Dialysis

                                                           Dialysis
       

               Today, I got cold sweats, though, I didn't get faint or dizzy, it was just a weird feeling.

    October 13th, 2012- Saturday. 1 pm, CNN is saying, The Space Shuttle is getting closer to retirement.
This morning I at 5 AM to 10 AM, I had 'Dialysis'.

      In June I discovered I have 'Renal Failure', the hospital put me on Dialysis and I lost thirty lbs in
three days, June 12-14, 2012, 214 lbs to 184 lbs, now 181. I bought new sneakers' to 2008, they fit great.
Then one day in 2009- 2010, my sneakers didn't fit anymore! My feet and legs were swollen. I had no
clue what was wrong. My Kidneys are failing to function properly.

  They stuck needles in me. In my legs, they drained my legs and feet. They put a device in my chest, every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday I had my blood cleaned.

     August 09th, A surgeon cut my right arm open and placed a device above my elbow. October 04th,
after about 2 months of waiting for my arm to heal. Testing began, they stuck needles in my arm.
One needle sucks blood out, pumping my blood to a machine,  and the other needle feeds my-cleaned- blood back into my arm. It takes three to four hours to clean blood.
  
   In the meantime, every thirty minutes, they check my blood pressure. One of the reasons, they know
I have kidney problems is because my Blood Pressure was very high. Dialysis, lowers it.

   Dialysis using the chest mechanism lowered my blood pressure to around 115/ 70, but it has problems
using the chest mechanism (can't take shower) and the mechanism can get infected.

    The device in my arm can last almost forever. And it supposedly, cleans the blood better.
I found out it also lowers my blood pressure 76/58. October 04th they put small needles in my
arm. Then they stuck bigger needles in my arm, October 11th as tests continued.

   With the smaller needles, my blood pressure averaged about (105) 115/ 70 thereabouts.
October 11 and October 13, my blood pressure dropped to 76/58 twice.  I had to remain
seated to wait for my blood pressure rise.

  My chair was turned into a bed. I didn't like the idea of being laid out. I experienced panic.
I didn't experience dizziness or anything, I just felt a feeling of doom!

         Today, I just got cold seats, no faint or dizzy feeling, but it was a weird feeling!