Okay! We've been through a traumatizing election, we've stuffed ourselves with turkey and all of the trimmings on Thanksgiving, and now we're getting ready for Christmas and New years.
For so many years we have lived through so many experiences, (many of them painful and sometimes inhumane), but the one thing that has not changed is the fact that we are all still on dialysis.
Why?
Well first I blame us as patients for being so sheepish and for not being activists for our own health and our own cause-(that cause being; being free from the need of a dialysis machine to remain alive, as well as for most patients, repeated painful access surgeries and extremely powerful and dangerous pharmaceuticals that turn patient's skin black).
Now if this is something that appeals to you, then there's no need for a response of any kind to this blog or to my question.
However, if you have resisted the Systematic Dialysis Industry's Indoctrination Process to the point where you can still think for yourself and you can visualize yourself being cured; then you may want to listen, learn and participate.
The next problem is there is little to no talk about the subject of a possible cure for kidney failure in the Mainstream Media or among the masses at all. This phenomena once again is fueled by our lack of Activism on our own behalf and on behalf of other patients who are suffering just like we are.
Have you ever noticed that there are Pink Ribbon Campaigns for Breast Cancer and other public campaigns for Epilepsy, Heart Disease, Cancer, Alzheimer's, Diabetes, etc, etc, etc?
Ever hear of any of these Public Campaigns for End Stage Renal Failure?
Of course not!
And the reason for this is also the fact that the very people who are suffering on a daily basis, (and sometimes severely and unnecessarily at the hands of a Greedy and Corrupt Industry whose main purpose is to Maximize Profits), even if doing so is detrimental to the patients, don't say a damn thing in rebellion.
So here's the bottom line: I've had this petition out here for over 3 years when we had someone in the White House who would have given us Dialysis Patients an audience for our grievances and concerns about our disease and the industry that is responsible for treating it, (if only we could have gotten 1000 signatures).
Needless to say we did not!
So I will just put that here again, just in case we can get those 1000 signatures before President Obama leaves office on January 20, 2017.
Because I can assure you that Donald Trump won't give a damn about us. Because Donald Trump is about making money, and he admires, respects and protects people who can do that-like the Dialysis Industry can and does, (even if they severely harm people in the process).
Oh! And his Cabinet Appointees? They will do everything they can to Privatize Medicare and turn your healthcare into a voucher with a limited amount on it per year.
Have you ever read your Medicare Statement to see how much your Dialysis Treatments cost?
If you think a $15,000.00 Voucher for one year will take care of those expenses, then you are sadly mistaken.
Please sign the petition.
The other reason is simply the fact that the NIH, (once again), because of our apathy and failure to actively demand better for ourselves; just doesn't give a damn, and research for a cure for Kidney Failure receives meaningless pennies compared to research for cures for other diseases.
The NIH's Pitiful Funding of Kidney Failure Research
And this too, is because we allow it.
So for those of you; (and I am only talking to you), who are sick and tired of living in constant, pain, fear, threats of termination of treatments, excessive pharmaceuticals and surgeries to boost profits at your expense-Please become an activist for your own health, life and freedom and that of others.
What I am trying to say here is quite frankly: How in the hell can we as Dialysis Patients expect others to give a damn about our plight if we don't give a damn about our lives ourselves?
The reality is-they won't until we do.
We've got to unite and make some noise so that our voices can be heard.
Are you in?
The Great American Dialysis Conspiracy
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