Dear Diary: Why I Fear Death?
I feel like a worn rubber band today due to my dialysis yesterday because it is actually what happens to my body when I get dialyzed every time I get hooked in the dialysis machine. As a dialysis patient (In hemodialysis type) I often wait for days to get dialyzed or get to clean my blood again so I would accumulate fluids in my body as I do not produce pee anymore, so water gets trapped and no way to get out but only in hemodialysis where pressure is applied on the blood so that waste products as well as nutrients needed by the body are leached out from the blood by the dialysis machine system.
So the body is cleaned so fast and efficient that the patient can already feel the cleaning action about thirty minutes from the time they got hooked up depending on factors such as the dialyzer type, how fast blood is pumped in and out of the body, and how much water should be taken out from the patient. So the patient can feel better right away and will start to eat as the urea breath vanishes away and the appetite returns.
If you want to know what does the patient sense with their breath ever so often, then just imagine when you ingested some alcohol or wine, then replace that alcohol breath with urea breath, that is what the patient smells when they are near the dialysis day especially if the days are far in between, then you could never make use of the patient, they will surely much be feeling drunk in illness and unwellness. That is what I am enduring all the years of my life being a dialysis patient.
But I still fear death because right now I still want to do things that I myself would get surprised if I did it especially from the people around me who seemed to had lost hope and just waved the flag of giving up even before they had fought alongside me. I also feel that my parents needed me as I need them because I still do want to help them out with their wishes in life like having no problem with money and all that so that they could feel more secure and not find themselves wanting.
Leaving my lovedones unsettled is why I fear death. I just want them to get settled and have with a peace of mind before I go because especially for my parents, they are just old and dependent on their pension for food and basic necessities but if some big financial problem will arise I don't think they could get help if not get the psychological burden of handling it all. So if they would never think about money anymore after I died, I would be happy.
I really do not fear death, the prelude to it is what makes me feel stress especially when I feel that my heart is having an irregular heartbeat and doesn't know if the current beats are it's last beat. The inconvenience of dying like feeling incontinence, sudden pain, and dizziness makes me feel to not want to die when I knew that I will die in this instance or that so I just wanted to die without knowing it if not very fast then I would be happy.
life must be full of spirit, so we feel, for what we live in this world.
do not ever think of something that makes you despair, keep your spirits and make happy parents, because that will strengthen you to live.
@cryptopie
Just be positive. You wont die soon. You will live a long life and do many things in it . You will see your family well settled and help many other people as well.
It is bite, but the fact is that every person will grab his circle. You may be afraid, I am just like that, we pray that we all are well, thank you @cryptopie
Nobody is immortal we all are mortal that's why we all fear about death....
Thank you for sharing so personal thoughts and experiences with us. I know it’s not easy! We are with you!
We are with you! And we have your back! I’m often at a loss of what to say in difficult situations like what you are going through but all I feel is wanting to get ur back and support you! You are loved! You have much more to live for
You have to be much stronger, I'm sure you're beyond this stage my friend
Maybe give this one a chance: look up Urine Therapy for dialysis patients
I appreciate your feelings on this topic. I am concerned for my daughters in the event of my passing, and wonder how best to be prepared for them more so than for myself.
Keep taking care of yourself. You have a long, happy life in front of you with any luck. Cheers!
Everyone fears death, I too fear too, very close to every person of death, you have very well explained, thank you @cryptopie