Posts Tagged ‘pkd’
Bad kidney
Above is my latest poor artistic rendering of one of my polycystic kidneys and a normal kidney. I am cranky tonight because my left kidney will not stop aching. Stronger painkillers do I need. This kidney has been a pain in my side…and my back…and my [Read More]
When the only one who’s got your back is you
I told my nephrologist that I didn’t think anyone at dialysis really gave a damn about the problems I’ve been having at treatment, thought not exactly in those words. He responded that he takes issue with this, that they’ve been trying things that just [Read More]
Dialysis puzzle
Two hours into my three-hour dialysis treatment, I am not experiencing the profuse sweating and freezing that occur just about every time I am here. There have been a couple of exceptions, and there have been commonalities to these dialysis treatments that I have tolerated. [Read More]
Blunt
My kidney is killing me right now. Something must have happened with one of the cysts. I probably have an infection, for all I know, which would explain why I’ve felt especially sick for the past week-and-a-half. Are you gonna see the doctor? Since no one has [Read More]
Dialysis battles
I really start feeling resentful when I have to censor myself so as not to offend. I have some expletives I’d love to unleash right now. I lack the creativity or determination to find suitable synonyms. Alas, I’ll try to be good… The nephrologist did [Read More]
Dialysis twice every ten days
Due to my recent travels, I have only gone for dialysis two out of the last ten days. And I feel okay. I am livid that, after fourteen months, the doctors and staff have not gotten the message that I do not need to have any fluid removed. I am livid that it doesn’t [Read More]
Dialysis Freeze
I used to write frequently about the problems about the frigid conditions at the nocturnal dialysis clinic. I would wake up soaked in a cold sweat and then have to lie there for another half-hour or an hour or more until my treatment was finished. It was one of several [Read More]
Life in the hands of dialysis techs
One of the many lousy things about dialysis is that your life really is in the hands of dialysis techs who may or may not care about how they do their job from day to day and minute to minute. Yesterday, the tech had to remove one of the two needles he had initially stuck [Read More]
