Category: Kidney Failure & Dialysis
Writing about kidney failure, haemodialysis, transplant assessment, blood results, medication and the realities of long-term renal treatment. It combines practical information with lived experience from the dialysis chair.
Why I Don’t Want Dialysis at Home
Strength Between Sessions: Fitness on Dialysis Since 2018
When the Dialysis Machine Has “One of Those Days”
Dialysis Days: Starting the Week a Little Heavier
Christmas Dialysis: the first session back
An update from dialysis
Dialysis day: the Aranesp question
Bearing the Cold: Asthma, Chest Lines, and the Ethics of Dialysis Support
A Dragon at My Side
Bearing the Numbers: Blood Pressure, Dialysis, and the Ministry of Presence
Still Too High: A Blood Pressure Snapshot of Chronic Life
Managing Hypertension on Dialysis: A Patient’s Tightrope
From Diabetes to Dialysis: Plushie’s new mission.
🧠 Remembering Phosphate Binders: A Real-Life Struggle
Why I Skip My Blood Pressure Meds Before Dialysis
Dialysis, Alarms, and a Patch of Sunlight
Back on Track: A Step Closer to the Transplant List
⏳ Dialysis diaries: a day of beeps, battles, and breakthroughs
Undetectable, breathable, endurable
A fresh start: simplifying my medication tracking routine
Why a kidney transplant matters: my journey with dialysis and the hope for living donation
Managing Medications: My Journey with Dialysis and Diabetes
My GP consultation: prioritizing Covid booster with kidney failure
Blood pressure continues to worry
Blood pressure was very low on dialysis
Rollercoaster blood pressure this week
Haemoglobin is finally above 10! Hurrah
It’s not the worst outcome…
Helping others learn about dialysis
Not being colour-blind, blue and red should not be that easy to muddle up…
Right amount of fluid taken off, but still ½ a kilo over my dry weight?
B. Braun Wellstone Midlands Renal Care Centre opened in Port Laoise
Self care becoming an achievable goal
Extra time on dialysis should bring improved results
Dialysis gear change
Coming home positive from dialysis session: first time in B Braun in Port Laoise
Fantastic new clothing for dialysis
New BP medication doesn’t agree with me
More changes to medication as we investigate transplant possibilities
Fewer tablets to take – this will make life simpler
Further progress is made on dialysis
COVID-19 and dialysis patients
Saturday’s mix-up has knock-on effect
Further training… and some welcome news
New Year: new days for dialysis – from next week
feeling a bit down
Dialysis progress
