WEBVTT NOTE language:en-US NOTE Confidence: 0.9596589803695679 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:08.815 I found out that I had chronic kidney disease about NOTE Confidence: 0.9596589803695679 00:00:08.900 --> 00:00:09.920 7 years ago. NOTE Confidence: 0.8911028504371643 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:11.680 And I'm married to my husband. NOTE Confidence: 0.8463665246963501 00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:12.680 I'm his caretaker. NOTE Confidence: 0.8687750101089478 00:00:12.680 --> 00:00:16.301 He was diagnosed in the January beginning of February with NOTE Confidence: 0.8687750101089478 00:00:16.363 --> 00:00:17.800 stage 5 kidney disease. NOTE Confidence: 0.948987603187561 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:21.331 I found out I had kidney disease when I was NOTE Confidence: 0.948987603187561 00:00:21.398 --> 00:00:21.600 19. NOTE Confidence: 0.9093948602676392 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:26.595 When I was diagnosed I was in kidney stage 3, NOTE Confidence: 0.9093948602676392 00:00:26.683 --> 00:00:31.255 which scared me because I asked that doctor how many NOTE Confidence: 0.9093948602676392 00:00:31.343 --> 00:00:35.298 stages are there and she said 5 and I thought NOTE Confidence: 0.9093948602676392 00:00:35.386 --> 00:00:38.199 uh oh, I'm getting near the end. NOTE Confidence: 0.9282410144805908 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:40.289 So I did the first thing that everybody does, which NOTE Confidence: 0.9282410144805908 00:00:40.322 --> 00:00:41.679 is probably the worst thing in the world. NOTE Confidence: 0.8451788425445557 00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:43.720 I got on the Internet and started looking. NOTE Confidence: 0.8901786208152771 00:00:43.720 --> 00:00:45.676 And you know, by the time I got done with NOTE Confidence: 0.8901786208152771 00:00:45.724 --> 00:00:48.014 that and nothing made me feel better what I what NOTE Confidence: 0.8901786208152771 00:00:48.062 --> 00:00:49.160 I had read or had seen. NOTE Confidence: 0.9747582077980042 00:00:50.080 --> 00:00:52.840 I guess the first thing I thought about was how NOTE Confidence: 0.9747582077980042 00:00:52.899 --> 00:00:54.720 much longer am I going to live? NOTE Confidence: 0.9714013934135437 00:00:55.480 --> 00:00:57.280 What's going to happen? NOTE Confidence: 0.9141025543212891 00:00:57.480 --> 00:00:59.080 How am I going to feel? NOTE Confidence: 0.968000590801239 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:03.222 I went to the class and had a wonderful instructor NOTE Confidence: 0.968000590801239 00:01:03.293 --> 00:01:06.732 and she taught me a lot about kidney disease and NOTE Confidence: 0.968000590801239 00:01:06.804 --> 00:01:10.028 that also began to make me feel a little more NOTE Confidence: 0.968000590801239 00:01:10.100 --> 00:01:10.960 comfortable. NOTE Confidence: 0.9640434980392456 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:14.568 The more information you can put out there, the easier NOTE Confidence: 0.9640434980392456 00:01:14.631 --> 00:01:18.080 it is on, you know, people like us, it's overwhelming. NOTE Confidence: 0.8893845677375793 00:01:18.080 --> 00:01:20.414 You know, you, you go to different websites and everybody NOTE Confidence: 0.8893845677375793 00:01:20.455 --> 00:01:21.479 says something different. NOTE Confidence: 0.9592304825782776 00:01:22.240 --> 00:01:25.688 The Kidney Smart program, it was a lot of information, NOTE Confidence: 0.9592304825782776 00:01:25.751 --> 00:01:28.689 but the way it was presented, I didn't feel as NOTE Confidence: 0.9592304825782776 00:01:28.753 --> 00:01:29.200 scared. NOTE Confidence: 0.9757722020149231 00:01:29.880 --> 00:01:32.120 I was able to go home and read everything. NOTE Confidence: 0.9505940079689026 00:01:32.360 --> 00:01:37.623 In the eventuality that you do need dialysis, you will NOTE Confidence: 0.9505940079689026 00:01:37.721 --> 00:01:43.472 be mentally prepared because I think the preparation is the NOTE Confidence: 0.9505940079689026 00:01:43.570 --> 00:01:43.960 key. NOTE Confidence: 0.9700177311897278 00:01:44.600 --> 00:01:47.678 Do what you can first to avoid it, but if NOTE Confidence: 0.9700177311897278 00:01:47.753 --> 00:01:51.958 it's inevitable and eventually you get it, then you need NOTE Confidence: 0.9700177311897278 00:01:52.033 --> 00:01:53.759 to know what to expect. NOTE Confidence: 0.9612632989883423 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:57.295 You need to be prepared because it takes your fear NOTE Confidence: 0.9612632989883423 00:01:57.366 --> 00:01:57.720 away. NOTE Confidence: 0.9194397330284119 00:01:58.600 --> 00:02:01.102 I feel empowered, I feel strengthened because I have the NOTE Confidence: 0.9194397330284119 00:02:01.147 --> 00:02:03.650 education, I have the knowledge behind me, so I'm better NOTE Confidence: 0.9194397330284119 00:02:03.695 --> 00:02:05.929 able to take care of my husband because they're in NOTE Confidence: 0.9194397330284119 00:02:05.974 --> 00:02:07.360 essence, are taking care of me. NOTE Confidence: 0.9331913590431213 00:02:07.600 --> 00:02:09.120 It's important to have a good doctor. NOTE Confidence: 0.9511685967445374 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:10.680 It's important to be educated. NOTE Confidence: 0.8502487540245056 00:02:10.720 --> 00:02:13.549 The Kidney Smart program, as I said it, it saved NOTE Confidence: 0.8502487540245056 00:02:13.608 --> 00:02:14.080 my life.