I, too, am on hemodialysis. It's not bad. I'm on 3.5 hours in a small facility with good nurses. I've made friends with a number of the patients there. Some have died. Some are on for 4 or even 5 hours, depending on how good the blood is being filtered. My numbers are good and I don't eat much differently than I ever did except I don't eat bananas, oranges, lots of chocolate and colas. I get to watch tv or read. Yesterday I went in one day early because a friend died and I'm going to her funeral today. I sat next to a woman I had never met before and we had so much in common that it was weird. Both of us are born-again, I know her brother, she knows friends in our church, we were both married in 1958, have three sons of similar age, she graduated from high school the same year I did, etc., etc. So while I don't like the time it takes from me, I am grateful that I am alive and feeling better than I have in years.
The article in post # 36 was written by a friend of mine who has had his second kidney transplant.
He has also has had hemodialysis.
Thanks for sharing your experience. God Bless you!