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Recent study says Dialysis 3 times a week not enough

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My view at Dialysis

A recent study is saying that receiving Dialysis 3 times a week may not be enough. A link here to the Forbes article. So what they’re saying is simple. Because every rotation involves a 2 day hiatus from Dialysis, that 3rd day (Monday or Tuesday) is the most dangerous day. As an ex-Dialysis patient, I have to say there might some credibility in this.

On the third day, which in my case was Tuesday, I felt the worst. It was the worst day of the week. My Dialysis schedule started at 5:30pm. So I had the entire day to go through before I received any treatment. That Tuesday was total hell, I have to admit.

Anyone who undergoes Dialysis knows how it feels. You’re at the point of kidney failure. That means you don’t produce urine. Now this may sound great, since you’ve only got to go bathroom when you have to poop. But honestly, you miss it mainly because you realize just how much it means to pee. Peeing gets rid of your toxins in your body and if you can’t pee, that means the toxins (that’s poison BTW) just accumulates in your body and well, it makes you feel like shit.

So think about it. That third day would have to be the absolute worst day of the week, right? I can go with this study then. But I have to agree with Dr. Paul Eggers. There should be more studying done. One study doesn’t mean it’s true. But honestly, how many people have to suffer before a determination is made?

It's been quiet around here

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Well it’s been quiet around here, and for good reason. I’ve been busy with training for my peritoneal dialysis. Ooh, fun for sure. :D But as of now I’m starting my dialysis and so far, it just takes up a lot of time. If you want more details, you can always go on over to “Being Diabetic” where I talk about all that stuff.

I’ve also been busy with Japanese TV, since it’s the New Year, the new shows have started, and I’m just trying to keep up with everything. It would be a lot easier if I could just record every TV show that is aired in Japan, then sort them out later, but wow, that would be a large process! But it would be cool and fun for sure.

It’s the weekend, everything is quiet around here. I’m just gonna sit back and relax and finally catch up with some sleep.

So I have this tube in my belly…

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koipondSo I had surgery today and got my peritoneal dialysis tube stuck in my belly. This will enable me to do peritoneal dialysis next month. Which is good, because my kidneys are failing man. This will get me going, thank goodness.

In other news, remember that site that Danalyn and I had started not too long ago? Well, now another friend has donated his domain for it and it’s now located at it’s new home, jcrap.com. It’s now known as J-crap, and it looks like we’ll be having some serious fun with it. Hopefully it becomes something.

And just to pimp out that Danalyn’s got some themes and plugins going on at her site. They’re Really cheap and I’m sure you could use them. So why not help out a starving designer and buy some of her stuff? She’d appreciate it.