Dialysis is a life change, no doubt about it. I'm a M-W-F 4 hour pt. I'm blessed with 'first chair' at 0500.

I found this on a nurse's station desk:

ATTITUDE by Charles Swindoll

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think, say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play the one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.

And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes”

My attitude: I don't have to go to dialysys; I get to go to dialysis. (BTW dialysis costs $2.2 million a year).

On those more difficult days I think to myself "If someone has to have ESRD/kidney failure and the choice is between me and some kid somewhere, then give me the disease; at least I got to have my childhood and adolescence"