You're right. Kidney disease is big business. Perhaps that's part of the problem. More dialysis patients means more money for doctors and corporations. Let's hope we're wrong. Our bodies are miracles.But medical minds are part of those miracles. It seems to me that sitting and watching and waiting and hoping that kidney function won't fail isn't very creative. It's true, kidneys are delicate systems. Yet, it's hard to believe that no researchers working with industrial, cyber engineers haven't come up with ways to make the kidneys function better.
Fifty years ago, who would have believed there would be pacemakers? Why not create artificial kidney parts that are computerized? Maybe
all of this is wild talk from an impatient patient. But simply doing blood work as kidney function winds down with the stress of aging seems
crazy. Imagination plus knowledge is what I'm looking for. It's important to remember that medicine is both a science and and art. Right now it's becoming more and more of a corporate money maker. I"ll keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best. Let's connect and perhaps, even as patients, let's be creative.