I feel like it would clear the waste and everything else so why do people still die even if the dialysis is taking over the function of the kidneys or anything else?
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My aunt was on dialysis for ten years. She had lupus which is what destroyed her kidneys. She went being able to go to dialysis every other day to every day, eventually ending up bedridden at home with overnight dialysis. It wears a person down. I mean, imagine having the flu and your body has to flush that out. This is flushing the system daily. I was there at the house the morning she passed; and although I cried, I checked her pupils to be sure, and her eyes were so clear and painless finally. I was sorry to lose her, but we were glad she went. Medical miracles kept her alive, but when she’s had enough, she’d had enough and went off dialysis because she was simply tired. Thank you, minnesotaris, for such informative dialogue here. Dialysis is a fantastic invention, but it buys time and doesn’t cure anybody, folks. (And because her lupus would have destroyed a new, viable kidney, she lied to all of us and told us the doctor said she was not a candidate for a kidney.) She was quite a selfless lady!
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