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S05.E17: Where Are They Now? Teretha & Chad LIVE CHAT


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Just now, hoosiermom said:

Dashing off: didn't know how much detail you wanted so gave the you the very basic answer. Lol

Well, I was gonna ask about how they do all that, (is like giving blood only they put the blood back? Just put a tube in and filter all of it?) but I didn't want to be a bother. Thanks tho

For dialysis, the patient goes to a clinic a few times a week and has to be hooked up to a large machine. Blood basically flows out through one tube, is filtered and cleaned in the machine, and then flows back into the patient.

Normally the kidneys perform this function and make urine to discard the waste, but if the kidneys aren't working dialysis is the only hope. Otherwise the patient will die. You can't live without kidneys.

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Just now, okerry said:

For dialysis, the patient goes to a clinic a few times a week and has to be hooked up to a large machine. Blood basically flows out through one tube, is filtered and cleaned in the machine, and then flows back into the patient.

Normally the kidneys perform this function and make urine to discard the waste, but if the kidneys aren't working dialysis is the only hope. Otherwise the patient will die. You can't live without kidneys.

Ah, now I now I get it! Thanks so much~

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1 minute ago, aliya said:

OK, stuff girly girls need to know - why does Chad have gloves to get gas and do I need them? Do they come in cute colors? Should I be protecting my hands at the gas pump? 

I googled it and apparently it's just to protect you from germs. Disposable ones are sometimes located at the pumps.

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Just now, poeticlicensed said:

Derrick, Teretha's husband does not look healthy. 

Neither does she.  I felt so sad for them (him especially) when he came home from dialysis and had to cook for her.  My brother was on dialysis for 16.5 years (he passed away in November),  and it was no joke!  I hate to say it, but if he has passed away, Terethia played a part in sending him to the grave before his time, even with the kidney problem.

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