Now that it’s been three weeks since we were ordered to stay home, life is not that different for me. When I was on peritoneal dialysis, I had to be hooked up to the cycler for 10 hours each night. Since it took about an hour to connect and disconnect, and about an hour for the midday manual exchange, about half my time was spent on dialysis. Since I was working full-time and commuting, that took the other 12 hours. I wouldn’t have time for much else. Even when I on hemodialysis previously, I was tired all the time so I slept whenever I had free time.
With the current social distancing, it’s not so different. I just got my Google location summary for March and I only visited three places: home, work, and dialysis clinic. For April, it’s going to be just home and dialysis. Again, that’s not so different from my sad life prior to COVID-19. I read that even though dialysis keeps you alive, it’s not great. Your blood is still pretty toxic which means your body is not operating at 100%. Almost everything I read about kidney transplants is that patients fell much better right away. I hope I can get a transplant while I still have a life to enjoy.
Life with chronic diseases 