Dialysis is a treatment process that replicates the purpose of the kidneys if they are failing. In normal people, the kidneys serve to separate and exclude waste commodities, surplus liquid, salts, and toxins from the blood.

Persistent Nausea and many more

Home from the surgeon's office and I decided I am taking a mental health day. First, I had a problem at the clinic with my dialysis machine so I had to tear it down, reset it, and prime it a second time. Then, as I am getting ready to put my needles in, I noticed the "thrill" (the pulsing feeling of my blood flowing through the graft) was absent. Sure enough, my access was clotted. So, I was sent to the surgeon's office, they did angioplasty in a few areas and suctioned out some clots, then sutured me up and told me to go back to dialysis. I chose to listen to my body and just call it a day. So if anyone needs me, I'll be in bed praying and/or meditating that I get a kidney soon because I'm honestly not sure how much more of this I can take. . . . #DialysisSucks #LoveYourKidneys #Angioplasty #ArterioVenousGraft #ADayInTheLife #PrayersForHealing #Tired #WitsEnd #ThisIsNotLiving https://www.instagram.com/p/B_VZJZMjTNv/?igshid=1b7uxjtlcktt6

Drove almost an hour to get to this clinic in San Diego for Sean to get dialysis. I'm not allowed to be with him because of protocols for COVID-19. So, I'm sitting outside in the car in unfamiliar territory. It's cold, there is nothing open where I can get some coffee, and I have a 4 hour wait until his treatment is done. *sigh* Maybe I'll just try to sleep in the car..#dialysissucks #dialysis #nocoffeetobefound #davita #davitadialysis #iwantcoffee #thinkilljustsleephere #sodamnedtired (at Da Vita) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9_woXKnGIf/?igshid=11qybex1b4i0o

Happy Christmas Eve-day!! Got my Cawfee, "The Coaching Habit" by Michael Bungay Stanier for inspired reading and I'm all set to sit chair side for support while my hubby is doing his dialysis treatment. Even the tough days remind me that I'm grateful for another day together with my love. That's a true gift... #butfirstcoffee #cawfee #dialysis #dialysissucks #insicknessandinhealth #christmasevecoffee #attitudeofgratitude #chooseyourattitude #thecoachinghabit #lifecoach #lifecoaching #bemindful #findsolidground #findyourbalance #loveisall #happinessisachoice #onedayatatime #countyourblessings (at Oceanside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6dzuY7HY29/?igshid=1etxqv8edo4eq

How to keep a #dialysis patient happy. That #crunchyice #cronch #dialysissucks #deadkidneyproblems https://www.instagram.com/p/B56j1fhjbr_/?igshid=11o6uln2d9wf

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Staying happy and positive for a extra day of dialysis. #dialysisday #dialysissucks #dialysisdivs #isokidneydonor #inneedofakidneytransplant #sharingiscaring #savealife #equalityforall #alllives matter (at West Palm Beach, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnb2NjtARs8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=s4h7gb4jkjl2