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Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Apr 24, 2023 | Replies (345)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for your answer. My husband is the one that is contemplating PD. I am just trying to picture how much space we will need and what closet or room to clean out. He is not on dialysis yet. He just finished the three day evaluation to see if he qualifies for a transplant. Since waiting periods are so long, it seems very real that he will need dialysis sometime. His gfr is 17 and creatine is 3.4.
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@jprust We have a small 2 bedroom house. I repositioned my yarn and fabric supplies and am using the closet in the second bedroom for the fluid boxes. Cleared out a shelf on the open-shelf unit and placed 2 drawer units that hold daily supplies like caps, alcohol prep, bandages, etc. Below that is a shelf with backup supplies. Another small shelf unit is in bedroom with the heating bag and additional supplies [extra hand sanitizer, bleach wipes, antiseptic] And in the hall closet are boxes of masks, gloves, syringes. There was no way I could get everything into one space, so we had to get creative, with things tucked into available space. It makes my inventory control each month like a treasure hunt!
BTW, I started my dialysis at eGFR of 14%. As I deal with a blood cancer also, and was feeling so bad, I decided to go ahead and start dialysis since it was a chance it would help me feel better. It did!
Ginger