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Having kidney failure stinks.

First you get needles shoved into you three times a week, four hours at a time. Non shocking news of the day, needles hurt.

Then the worst part is the fluid restriction. I can only drink 32 fluid ounces in a 24 hour period. If you haven't ever measured it, that is not a whole lot of water or liquid of any kind

So, I just kind of ignore it and drink as much as I like until I'm not thirsty any longer. It's not healthy, but until I get short of breath, and can't breathe, I really don't see this as an issue. Doctors and nurses be damned.

Anyway, this weekend I was actually really good on my fluid Intake. I no longer urinate so any fluid I take in stays with me until I get it taken out. I felt good this morning going to dialysis. Then about an hour into treatment I kind of go deaf.

It turns out that my body was use to working on a lot more fluid. So when they went to take it all off this morning there was nothing left to keep the rest of my body working, and my body just stopped working, mostly my hearing.

So, I'm presently deaf unti my body adjust again. My hearing is slowly coming back, but it will be Thuradsy morning before I'm normal again. Just in time for more dialysis.

Therefore, I can't play Dad or Boy again because I can't hear the game.
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