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Anyone shut down their kidney dialysis fistula after transplant?
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@gingerw it sounds like your husband very quickly adapted to the PD process and continued to enjoy his life....then received his transplant! Wonderful:) Thank you so much for sharing his very positive story and the detailed links to information for my cousin. I am going to show her all of your response. It's exactly what she needs to read! I especially liked to hear about his camping trip with the battery operated machine! Does your husband continue to camp and take cross-country business trips with his transplant?
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@hello1234 Great that she will have a chance to look at different choices.
Pros of PD dialysis - the patient feels more in charge of their own case; toxins are removed daily, so fewer instances of "down" days
As for PD, if a patient has had abdominal surgery, there may be too much existing scar tissue for success. A patient has to physically have the room to store the cases delivered every month [inside structure, not a shed or garage]. Patient has to commit to doing this everyday; you don't "lose your lifestyle" if you don't want to. My husband worked full time during his PD, and many on his job never knew he had an issue until he took 2.5 months off for the transplant! Yes, we continue to camp. No he is retired now, but made 3-4 cross country business trips post-transplant.
Ready for any other questions you have!
Ginger