How do you handle the hard times in life with dialysis throwm on top of that

[Vacuumnerd]

I feel as things get better for me and i start to have a lot going on it only gets interrupt by something negative and i feel like its trying to break me. Im moving back to PD and im excited but today i felt this negative cloud over me

[honeybadger78]

I try to take each day as it comes. It is easier said than done, I know. The other thing that I find helpful is thinking of three things to be thankful for each morning, and again in the evening and writing them down. There is always something.

[Vacuumnerd in reply to honeybadger78]

I will definitely keep this technique in mind thank you

[WateryBob]

Good luck with the PD.I suspect everyone on dialysis gets down about it from time to time - you don't say how long you've been doing it... my experience was that eventually I just got used to it, and it stopped clouding my good days, and caused fewer bad days as time went by. I hope it works out at least as well for you.

[Vacuumnerd in reply to WateryBob]

Thank you very much, I have been on treatment for four years now

[Shelbert66]

It's tough, I won't lie. I'm not gonna give out some platitudes that we have all heard over & over. Personally, I let myself wallow in the depression, I yell, bitch, scream, cry, do whatever I feel like. Eventually the negativity passes & I find a my a next normal. ((there is no such thing as "back to normal" you never go back in time))

I will say a good support system helps me. Family & friends are indispensable. My most important people are the ones that don't do sympathy. Understanding yes. Sympathy NO.

My besties know I just want to be included. They also understand I can't always keep up, & don't nag when I say "no thank you".

Just do, what you know, you can do. There is no guide book.

No easy answers.

[Vacuumnerd in reply to Shelbert66]

This is very true and straight to the point

[pryderi]

HiEveryone gets highs and lows on dialysis afterall it's messing with you physiology quite a bit and it takes a large chunk of your time every week.

But think back to how sick upu felt before you started, because without your dialysis that's the starting point for a one way slide to the ever after.

Dialysis is what it is. A time consuming, often leaving you drained with a headache, way of life, so try to think about the positive side and that is without your dialysis the alternative is no fun at all.