I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: Epoman on August 14, 2005, 12:51:11 AM
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When I see an ad in a body builders magazine or in a sport magazine with ads for Epogen, I get REALLY pissed. Here we are using it so we can have enough energy to wipe our butts and here come these ungrateful a-holes who have perfectly healthy STRONG bodies. But is that enough? NO! they want to get stronger, faster, of bigger so what do they do? they take Epogen.
I call them ungrateful because they are blessed with a healthy strong body but they are not satisfied.
I can understand someone who is on "chemo" who takes it or some other illness where Epogen can help their situation, but it sickens me when healthy people take it.
What's your feeling on this subject?
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Yes, thanks, all of you healthy able-bodied people using Epogen who are JACKING UP THE PRICE! Thanks to you, dialysis units are under even more financial pressure.
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Yes, thanks, all of you healthy able-bodied people using Epogen who are JACKING UP THE PRICE! Thanks to you, dialysis units are under even more financial pressure.
At one point I was on 24,000 units of Epo 3 times a week so that was 72,000 units a week :o :o :o That's alot of money. And I was bearly getting 30 crit. Now a days after my parathyroid surgery I only get 3,000-6,000 units 3 times a week but I easily hit 40+ crits they have to hold my Epo.
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I wonder if that will hurt them in the long run. Because I've heard of body builders who used insulin for the same reason (to get bigger) and their body became dependent on it...............they became diabetics.
DUMB FOOLS if they only knew what life as a diabetic and now kidney failure patient has been for many (as myself) they would probably stop using it, then again maybe not.