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

@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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ldrlaw | @ldrlaw | Sep 30, 2022

Thank you, Ginger! Well - we were told the placement for the two different types of dialysis and in a way, my husband is to blame because he had already decided that he wanted to go with hemodialysis. Still, I thought since this was the first time we were giving this consideration they should have talked about the pros and cons and that I would have an opportunity to discuss our desert living - sure seems we should have done that some time before we saw the vascular surgeon.

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