My Kidney Story
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Life on Dialysis: What It’s Really Like Living With Kidney Failure
Part 4- My hospital stay and finding strength in a new reality. Finding Out When I was told my kidneys were beyond saving — small, scarred, and failing without an obvious reason like infection — the only option left was a transplant. I can still remember the doctors breaking the news. At the time, I
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From Diagnosis to Dialysis: My First Experience
Part 3: my first procedure and dialysis experience- what I found impacted me the most. My First Procedure with Kidney Failure I had never experienced any medical procedures before, so being wheeled into the procedure room was surreal. Everything was sterile and prepared, but it was still overwhelming. It was also my first experience with
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Part 2- Shocking A&E Test Results That Sent Me Straight to Dialysis
Part 2 — the day a trip to A&E led to a life-changing kidney failure diagnosis and emergency dialysis. My A&E Experience: When Shortness of Breath Led to Something Serious I live 5 minutes away from the hospital so I got dropped off- along with my mum and dad- and went straight to A&E. After
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Part 1- Chest Infection to A&E: The Warning Signs I Missed
Part 1— it all started with a chest infection and ended with a trip to A&E. Scroll to the bottom or click here to read the next post and see what happened next. The First Signs I Missed The weeks leading up to my diagnosis, I was a normal, healthy 28 year old. I was