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I’m having surgery tomorrow
That’s it I guess. I’ve held out until I had only 8% function left between my kidneys and now I have to start dialysis.
I am expecting I’ll probably have a transplant through a very generous donation that comes through by next August.
But my doctor said my best chance of still being alive by then is to have this surgery tomorrow.
It’s a real quick proceedure actually. They’re going to insert a double IV tube through my chest into the artery just above my heart.
They’ll use that for dialysis and I guess it is good enough to work temporarily for a few months. To have the accessway built into an arm that is usually done for dialysis (which I refused) usually takes 4 months or more to mature to the point where they can use it. I passed that point where it’s thought I’d for still be around to make use of that in 4 more months if I don’t receive medical intervention now.
But I can’t help but have a bad feeling about this. My doc said I’m not really likely to die by August without getting any help, but he can’t garauntee that and the rules governing medacine say I should definitely be on dialysis by now.
I haven’t said anything because I didn’t want to hear opposing opinions about this before, but I’ve been providing acknowledgement that I’ve been so advised every time I’ve refused to go on dialysis for the past year during my physician consults.
Oh boy. So this is so much fun. NOT. I have to be up at 5am tomorrow and reporting to the hospital at 7am. I hope everyone else has fun watching Indiana Jones…:tired:
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