First dialysis treatment (6/7/22)

As I sit here getting my first dialysis treatment, I’m reading about the potential side effects, including things like dementia, personality changes, hallucinations, loss of coordination and spatial recognition. I’m sharing this so I can confirm that I’m able to put my thoughts to words. These risks are all terrifying and I pray they do not happen but there’s a chance the old Adam everyone knew will be different. I really hope this disease or whatever it is I have doesn’t take away some attributes that I truly enjoyed having – basketball, weightlifting, walking, speaking, my personality.

I already acknowledge the many lifestyle changes I’ll need to make including the inconveniences of always having to consider where and when to get a 4-hour dialysis treatments 3 times a week plus the foods I will no longer be able to enjoy. But those are small in relation to the potential side effects listed above.

I’m already hearing shit. Happened twice already. Unsure if it’s a dream or a hallucination but I need to mentally prepare for the worst.