re: Kidney Failure, unknown cause. Dialysis in future.

Just think about all the hot Latina chicks you'll be banging a year from now in mexico when you're feeling better

Observations from someone 24 years in the dialysis business: carefully monitor your fluid intake, maintain a dialysis friendly diet and keep a positive attitude. I was told that the average lifespan of a transplant is only five years because patients return to the bad diet habits that accelerated their initial decline.

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I may just say F it and deal with having the weak kidney

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Well I wouldn’t advise that. Deal with dialysis and try to get the transplant soon as you can. Prayers sent

You don't want a life of dialysis, its worth it to get the kidneys, and at your age it wouldn't surprise me if you need more than one transplant. You are also fricking over your donor, we have two kidneys for a reason... all options suck really. Most people who donate don't look into all the negative aspects post donation.

Don't feel guilty about taking an organ either, I saw a case where a woman had high triglycerides, positive alcohol screen (why her triglycerides were high) and she just received at least her second liver a month ago. Drank two livers to shite and they gave her a third one and she is still drinking, maybe more, I didn't go that deep into it. If you get one from the list, take it.

Here's to hoping you get a kidney soon. That sucks. Hang in there. It's much better having two kidneys so I'd go ahead and get the transplant. But ultimately it's your decision.

Praying for ya.

Prayer Nalpolian !

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OWLFAN86

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The stroke came later, right before the stent.

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FieldEngineer

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I was busy every day, walking miles and completing more than half of the rest, combined. I could have saved a lot of trouble by going to a Dr. in my 30's or 40's.

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It's a large forum so I'm sure some of y'all do dialysis.

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I had to do a few stints of dialysis after my first heart surgery. Absolutely miserable. My kidneys recovered and thankful I don’t have to go through that again and I hope it stays that way. I hope you recover too.

My best friend has gone through dialysis for the past ten years. He goes to dialysis at a place in Walker. I thing that the name of the dialysis center is D'Vita. The arm in which they stick the needle in is always swollen. He gets stuck in the same place every time he goes. He goes to dialysis three times a week and his sessions are four hours long. The only major problem that he has had in the past year is his arm getting infected where the needle is put in. He has had to go to the hospital for his arm and that is usually a two night stay. He still does all of the things that he is use to doing. The only difference I noticed about him is that he constantly sleeps. When he is through with his treatments he is always joking and smiling. I guess that he got use to the needle being stuck in. He only has one half of a kidney and he was born like that. I no longer go with him to dialysis because you would meet extremely nice people waiting for their time to get on the machine. When I didn't see a patient that I talked with I would always ask the girl at the front desk what happened to so and so and the answer I always got was that person passed away. I hope that you don't have any problems and your dialysis goes smoothly. It doesn't bother my friend and I'm sure it won't bother you.