边缘生活：慢性肾病的日常挑战

Kidney damage can progress for years without symptoms. The newly diagnosed cope with everything from restrictive diets to the emotional and logistical toll of dialysis By Charlotte Huff Photographs by Austin Anthony ALEX BERRIOS ARRIVES at the dialysis clinic when the world is still dark, shortly after 5:00 A.M. In his backpack, the Louisville, Ky., man carries a notebook for journaling and a laptop and earbuds to watch movies. Sometimes he meditates during his nearly four-hour treatment three days a week or tries to doze as the machine that keeps him alive beeps and hums beside him. …