critical as it sounds.
What is your experience with dialysis?
I used to go to dialysis with my grandma when I was six years old
She died two years later from complications from a kidney transplant
:sad:
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It's only meant to be temporary isn't it Azhya?
I really don't know, Fash. Others here have said that sometimes it's for life.
It was life for my dad, he never made it off it. Was on it at home, every 4 hours. Then switched to at the clinic 3 days a week. Those were dialysis days, cause it took a chunk of the day, and then he had nothing left energy wise for the rest of the day. But his off days he felt amazing.
ac_crying
I hated it for him, even debated giving him a kidney lol.
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How is he now?
I visited his grave this past Fathers day. Drank a shot of whiskey.
He passed away almost 2 years ago. Dont feel that long.
Oh, so sorry to hear this, Blazor. My regrets. :sad: I might have forgotten that part. May your father rest in peace.
Its ok, thanks.
His spirit is still around to a degree.
I literally look like a younger version of my dad when he was in his 20s, so everyone calls me Butch Jr. lol. Butch was his nickname.
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How is he now?
I visited his grave this past Fathers day. Drank a shot of whiskey.
He passed away almost 2 years ago. Dont feel that long.
Oh, so sorry to hear this, Blazor. My regrets. :sad: I might have forgotten that part. May your father rest in peace.
Its ok, thanks.
His spirit is still around to a degree.
I literally look like a younger version of my dad when he was in his 20s, so everyone calls me Butch Jr. lol. Butch was his nickname.
And you lost your wife too.
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It's only meant to be temporary isn't it Azhya?
Some kinds of acute kidney failure get better after treatment. In some cases of acute kidney failure, dialysis may only be needed for a short time until the kidneys get better.
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How is he now?
I visited his grave this past Fathers day. Drank a shot of whiskey.
He passed away almost 2 years ago. Dont feel that long.
Oh, so sorry to hear this, Blazor. My regrets. :sad: I might have forgotten that part. May your father rest in peace.
Its ok, thanks.
His spirit is still around to a degree.
I literally look like a younger version of my dad when he was in his 20s, so everyone calls me Butch Jr. lol. Butch was his nickname.
And you lost your wife too.
My mom was a murder/suicide when she was 40 too.
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How is he now?
I visited his grave this past Fathers day. Drank a shot of whiskey.
He passed away almost 2 years ago. Dont feel that long.
Oh, so sorry to hear this, Blazor. My regrets. :sad: I might have forgotten that part. May your father rest in peace.
Its ok, thanks.
His spirit is still around to a degree.
I literally look like a younger version of my dad when he was in his 20s, so everyone calls me Butch Jr. lol. Butch was his nickname.
And you lost your wife too.
My mom was a murder/suicide when she was 40 too.
You've had so much tragedy in your life Blazor.
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How is he now?
I visited his grave this past Fathers day. Drank a shot of whiskey.
He passed away almost 2 years ago. Dont feel that long.
Oh, so sorry to hear this, Blazor. My regrets. :sad: I might have forgotten that part. May your father rest in peace.
Its ok, thanks.
His spirit is still around to a degree.
I literally look like a younger version of my dad when he was in his 20s, so everyone calls me Butch Jr. lol. Butch was his nickname.
And you lost your wife too.
My mom was a murder/suicide when she was 40 too.
You've had so much tragedy in your life Blazor.
True but I dont dwell on it. I've had a ton of shit happen in my life, and if I dwelt on it, I'd be one sad fucker lol.
I was sad of course when folks passed, but I think I was more sad for my little brother when mom passed, more sad for my son when his mom passed, if you know what Im sayin'.
Blazor, my mother committed suicide in 2006. She was type 2 bipolar
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How is he now?
I visited his grave this past Fathers day. Drank a shot of whiskey.
He passed away almost 2 years ago. Dont feel that long.
Oh, so sorry to hear this, Blazor. My regrets. :sad: I might have forgotten that part. May your father rest in peace.
Its ok, thanks. a
His spirit is still around to a degree.
I literally look like a younger version of my dad when he was in his 20s, so everyone calls me Butch Jr. lol. Butch was his nickname.
And you lost your wife too.
