When to start kidney dialysis
FIRST 30: Advice When Starting Dialysis
the first 30 days very scared
I was denial the first 30 days I'm
really scared I didn't know what to
expect I had no idea what kidneys did
there's a fear that you have that's
understandable it's real but you need to
embrace your situation and do everything
you can to fight
when I first found out I actually cried
I was afraid to tell my family because I
didn't know how they were going to react
for a new patient one of the things I
tell them is that you are not your
disease that is so important that you
don't remember the essence of the person
that you are and that you have a whole
care team that's here to take care of
you that will surround you and support
you and your family to get you where you
want to go in the first 30 days the
patient can experience fear and they
lose lack of control it's fear of the
unknown on how they're gonna continue to
live my words of advice for new patients
is ask questions understand that it's a
team approach and we're here to help
them and we know it's going to be
overwhelming we are going to try to ease
them into it as best we can I'll never
forget my first day it was just weird
seeing all these people hooked up to
machines I saw that I wasn't the only
one but I had no idea that so many
people had kidney disease my biggest
surprise was there there's life after
dialysis you know you could have the
houses and still live relatively full
life we're not a whole lot of issues
within their thirty days I realized is
something it's gonna help me live longer
and in the Sun that's necessary dialysis
is not a cure it's a treatment and it's
a life-sustaining treatment so being on
dialysis is like just eating every day
it gives you life it prolongs and
preserves life
the key is this is your second chance of
life and without you going to dialysis
you won't make it so you have to look at
that in a positive way if I can help
somebody else get through it then that
makes me feel good it's a rough
situation but it can be managed and
that's what I do I manage it it's so
thankful for this machine but if you
want to live and you want to contribute
and you want to still be around those
people you love and have a positive
impact get on dialysis stay the whole
time take your meds and try to find the
good in this situation which there's a
lot of because there is ayat e level is
so high they come like deer in the
headlights and the world is spinning
around them it's a total life change so
we encourage them to keep talking to us
we're going to keep sharing information
and we're gonna work it day by day
positive attitude is the key of living
with dialysis my life has changed in
order for me that to live a better life
I have to do the office I know that this
machine and the people here are keeping
me alive and I think that is the biggest
motivation that a person can have
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