WEBVTT NOTE language:en-US NOTE Confidence: 0.9492805004119873 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:07.359 I first found out I had kidney failure in April NOTE Confidence: 0.9492805004119873 00:00:07.437 --> 00:00:10.804 of 2007, so it was about five years after I NOTE Confidence: 0.9492805004119873 00:00:10.882 --> 00:00:12.840 was diagnosed with lupus. NOTE Confidence: 0.9473590850830078 00:00:12.920 --> 00:00:16.897 You know, they figured out that it was affecting my NOTE Confidence: 0.9473590850830078 00:00:16.975 --> 00:00:17.599 kidneys. NOTE Confidence: 0.9188304543495178 00:00:18.200 --> 00:00:21.702 My doctor was talking to me about my different options NOTE Confidence: 0.9188304543495178 00:00:21.767 --> 00:00:25.400 when he first started explaining to me about home chemo. NOTE Confidence: 0.9657204747200012 00:00:27.040 --> 00:00:29.951 I was really kind of nervous and on the fence NOTE Confidence: 0.9657204747200012 00:00:30.016 --> 00:00:33.057 about whether I wanted to do it just because it NOTE Confidence: 0.9657204747200012 00:00:33.122 --> 00:00:35.840 sounded so scary having to do it yourself. NOTE Confidence: 0.9480387568473816 00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:39.440 Spoke to my family, mainly my mom. NOTE Confidence: 0.9028836488723755 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:47.863 When Lindsay had to go on dialysis and we had NOTE Confidence: 0.9028836488723755 00:00:47.943 --> 00:00:51.765 to do the home hemo treatment, I took a training NOTE Confidence: 0.9028836488723755 00:00:51.845 --> 00:00:53.039 class with her. NOTE Confidence: 0.9049105644226074 00:00:53.760 --> 00:00:56.587 I think it was about two to three weeks in NOTE Confidence: 0.9049105644226074 00:00:56.654 --> 00:01:00.021 clinic with her every day, and the nurse helped us NOTE Confidence: 0.9049105644226074 00:01:00.088 --> 00:01:03.320 to understand every step that we needed to take. NOTE Confidence: 0.8854178190231323 00:01:08.440 --> 00:01:13.000 She was very thorough and you know, she explained everything. NOTE Confidence: 0.972925066947937 00:01:13.240 --> 00:01:14.520 She was very calm. NOTE Confidence: 0.9196147322654724 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:19.221 She really made me understand that home hemo wasn't something NOTE Confidence: 0.9196147322654724 00:01:19.297 --> 00:01:20.519 to be scared of. NOTE Confidence: 0.8893582224845886 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:30.901 Cody came to my house before I started doing the NOTE Confidence: 0.8893582224845886 00:01:30.997 --> 00:01:31.959 home hemo. NOTE Confidence: 0.9195250868797302 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:35.078 He like really took the time to make sure that NOTE Confidence: 0.9195250868797302 00:01:35.146 --> 00:01:38.807 not only me, but you know, my parents were comfortable NOTE Confidence: 0.9195250868797302 00:01:38.875 --> 00:01:41.519 and that with the setup and everything. NOTE Confidence: 0.9328707456588745 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:46.228 So it just, I remember just thinking, you know, I NOTE Confidence: 0.9328707456588745 00:01:46.320 --> 00:01:48.600 just felt very supported. NOTE Confidence: 0.9363131523132324 00:01:49.160 --> 00:01:50.360 You could easily do it. NOTE Confidence: 0.9310012459754944 00:01:50.360 --> 00:01:53.338 You just had to be confident in yourself and that NOTE Confidence: 0.9310012459754944 00:01:53.399 --> 00:01:56.560 ultimately it was better for you and your lifestyle. NOTE Confidence: 0.9286880493164062 00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:01.041 Physically, I feel a lot better doing home chemo because NOTE Confidence: 0.9286880493164062 00:02:01.104 --> 00:02:02.440 you do it more often. NOTE Confidence: 0.9314852952957153 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:06.028 And so your blood is getting cleansed that much more NOTE Confidence: 0.9314852952957153 00:02:06.086 --> 00:02:09.115 often and all those toxins are coming out, you know, NOTE Confidence: 0.9314852952957153 00:02:09.173 --> 00:02:12.609 and you don't gain as much fluid between treatments because NOTE Confidence: 0.9314852952957153 00:02:12.667 --> 00:02:14.240 you do it five days a week. NOTE Confidence: 0.8766365647315979 00:02:15.160 --> 00:02:19.607 So overall health wise, I just, I feel as close NOTE Confidence: 0.8766365647315979 00:02:19.702 --> 00:02:22.919 to normal I guess as anybody else. NOTE Confidence: 0.9547771215438843 00:02:23.480 --> 00:02:26.387 She spends a lot of time with her son and NOTE Confidence: 0.9547771215438843 00:02:26.458 --> 00:02:30.714 and by doing home hemodialysis, this affords her the ability NOTE Confidence: 0.9547771215438843 00:02:30.784 --> 00:02:33.479 to do everything that she wants to do. NOTE Confidence: 0.8997398614883423 00:02:33.600 --> 00:02:37.528 She doesn't let being on dialysis slow down her lifestyle NOTE Confidence: 0.8997398614883423 00:02:37.597 --> 00:02:38.080 at all. NOTE Confidence: 0.9322710037231445 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:42.873 For me, I would say home hemo is has been NOTE Confidence: 0.9322710037231445 00:02:42.952 --> 00:02:45.160 the best decision I've made. NOTE Confidence: 0.9453431963920593 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:48.167 So I would just, you know, tell people to try NOTE Confidence: 0.9453431963920593 00:02:48.232 --> 00:02:51.484 to stay positive and realize that it's not the end NOTE Confidence: 0.9453431963920593 00:02:51.549 --> 00:02:54.542 of the world, that you can still live a normal NOTE Confidence: 0.9453431963920593 00:02:54.607 --> 00:02:57.859 life, you know, and do everything that you want to NOTE Confidence: 0.9453431963920593 00:02:57.924 --> 00:02:58.119 do.