A New Benefit of Dialysis

[malaka]

My brother is in the hospital waiting for open heart surgery tomorrow.  He's really upset as he is very active and open heart surgery will quash most activity for about 6 weeks.  I went to see him today and listened to him complain and debate whether to have the surgery (he needs it).  So, finally, I said to him:  "you'll be laid up about 6 weeks and then be more or less back to normal.  In 6 months, you will be back to normal.  Yet you're questioning whether to have life-saving bypass surgery since you feel good now  You're not well and you need the surgery.    If you're not certain, ask yourself if you want to trade places with me!"   Well, he didn't think that would be a good trade as he knows I'm on hemodialysis 3x per week for the rest of my life unless I somehow get a transplant. 

Thus, for the first time, I found a benefit of dialysis:  it made my stubborn brother accept the fact he needs surgery.     

[kitkatz]

The double edged sword of dialysis strikes again!

[boswife]

   good job!!  Ya just may have saved yur bro!! 

[Riki]

I've done that before.  I went to visit my exboyfriend and his mom before Christmas.  His mom is diabetic, and he was telling me that she doesn't take care of herself.  Shoesn't eat properly and she doesn't take her medication.  When I walked into the house, she was lying on the couch.  He told me that was what she did, day in, day out.  We tried very hard to tell her that she needs to move, even if it's just to get up, do a little wiggle and sit down again.  She argued about not having the energy to get up and do anything, even to eat or to get her pills to take them.  I got mad at rolled up my sleeve and showed her where they put the needles in my arm.  I actually still had the bandaids on from my last treatment.  I think that scared her a little, because he tells me that she's started moving a bit more than she was