IGA Nephropathy confirmed at 21. Crashed into End Stage Renal Failure at 23. Now, I share with the world my 3 years lived experience on Home Peritoneal Dialysis and Post Transplant Living 10/10/2023
Struck by the serendipitous moment of returning home to a bare fir tree after a long hospital appointment has left me feeling all the sentiments of Wendy Cope's "The Christmas Life Poem". Finding the small joys in this trying season as all dialysis patients do.
The Final Instalment: the mental toll of moving to a higher dialysis prescription. It held hostage my mind, my future and my sense of self. Only through self compassion and the undeniable truth from the nephrologist, was I able to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
My comprehensive look as a Home Peritoneal Dialysis Patient on how YOU should approach the decision making process between Home dialysis and In-Centre Dialysis, between Peritoneal Dialysis and Haemodialysis. I invite you to consider this question across 4 dimensions with illustrated examples.
Quick Summaries and Definitions of all dialysis options available on the NHS in the UK. Aiming to bring to you a quick overview of replacement kidney therapies and jargon bust acronyms found everywhere within the Kidney community: APD, CAPD, HD, HHD.
Dialysing away from home can be a daunting task when it comes to packing everything you need to perform your dialysis. For your convenience, I have created a downloadable template on everything you need to pack to dialyse away from home!
