Experiences with

Home hemodialysis

If you are considering at-home hemodialysis, please see my e-book with an enormous amount of information including what to expect from at-home hemodialysis, general info about dialysis, and my 20-year journey living End-Stage Renal Disease.

I would love to hear about your experience and how it's going.... Do you have a in home care giver or are you solo? How long did it take to get comfortable with the process or do you ever get comfortable with it?

It has been the hardest month I have ever had in my life. I promised I would write an honest and complete description of the process. I started on October 16th. The first week, I wrote about already. Not too many issues. But in my head, I was so overwhelmed. I was not ready for dialysis mentally in

If you are considering at-home hemodialysis, please see my e-book with an enormous amount of information including what to expect from at-home hemodialysis, general info about dialysis, and my 20-year journey with end-stage renal disease.

Can anyone shed some light on home haemodialysis? Or any advice would be great! my dad is currently on Haemodialysis (via central line) done in hospital. He has been told he needs to do longer hours & home haemo is an option! The problem is… he had a Cardiac arrest 8 months ago whilst on Dialysis in

Morning EveryoneLooking for a bit of advice and just to have a little rant ☹️... Since i started Haemodialysis approx 30 months ago, I have issues with getting a good sleep. Most dialysis patients I talk to, seem to sleep a lot. However I just can't sleep. I am tired but as soon as I go to bed, im awake

I've been doing haemodialysis for a little over 3 years. And I have been like clock work never missing a session. But lately I'm wanting to give up. I'm struggling with my dry weight and I was wondering if anyone has felt like this or is going through this. Quita55

Here is our story so far - any thoughts and guidance much appreciated: My wife has been battling polycystic kidney disease for years, and we now suspect she has polycystic liver disease too. But getting a diagnosis and treatment for her enlarged liver has been an uphill struggle that's left us feeling

Here is my latest on my journey in home hemodialysis. I started this process on October 16th. And we came home on December 18th. Many people get home faster but I had issues with a couple of weeks of when they infiltrated my fistula (poked through it and I was bleeding internally).

I will be doing home hemodialysis. I am already did the initial interviews; they have done the home eval and approved me. We were just waiting for the start date. I have a ton of questions..... Why are you on home dialysis? How often and how much do you do HD? Was it hard to learn?

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, in the summer season it will be difficult for her to limit the fluid intake. Can any one advice how to control the thirst to limit fluid intake

I am going to do home hemodialysis or HHD. I knew it was going to be tough, but had no idea. I was freaking out so much. They took my blood pressure, and it was astronomical. The center I am going to is small and the training is done in a private room with an assigned nurse.

I am going to do home hemodialysis or HHD. I knew it was going to be tough, but had no idea. I was freaking out so much. They took my blood pressure, and it was astronomical. The center I am going to is small and the training is done in a private room with an assigned nurse.

I have since been on home hemodialysis for 3.5 years now waiting for my 2nd transplant. I get frustrated at times and it feels like I will never get another " gift " but I will it's just taking longer because my anti-body's are so high from my past transplant and blood transfusions.

I need tips on finding a caregiver to administer at home dialysis for my mother in law.

Hi all, I am just putting this out there to see what people’s opinions are of a recent request I made for a GP to visit. My husband is end stage CBD and familial FTD. I choose to care for him at home, he needs all care but is still aware of me and still watches TV. Last week he was very drowsy and we

Talking the other day about daughter’s broken femur, slow to heal after a year. “Broken femur? Definitely the worst!” Nope. Broken femur, ankle, neck, right arm amputation, soft tissue injuries, tbi. Definitely tbi is worst: so many issues and problems, often not obvious. You need real strength of character

Hello All Tomorrow I have the minor surgery for ILR I haven’t seen many posts on this for or against? I guess I am getting nervous re the surgery.

Good morning, I have recently been diagnosed with Hypoxaemia & awaiting home oxygen, 3 months waiting list I've been told il have to at least wait, I have COPD, ENLARGED HEART & PULMONARY OEDEMA yet nobody will explain what these diagnosis are or what medication the doctor/consultant should be prescribing

Hello everyone, I am hoping for some advice. I am booked to have my ileostomy reversed next week, it will be 11 months since my debulking op. There doesn't seem to be much in the way of advice other than to expect to have diarrhoea initially and to stick with the low fibre diet to start with, introducing