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Why Does Everything Have to be So Complicated?
Now for the next phase: my husband, Cole, is now having dialysis three times a week. His nephrologist says it was caused by the cisplatin administered during chemotherapy.
This follows a week in the hospital, following bloodwork that showed high creatinine and BUN levels. He was given emergency dialysis in the hospital, then discharged for treatment as an outpatient. The schedule is brutal—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5:20 a.m. Yes, in the morning!! Because it’s a fifty-minute trip, we rise at 3:30 to get there on time.
After some horrible experiences with one of the nephrologists in the ONLY group practice in town, we met a couple other doctors in the same practice who are more satisfactory and who will be treating Cole from now on. We have been told that Cole may be a candidate for home hemodialysis and we are looking forward to taking that step.
I say ‘we’ are looking forward, but I guess it’s only wishful thinking. My husband has been devastated by the news of this new turn of events and is totally in despair that he may be required to be hooked up to a machine for the rest of his life. I’m not sure what to do at this point. I’m only hoping that time will make him realize that he can handle this. It’s so hard for him because he feels that he has lost control of his life and it’s just overwhelming him.
Your prayers are needed. Thanks.
Judy