My mom was a murder/suicide when she was 40 too.
You've had so much tragedy in your life Blazor.
True but I dont dwell on it. I've had a ton of shit happen in my life, and if I dwelt on it, I'd be one sad fucker lol.
I was sad of course when folks passed, but I think I was more sad for my little brother when mom passed, more sad for my son when his mom passed, if you know what Im sayin'.
I understand sorrow, I really do.
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Damn, hate to hear that. Was in 2000 for my mom. Schitz runs in my family, I dont think she was diagnosed but my grandmother was a while back. Her pistol was used, but there were clues that possibly her crazy ex had something to do with it. Matter of fact, her quote was "if something happens to me, he had something to do with it".
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How is he now?
I visited his grave this past Fathers day. Drank a shot of whiskey.
He passed away almost 2 years ago. Dont feel that long.
Oh, so sorry to hear this, Blazor. My regrets. :sad: I might have forgotten that part. May your father rest in peace.
Its ok, thanks. a
His spirit is still around to a degree.
I literally look like a younger version of my dad when he was in his 20s, so everyone calls me Butch Jr. lol. Butch was his nickname.
And you lost your wife too.
My mom was a murder/suicide when she was 40 too.
You've had so much tragedy in your life Blazor.
True but I dont dwell on it. I've had a ton of shit happen in my life, and if I dwelt on it, I'd be one sad fucker lol.
I was sad of course when folks passed, but I think I was more sad for my little brother when mom passed, more sad for my son when his mom passed, if you know what Im sayin'.
I understand sorrow, I really do.
Oh I know you do Fash :empathy:
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How tragic Erica.
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How tragic Erica.
I was raised by my grandma, Fash. It was tragic for my children. I'm still angry at her for making them lose out on the grandma experience. My kids were younger but it still affected them deeply.
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Jesus H, I am sorry about that. A young lad my boy went to high school with hung himself in April. It came as total shock to everyone who knew him.
I have never known anyone who actually attempted suicide. I heard of soldiers in the IDF who threatened suicide. Most of those only did that to get out of military service.
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How tragic Erica.
I was raised by my grandma, Fash. It was tragic for my children. I'm still angry at her for making them lose out on the grandma experience. My kids were younger but it still affected them deeply.
If someone has family that counts on them, suicide is so selfish. Koreans have one of the higher rates of suicide in the world. The ROK had a former president that killed himself.
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How tragic Erica.
I was raised by my grandma, Fash. It was tragic for my children. I'm still angry at her for making them lose out on the grandma experience. My kids were younger but it still affected them deeply.
I was raised by my Great Grandma! And my Great Aunt. You are right about the grandma experience lol. Bring on the Ginger Snaps! lolol
I loved those days, at my grams there was apple trees, pear trees, raspberry and blackberry bushes, grape vine, hell I never had to come inside! And at my aunts, it was more of a barn, and I loved those days of roughing it on the weekends with all the animals lol.
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How tragic Erica.
I was raised by my grandma, Fash. It was tragic for my children. I'm still angry at her for making them lose out on the grandma experience. My kids were younger but it still affected them deeply.
I was raised by my Great Grandma! And my Great Aunt. You are right about the grandma experience lol. Bring on the Ginger Snaps! lolol
I loved those days, at my grams there was apple trees, pear trees, raspberry and blackberry bushes, grape vine, hell I never had to come inside! And at my aunts, it was more of a barn, and I loved those days of roughing it on the weekends with all the animals lol.
You have some fond childhood memories Blazor.
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How tragic Erica.
I was raised by my grandma, Fash. It was tragic for my children. I'm still angry at her for making them lose out on the grandma experience. My kids were younger but it still affected them deeply.
I was raised by my Great Grandma! And my Great Aunt. You are right about the grandma experience lol. Bring on the Ginger Snaps! lolol
I loved those days, at my grams there was apple trees, pear trees, raspberry and blackberry bushes, grape vine, hell I never had to come inside! And at my aunts, it was more of a barn, and I loved those days of roughing it on the weekends with all the animals lol.
I grew up without grandparents. My maternal grandmother was still alive when we came to Canada, but I was only two. She died when I was eleven.