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Dialysis patients can live just fine, the machine takes over for your kidneys. reduced life span most likely, but people can be on it for a long time.

Main point with people on Dialysis however is their co morbidity's. Mainly diabetes, causing an infection which leads to sepsis and then death. But usually they got alot of problems going into dialysis, Kidney failure was just the end result

Fun Fact: once your kidneys stop functioning completely you stop peeing.

another not fun fact: If uric levels are too high, youll have Uremic Halitosis.

Piss breath.

It doesnt have to be accidental to go below your dry wt. In outpatient, you can ask for a little extra off. Cramping is quite the common s/e even without going below the dry wt for some people :(

The best part though is they wont let you go till your stable

edit: Or ship you to ER if they cant.

Lets not forget the patients that have very poor decision making skills and repeatedly don't do Dialysis due to "not feeling like it" or being busy when you dont have a job, then come in 15 lb's heavier than last time and with your Labs fucked to shit, then do it again in 2 weeks, and again rinse and repeat. god.

And agree with above!

I dont understand this comment, monopolistic how?