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IcyPeas

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5. geez Stage 6:

Reply to The Mouth (Original post)

Fri Sep 3, 2021, 03:42 PM

Sep 2021

Stage 6. The pressure required to open your lungs is so high that air can leak into your chest cavity, so we insert tubes to clear it out. Your kidneys fail to filter the byproducts from the drugs we continuously give you. Despite diuretics, your entire body swells from fluid retention, and you require dialysis to help with your renal function.

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Stage 7 sheshe2 Sep 2021 #4

geez Stage 6: IcyPeas Sep 2021 #5

Please post in GD also - people need to see this rurallib Sep 2021 #6

Thanks. Done! The Mouth Sep 2021 #9

I can also attest lambchopp59 Sep 2021 #7

I had it in early January 2020m, too The Mouth Sep 2021 #8

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