Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the region“I had put it off until I couldn’t put it off any longer.
That was my life for the next four years, three times a week.“I suffer badly from low blood pressure which meant that I had to stay until my blood pressure improved.
I hated every minute of it.“Dialysis takes over every part of your life. You are restricted by what you can eat, how much you can drink and you can’t just decide to go on holiday as you need to arrange to get dialysis when you are away.”Karen was added to the transplant waiting list one month after starting dialysis, but was told that she needed to lose weight in order to qualify for a transplant..
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