Aches and pains
Woke up around 3 last night aching throughout my whole body. Every bone and muscle. Like I ran a marathon. This morning when I got up....nothing. Weird.
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Machine
My machine who I have aptly named jackass...decides to alarm 5 times in a row for funzies. At 4 am! So I call the 1 800 number to get it to stop and they make me bypass the dwell go to drain. Let's hope that works. Sleep is so far away.
There are actually posts out there about people stopping dialysis to die. Today I can understand why. It use to be I could not understand but now I do. This form of life saving treatment can be hard on the body for some especially the older gen and the young ones. Everyone thinks "Oh this is making you feel better, right?" Go to a dialysis clinic and talk to some of them coming out after treatment. Watch them go in and then come out. I've sat on hemo and watched many go into cardiac arrest while doing dialysis. Scary. I know hemodialysis is so hard on the body that they say it is comparable to running from California to Michigan in 3 hours. It makes the heart work double time. For some it makes them feel better. For others it dehydrates them, overworks the heart, makes them nauseous, and really weak. Turns the brain to a 4th grade brain. I was the latter. This is why I chose to go to Peritoneal dialysis. On top of the pain of 2 15 gauge needles put into my arm. I just co...
CCPD
Post 1: Do you know what ambulatory life support is? Read the words....life support. Which means supporting life. Living life with a machine every night or 3 times a week. Or even hemodialysis. Life support 3 times a week. I've done this for over 3 years. The future is daunting sometimes when I think about it. Most times I don't think about it. Today I am.