Dialysis Support Group

Follow your diet. After a few treatments she should feel alot better. Her diet has alot to do with it. Hope she feels better,Sue

The first time is always uneasy, my kidney failure was november last year and until that time i was pretty active and content but complication of diabetes was probably the issue for me. I would say to your mother that she will feel better about it once she has been going regular and her body adjusts over the weeks/months. This has turned her life upon it's head and there are psychological issue's along with the physical one's that family and friends can help he with, eventually she will slot it into her weekly plan without it feeling like her life has been altered beyond all acceptable levels.Ed

She'll never be 100% while dialyzing but things get better rather quickly. In a week she should notice a change for the better. Nothing dramatic but still better.

HELLO DEAR, I'M A FORMER HEMO PT. ALSO NURSE MIDWIFE/RN/NOW TRANSPLANTED IN 99. MY FIRST TIMES HORRIFIC GOSH HOW DID I GET THERE. I HAD PKD.GENE RUNS FROM MOM. SISTER /BRO ALSO VICTIMS OFF THIS NEW LIFE CHANGE. I WAS A HECK.I WAS UNABLE TO EAT. LOST 100#'S CRAMPING WAS UNBEARABLE.FLOODS OF TEARS WASHED DOWN MY FACE LIKE ACID RAIN.BUT MY INSANITY/HUMOR GOT ME BYYYYYYYYYYY.SOMEHOW.LOTS OF LISTENING TO DEERPAK CHORRPA ON TAPE.COOKING IN MY SLEEP SINGLE MOTHER YOUNG TEEN OH MYYYYYY. BUT ALL IN ALL I MEET THE GREATEST FOLKS EVER.THE SOCIAL WORKER WOULD NOT LET ME GIVE UP. AFTER A DECADE SO IT SEEMED I WENT T6OO THE OCEAN WITH FAMILY AND PETS TO SAY FARWELL AND LEAVE THIS EARTHLY PLACE. MY BEEPER WENT OFF AND A NEW KIDNEY WAS THERE FOR ME. THE ANGELS MADE THERE CHOICE. I'VE BEEN TRULY BLESSED.READ MY PROFILE GLAD TO HELP. IT'S INDEED A SCAREY PATH. BEING A NURSE HORRIBLE.
I DID TRY PD WORKED GREAT......I'M HERE.MMMMMMM FROM THE GREAT NW WHY IS MOM ON TX IF I MAY ASK.........HUGS WELCOME TO DS