WEBVTT NOTE language:en-US NOTE Confidence: 0.9666311740875244 00:00:07.840 --> 00:00:09.880 Why do you need dialysis so often? NOTE Confidence: 0.955946683883667 00:00:10.840 --> 00:00:14.071 When your kidneys worked, they cleaned your blood 24 hours NOTE Confidence: 0.955946683883667 00:00:14.127 --> 00:00:15.520 a day, seven days a week. NOTE Confidence: 0.9521973133087158 00:00:16.200 --> 00:00:17.240 It was their career. NOTE Confidence: 0.9723301529884338 00:00:17.880 --> 00:00:19.320 They never took vacation. NOTE Confidence: 0.9538369178771973 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:22.731 There was always a job to do cleaning dangerous toxins NOTE Confidence: 0.9538369178771973 00:00:22.785 --> 00:00:23.600 from your body. NOTE Confidence: 0.9137598872184753 00:00:24.360 --> 00:00:27.806 Now that your kidneys have retired, dialysis treatments have taken NOTE Confidence: 0.9137598872184753 00:00:27.858 --> 00:00:28.120 over. NOTE Confidence: 0.8974888324737549 00:00:28.400 --> 00:00:30.200 But there is a big difference. NOTE Confidence: 0.9490851759910583 00:00:30.520 --> 00:00:32.440 Dialysis only works part time. NOTE Confidence: 0.9328397512435913 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:36.210 You get about 12 hours a week of blood cleaning NOTE Confidence: 0.9328397512435913 00:00:36.275 --> 00:00:40.039 with dialysis, compared to 168 hours with healthy kidneys. NOTE Confidence: 0.9534920454025269 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:43.758 That's why every minute of every dialysis treatment is so NOTE Confidence: 0.9534920454025269 00:00:43.812 --> 00:00:44.360 important. NOTE Confidence: 0.9555423855781555 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:48.430 Without working kidneys, it takes just a couple of days NOTE Confidence: 0.9555423855781555 00:00:48.484 --> 00:00:50.952 for toxins and fluids to build up in your body NOTE Confidence: 0.9555423855781555 00:00:51.006 --> 00:00:52.240 and cause big problems. NOTE Confidence: 0.9610840678215027 00:00:52.760 --> 00:00:55.624 They hurt your organs, raise your blood pressure, and make NOTE Confidence: 0.9610840678215027 00:00:55.673 --> 00:00:57.599 it hard for your heart to keep beating. NOTE Confidence: 0.9576480388641357 00:00:58.120 --> 00:01:00.600 Thankfully, dialysis is your protector. NOTE Confidence: 0.9392586350440979 00:01:01.080 --> 00:01:04.129 Your treatments are scheduled just often enough to keep you NOTE Confidence: 0.9392586350440979 00:01:04.181 --> 00:01:04.439 safe. NOTE Confidence: 0.9719817042350769 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:06.560 That's why you need every treatment. NOTE Confidence: 0.9487613439559937 00:01:07.360 --> 00:01:11.211 In fact, missing just one dialysis treatment can actually double NOTE Confidence: 0.9487613439559937 00:01:11.271 --> 00:01:13.919 your chance of dying for 30 days afterwards. NOTE Confidence: 0.9768676161766052 00:01:14.240 --> 00:01:15.520 We don't mean to be scary. NOTE Confidence: 0.9736067056655884 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:17.200 We just want you to know the facts. NOTE Confidence: 0.9506298303604126 00:01:17.600 --> 00:01:20.360 But even when you know better, it can still be NOTE Confidence: 0.9506298303604126 00:01:20.420 --> 00:01:23.900 tempting to ignore common sense and try something out just NOTE Confidence: 0.9506298303604126 00:01:23.960 --> 00:01:25.160 to see what happens. NOTE Confidence: 0.9648083448410034 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:26.840 Please don't risk your life. NOTE Confidence: 0.8893058896064758 00:01:27.800 --> 00:01:30.928 After all, you wouldn't skip a life saving surgery, so NOTE Confidence: 0.8893058896064758 00:01:30.986 --> 00:01:33.999 why would you skip a life saving dialysis treatment? NOTE Confidence: 0.974907636642456 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:38.240 We know that making every treatment can be challenging. NOTE Confidence: 0.9183192849159241 00:01:38.520 --> 00:01:42.119 Each treatment takes a little time away from doing the NOTE Confidence: 0.9183192849159241 00:01:42.186 --> 00:01:46.053 things you love, like fishing, shopping, or going to Uncle NOTE Confidence: 0.9183192849159241 00:01:46.119 --> 00:01:49.519 Chuck's BBQ with his famous fall off the bone ribs. NOTE Confidence: 0.9634466171264648 00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:52.818 But the 12 hours a week you spend getting treatment NOTE Confidence: 0.9634466171264648 00:01:52.870 --> 00:01:55.039 gives you the energy to do what you love. NOTE Confidence: 0.8948507308959961 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:57.840 The other 156 hours a week. NOTE Confidence: 0.9536216855049133 00:01:58.640 --> 00:02:00.847 You have a lot of life to live, so make NOTE Confidence: 0.9536216855049133 00:02:00.904 --> 00:02:02.319 every dialysis treatment.