Brown Edwina A
Department of Renal Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Perit Dial Int. 2008 Sep-Oct;28(5):444-8.
On haemodialysis, my life was not my own - handing control to nursing staff for 4 hours, 3 days a week, surrounded by noisy machines and unhappy patients, returning home after 11 hours, too exhausted to eat and falling into bed. However, peritoneal dialysis has given me back my life. I am in control of me and am treated like a human being, not just a patient. There are minor drawbacks, such as storage for the fluids and being unable to have a bath, but it is a small price to pay.
在进行血液透析时,我的生活不由自己掌控——每周三天,每次4个小时都要听从护理人员的安排,周围是嘈杂的机器和郁郁寡欢的病人,11个小时后回到家,疲惫不堪,连吃饭的力气都没有,倒头便睡。然而,腹膜透析让我重获生活的掌控权。我能主宰自己,而且被当作一个人来对待,而不只是一名患者。虽然有一些小缺点,比如要存放透析液,不能洗澡,但这付出的代价微不足道。