L.Myers MSN RNC CSN: From Nurse to Patient

Dialysis is another job in your life but don’t forget to live. Sometimes you will have the energy for outings and others you will not. Forget making excuses or feeling bad if you can’t make an event, dialysis can be draining. I tried to plan my dialysis treatments earlier in the day so that it would give me time to recover.

I was told by a coworker, “Well all you do is sit in a chair.” I walked away from her, I refused to respond to such an ignorant comment. You are often judged by your exterior and the perception is that you look good on the outside so you must be okay. Don’t ever let anyone belittle your struggle, there is so much more to dialysis than sitting in a chair. I’d rather people ask than assume.

This is me post dialysis going out to dinner. I thank God that dialysis exists it gives dialysis patients the opportunity to live. I never enjoyed doing dialysis but I accepted it.

Living With Dialysis: https://www.kidney.org/sites/default/files/docs/11-10-0307_dialysistransitionbk2_oct07_lr_bm.pdfhttps://www.kidney.org/sites/default/files/docs/11-10-0307_dialysistransitionbk2_oct07_lr_bm.pdf

https://www.davita.com/treatment-services/home-dialysis/can-anyone-do-dialysis-at-homehttps://www.davita.com/treatment-services/home-dialysis/can-anyone-do-dialysis-at-home

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