Dialysis: a Memoir, 2nd Edition

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  • “A
  • compelling
  • story
  • about
  • coping
  • with
  • a
  • serious
  • illness,
  • offering
  • lessons
  • in
  • the
  • value
  • of
  • slowing
  • down
  • and
  • appreciating
  • life
  • in
  • the
  • moment."
  • --
  • Kirkus
  • ReviewsDialysis:
  • a
  • Memoir
  • portrays
  • how
  • a
  • young
  • woman’s
  • life
  • is
  • changed
  • forever
  • when
  • her
  • kidneys
  • fail.
  • From
  • hospitalization
  • through
  • hemodialysis
  • and
  • peritoneal
  • dialysis
  • and
  • finally
  • to
  • transplant,
  • the
  • memoir
  • explores
  • how
  • her
  • experience
  • of
  • illness
  • is
  • at
  • odds
  • with
  • the
  • world
  • around
  • her:
  • the
  • buoyant
  • and
  • youthful
  • atmosphere
  • of
  • the
  • San
  • Francisco
  • Bay
  • Area
  • during
  • the
  • dotcom
  • bubble
  • of
  • the
  • 1990's.
  • The
  • memoir
  • describes
  • how
  • she
  • learns
  • to
  • make
  • sense
  • of
  • what
  • happened
  • and
  • how
  • she
  • ultimately
  • overcomes
  • the
  • physical
  • and
  • emotional
  • challenges
  • of
  • kidney
  • failure
  • to
  • thrive
  • in
  • her
  • new
  • life.
  • Dialysis,
  • Second
  • Edition,
  • includes
  • a
  • new
  • Introduction
  • and
  • an
  • updated
  • Afterword,
  • twenty
  • years later.
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