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Falling for the One Person Who Sees Me at My Worst

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Yo Bro , whats-up !! , i know this sounds like the cliché opening to a movie but i honestly needed to get this off my chest and figured an anonymous corner of the internet might be the safest place ... For context i’ve been dealing with end stage Renal Disease for a few years now , that mean three times a week four hours a pop , i'm hooked up to the machine watching the clock tick tack , tick tack ... Dialysis is isolating. You spend so much time exposed , vulnerable,and just feeling like a broken version of yourself !! When a regular the stuff stops being just stuff they become these integral parts of your routine , your life , your pain management ... My main nurse in the unit , let's call her 'X' , is the one who usually manages my station , She's  quite , simply , the kindest , most intelligent and most grounding person i've met in a long time , she has this way of explaining complex medical stuff that makes me feel calm instead of anxious. She remember t...