my MWF 6am, 4 hour long, appointment of course is still dialysis. 2 years longer then i would have liked, but that is life. we are now back to ben as a donor and trying an experimental drug that Mayo has available sometime soon. it is very promising and brings down the antibody count so we could possibly proceed with a transplant.
this is the machine i am hooked up too. it filters all of my blood and removes the fluid build up and toxins like a kidney but three days a week instead of constantly. the tall skinny tube is the dialyzer and acts as an artificial kidney. it is pretty amazing how well it works in that i can lead a normal life. dialysis has been going smoothly lately and hopefully by this summer we can have a kidney transplant.
my MWF 6am, 4 hour long, appointment of course is still dialysis. 2 years longer then i would have liked, but that is life. we are now back to ben as a donor and trying an experimental drug that Mayo has available sometime soon. it is very promising and brings down the antibody count so we could possibly proceed with a transplant. 
this is the machine i am hooked up too. it filters all of my blood and removes the fluid build up and toxins like a kidney but three days a week instead of constantly. the tall skinny tube is the dialyzer and acts as an artificial kidney. it is pretty amazing how well it works in that i can lead a normal life. dialysis has been going smoothly lately and hopefully by this summer we can have a kidney transplant.
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