- Aug 26, 2019
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Dialysis is rough on the body. Bless him for still being in good spirits after being on it that long.He was able to go to the dialysis clinic whenever his kidneys began failing but once he had to start going everyday, it became too much and he started doing it at home. He did hemodialysis for several years and that didn't take as long but my stepmom wouldn't let him do it overnight in fear of the machine malfunctioning (it did once at the dialysis clinic and it was scary but thankfully professionals were there) while they were sleeping. So he started the peritoneal dialysis and that takes a long time. He's able to do it while he sleeps which is much better, but once he wakes up, he tied to the amount of line he has. If he has a morning appointment the next day, he has to start in time to make sure he's finished in time to get there. With the peritoneal dialysis, he had to leave some fluid in his abdomen and them spend more time mid-late afternoon draining that. Plus the supplies are unreal! He has an entire bedroom devoted to dialysis supplies only and it's a large bedroom. A large chunk of his life has been around dialysis. We're very blessed that dialysis kept him alive for so long, so I hate to sound ungrateful. Dialysis is an awesome tool but it certainly has it's drawbacks