I got a text on Saturday from the dialysis clinic. They wanted me to come in early if possible. I had just woke up at the time so I managed to wake everyone else up and got to the clinic an hour early. I asked the nurse why I was able to come in early and she said one of the patients was a no show. Actually, that patient regularly misses dialysis sessions. What?! In the 2.5 years I’ve been on dialysis, both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, I have not missed any sessions. Even when I got home late and tired while on PD, I managed to spent time setting up the cycler and running as many cycles as I could. I also heard that transplant centers review how closely you adhere to the dialysis schedule since that is an indicator of whether you will take your immunosuppressant drugs. No point doing a transplant if you won’t take your meds and the kidney dies off.
Of course, I want to miss dialysis. As mentioned before, even though I’m at the same clinic with the same nurses, hemodialysis post-CABG-surgery seems a lot more difficult. Each dialysis day, I wake up dreading the 3.5 hour upcoming session. PD was a huge pain but I liked the freedom of not going to the clinic. I think the numbness in my feet is currently overwhelming everything and making life difficult for me.
Life with chronic diseases 