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"isn't dialysis a really awful proceedure? at least really discomforting, maybe he said f'it I'll take my chances? "
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zeitgeist
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*raises hand* It's horrible horrible horrible. And when you have emergency dialysis, they put a shunt in your jugular vein. So when they come in to do
Posted by
Trish (aka trisha)
Jul 14 '13, 20:07
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it (it takes around 3 hours) you have to lie perfectly still. If you move the wrong way, you can easily pull the shunt out then bleed to death in about 2 minutes. I had it 6 days in a row, every time they were finished, my back ached, my head hurt, I had to pee, and I was nauseated as hell. I pray to god I never have to do it ever again.
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