WEBVTT NOTE language:en-US NOTE Confidence: 0.9181338548660278 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:00.640 I'm Claire. NOTE Confidence: 0.6178871393203735 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:02.360 I'm a PD patient at DaVita. NOTE Confidence: 0.9397855997085571 00:00:07.600 --> 00:00:09.987 Claire had no clue that there was any kidney issue NOTE Confidence: 0.9397855997085571 00:00:10.034 --> 00:00:10.559 whatsoever. NOTE Confidence: 0.9768306612968445 00:00:10.680 --> 00:00:11.680 How did I get here? NOTE Confidence: 0.9627645611763 00:00:12.040 --> 00:00:12.920 How did it happen? NOTE Confidence: 0.9354156851768494 00:00:13.039 --> 00:00:14.856 I mean, all of a sudden I was told I NOTE Confidence: 0.9354156851768494 00:00:14.907 --> 00:00:16.320 was going to be on dialysis. NOTE Confidence: 0.8753088116645813 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:19.205 It was shocking, you know, not anything I'd ever thought NOTE Confidence: 0.8753088116645813 00:00:19.254 --> 00:00:20.520 was going to happen to me. NOTE Confidence: 0.9177144169807434 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:28.729 My friends would come by when I was on Hemo, NOTE Confidence: 0.9177144169807434 00:00:28.777 --> 00:00:31.057 people would pop in, then they would leave and I NOTE Confidence: 0.9177144169807434 00:00:31.104 --> 00:00:32.719 would think, oh man, I want to go. NOTE Confidence: 0.9524050951004028 00:00:32.720 --> 00:00:36.160 When I met Claire, I saw that she was very NOTE Confidence: 0.9524050951004028 00:00:36.242 --> 00:00:39.846 active, she had a lot of hobbies and she was NOTE Confidence: 0.9524050951004028 00:00:39.928 --> 00:00:44.680 very energetic and she wanted to return to that lifestyle. NOTE Confidence: 0.8559499382972717 00:00:54.680 --> 00:00:57.613 I encouraged her and set her on that path of NOTE Confidence: 0.8559499382972717 00:00:57.680 --> 00:01:01.080 of being connected with the the doctors and the PD. NOTE Confidence: 0.7490628957748413 00:01:01.080 --> 00:01:03.788 Nurse, When I met Miss Claire, she was very doubtful NOTE Confidence: 0.7490628957748413 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:05.559 that she can do it by by herself. NOTE Confidence: 0.9382314085960388 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:08.815 She was thinking about her age and she's also living NOTE Confidence: 0.9382314085960388 00:01:08.873 --> 00:01:09.520 by herself. NOTE Confidence: 0.8229662179946899 00:01:09.880 --> 00:01:13.658 She's also very fortunate because she has this BFF friend, NOTE Confidence: 0.8229662179946899 00:01:13.723 --> 00:01:14.439 Miss Sally. NOTE Confidence: 0.9391458630561829 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:23.943 Mark was extremely helpful in the beginning because when you NOTE Confidence: 0.9391458630561829 00:01:24.001 --> 00:01:27.407 start this process, you're a little overwhelmed, and he was NOTE Confidence: 0.9391458630561829 00:01:27.465 --> 00:01:30.467 very reassuring and he had all the confidence in the NOTE Confidence: 0.9391458630561829 00:01:30.525 --> 00:01:31.679 world that we could. NOTE Confidence: 0.9614940881729126 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:32.240 Do it. NOTE Confidence: 0.8753132224082947 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:34.615 I was very nervous when I started PD, but I NOTE Confidence: 0.8753132224082947 00:01:34.670 --> 00:01:36.680 had Sally, I had Mark, I had Vanessa. NOTE Confidence: 0.8033169507980347 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:38.360 The support team at DeVito. NOTE Confidence: 0.9704697132110596 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:39.400 They were just great. NOTE Confidence: 0.9340071082115173 00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:41.464 I mean, if I had any question, I felt comfortable NOTE Confidence: 0.9340071082115173 00:01:41.506 --> 00:01:42.560 going to any one of them. NOTE Confidence: 0.9037283658981323 00:01:48.720 --> 00:01:52.761 Claire is just very admirable for me, a role model NOTE Confidence: 0.9037283658981323 00:01:52.841 --> 00:01:57.852 really for not just PD patients, dialysis patients in general, NOTE Confidence: 0.9037283658981323 00:01:57.933 --> 00:02:00.520 and people who are of older age. NOTE Confidence: 0.9677373170852661 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:03.859 It's amazing how she's been able to keep that level NOTE Confidence: 0.9677373170852661 00:02:03.922 --> 00:02:04.679 of activity. NOTE Confidence: 0.9534415006637573 00:02:04.720 --> 00:02:08.207 I think it's something that most people strive to be NOTE Confidence: 0.9534415006637573 00:02:08.274 --> 00:02:11.494 like when they get older, and PD has allowed her NOTE Confidence: 0.9534415006637573 00:02:11.561 --> 00:02:15.250 to continue that lifestyle that she has lived all these NOTE Confidence: 0.9534415006637573 00:02:15.317 --> 00:02:15.719 years. NOTE Confidence: 0.7882029414176941 00:02:15.720 --> 00:02:19.208 I was very happy to to be introduced to spiritual NOTE Confidence: 0.7882029414176941 00:02:19.279 --> 00:02:19.919 dialysis. NOTE Confidence: 0.9288922548294067 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:21.200 It just fits my lifestyle. NOTE Confidence: 0.9353139996528625 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:24.520 I enjoy the freedom that it provides for me. NOTE Confidence: 0.8686990141868591 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:27.738 I would say Vanessa saved me for pointing me in NOTE Confidence: 0.8686990141868591 00:02:27.803 --> 00:02:29.319 the direction I am now.