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Mom has been on PD since June 2021 and has been doing ok. The last month or so she has been very weak and could walk less than 20feet without feeling...

Mom has been on PD since June 2021 and has been doing ok. The last month or so she has been very weak and could walk less than 20feet without feeling...

sorry I was going through a lot with dialysis and should have not been on here as much I could have but would love to be of any help to anyone who may need it...

Hi Friends My mother is on Maintenance Haemodialysis thrice a week since 4 months. She is now adjusted to this process. As she lives in the tropical country,...

My name is Vicki, I am a waiting for my second kidney transplant. Both of my kidneys failed when I was 32 years, my children were 1 @ 2 years. I was on...

Hi all. Is there anyone who has stopped dialysis through choice? I am currently in talks with my team re stopping. Just wondered what any of you think.

I have been on hemo-dialysis for 3 years. Got on a transplant list in April 2023. Can anyone help me to figure out how to find a living donar ? I know there...

Hello Is shivering during diaylisis normal? She's also having a iv iron at the same time. Also my mams blood sugars are sky high I'd ask someone at the...

My husband had kidney cancer in each kidney 5 years apart roughly 20 years ago. He had partial nephrectomies on each kidney. In November 2022 he progressed...

No one ever told me about vitamin for dialysis paient on my last clinic visit I ask the dietitian is there a good vitamin I should be taken she said oh yes....

HI.....Right now I am in the same boat..... I am so sick of being sick, my quality of life is non existent. I have been struggling with this for a few months...

Does anyone know of people on dialysis to choose to stop treatment?

I have insomnia. It’s just not varied sleep but I just can think of nothing and stay awake or if by chance I nod off I get vivid dreams fairly well remembered...

I have severe headaches 2 hours into my dialysis treatment and for 8 hours after. I have tried over the counter everything. Does anyone have any ideas ?...

Can I ask you that during my dialysis, after a while they (the nurse or technician) always increase the UFR, and I figure out will be higher than the CMS...

if I have gained muscle and weight since going on dialysis, should they re evaluate my dry weight?

So my journey begins. I had surgery this morning for placement of my PD catheter. I arrived at the hospital at 5:45 after showering with antibiotic soap and...

Does anyone have any tips for making a dialysis chair more comfortable? In it for 12 hours a week - turning into a big deal.

I have been receiving hemodialysis in center for more than a year three times a week. In the last week, they were unable to com,plete my dialysis on three of...

I'm kinda new to this dyalisis thing so was wandering if anyone here can help me? I feel physically sick to my stomach like really nauseous and am getting...

I get a terrible headache in forehead immediately after hemodialysis. Lasts for about 5 hours. Dr says take tylenol...does not help...blood pressure...

I am having trouble with low blood pressure and it makes it impossible for them to remove fluid from my body because my blood pressure is under 80 top number....

Hey yall. Just looking to vent. During my dialysis treatments I've been having severe panic attacks. After discussion with all the docs, we've decided to start...

Hi, I am relatively new as well. On PD for one year now. Joining this chat line is the first time I have heard other stories of people in my similar condition....

I need to vent today. All of our stories are very unique to each person, however they nearly all end up on the same path - - dialysis, transplant, ect. So...

Hey Everyone. I'm simply looking for others to chat with about all of this. I want to talk about diets, sleep (or lack there of), coping with the mental...

My wife has a PD Dialasis tube fitted and needs munipulating but the hospital and renal unit we use does not do it, we need to find a hospital which does non...

Hi, my niece diagonosed C3 glomerulopathy and her both kidneys almost non functional. Currently on dialysis. Anyone here who has the same diagnose or who is...

I am 23 and I am on dialysis from two years. I have been recommended kidney & liver transplant. Unfortunately from where i am doctors are not doing the...

I am on PD dialysis and doing well except for the itching that I am experiencing in my back area. Also, I seemed to be retaining extra fluid. Could this be my...