i will say this has been a tough year...
a cousin (whose been sucking down energy drinks) recently had renal failure & diabetes;
an aunt also had renal failure currently undergoing hemodialysis & it's been a struggle to gether to the dialysis center and two doctors with conflicting opinions( one saying she didn't need dialysis & another saying she had to have it);
relative whose mom diagnosed with renal failure had refused to be a burden to her family and refused dialysis only to leave this word after 5 months;
distant relative also refused to undergo treatments passed away after 3-4 weeks...
(having a family friend whose a doctor said that dying from this is not an unpleasant experience since the brain shuts down first then the organs fail.)
i have an uncle whose currently undergoing hemodialysis and seems to be alot more healthy over the months...
i feel for all the people in the world who has to go thru this experience and family members dealing with it's ramifications.
DEN, thanks for having this thread since it has opened my eyes to alot of additional information available about this. Edited at: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:38:50 AM
