I Am Not Non-Compliant. I Am Tired.
It is in my notes, I have seen it: "poorly compliant with fluid restriction". Four years of doing something impossibly hard imperfectly, summarised as a character flaw. Here is what that word does.
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Elena V.
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Four years on haemodialysis, three of them while working full time. Waiting list, year two.
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