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Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Dec 23, 2022 | Replies (66)
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@ldrlaw

Husband had appointment with vascular surgeon yesterday in preparation to place fistula. I commented that no one had really discussed the pros and cons of the two different dialysis approaches in any detail. He said that the dialysis center should do that but we haven't been referred yet to dialysis center. Called nephrologist's office - explained situation and NOW they said they would send over a link for a video that explains things in greater detail. Fine. Seems to me we should have gotten this before being sent to the vascular surgeon. Fired nephrologist. Getting appointments set up with new nephrologist.

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Sep 28, 2022

@ldrlaw Oh, dear! No one discussed different types of dialysis with you???

Here is a link to American Kidney Fund's discussion on dialysis: https://www.kidneyfund.org/treatments/dialysis
I myself am a peritoneal dialysis patient, doing it here at home. As you can see, there are definite pros and cons to any type of dialysis. The surgeon was right, in my opinion [if that matters]. My thoughts are the nephrologist would present different modalities to be considered and be available to answer questions/concerns. Like you, I had to change nephrologists when I felt my needs were not being met.

If you have any thoughts or questions after reading the article above, please let me know.
Ginger

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