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What's your experience with dialysis? Give & get support here
Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Apr 24, 2023 | Replies (345)Comment receiving replies
Hi, friend @kamama94, Welllll turkey feathers! Like you, I thought the dialysis was to help you feel better not worse! Have you asked if anything could be prescribed for your daily dry heaves and nausea? I discovered that taking ginger helped with a long bout of those two for me but don't know if it could be something approved for you?
You, friend, are near the bottom of any list for Debbie Downers but I so regret you are experiencing the exhaustive fatigue as well as other reactions. Wonder if others undergoing dialysis here experience similar symptoms? What has your doc said about reducing these symptoms? Sending you care and gentle hugs.
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@fiesty76, I have compazine and sip on ginger ale. My first post in this thread asked about others' dialysis experience and only a couple of people responded; I didn't get many answers. But meeting others who are at my dyalsis clinic the same time I'm there has been an eye opener. With a couple of exceptions, most of them tell me they feel lousy much of the time. I get the impression they put up with the side effects simply because they still want to live but a couple have indicated they are considering stopping dialysis and letting nature take its course because of the misery dialysis has occasioned. I'm not at that point yet but I sure do understand it. I'm not ready to give up but I'm not ready to stop whining, either.