• Zorcron@lemmy.zip
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    21 hours ago

    Ignoring your actual point, something like end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis has a life expectancy of around 5 years, but even 10+ years on dialysis is not unheard of.

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        16 hours ago

        As I said when I got a text saying “don’t send A g money to your dad”: “It won’t be long now. Everything evolving him will be over shortly.”

        Everyone in his generation was a little miffed. Everyone in my generation was all “yup.”

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      18 hours ago

      They really don’t have people on dialysis that long anymore. My best friend is currently on dialysis.

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        4 hours ago

        Different sites will have different patient populations, but large cohort data shows 5 year survival rate of ~40% and 10-year survival rate of ~10%. Not common, but not particularly unusual.

        Reference figure 3