Dialysis, Humor and Photoshop

Scott Moore, a Memphis native, plays principal trumpet for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. When he was diagnosed with kidney disease in 2015, Scott didn’t turn to the blues – instead, he turned to humor to help him get through the long hours of dialysis.

He said, “If you can’t laugh, you give up.”

And, Moore had no plans to give up. He combined his new skills in Photoshop, a photo editing software, with his well‐known sense of humor. Moore took to social media to help educate friends and family about dialysis by implanting his dialysis machine and himself into various situations and places. Some scenarios include attending the royal wedding, flying a space fighter with Chewbacca in Star Wars and many, many more.

On July 10, 2018, three years after his diagnosis, Moore received the kidney he needed from his best friend, Dustin Lehmann, at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute.

“The staff was amazing,” said Moore. “They all did an incredible job. They saved my life.”