For Tamaryn Stevens, receiving a new kidney has not marked the end of her transplant journey. She has experienced kidney failure twice and undergone two transplants, while dialysis has taken up to 60 hours of her month.
Her experience shows that the impact of kidney failure extends beyond the time spent connected to a dialysis machine.
The continuing burden of kidney failure
Dialysis can consume around 60 hours a month, placing a substantial demand on the lives of those who rely on it. For Stevens, that burden has formed part of a longer medical journey involving repeated kidney failure and transplantation.
Even after receiving a new kidney, the challenges associated with transplantation do not simply end, according to Stevens’s experience.
