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I’m Tired

Just when I was getting accustomed to dialysis, meaning I learned how to manage my fluids well enough, so very little is extracted, the idea of a transplant was presented to me by my social worker. For the past year, I watched my diet closely, made sure my labs were pristine, took my meds accordingly, even joined a gym, so I could counteract the effects of dialysis. I’m now proudly up to two miles on the track and 10 curls with some 5–6 pound weights, three to four days a…