For PD what was your cost for surgery and training?

[komomai]

Aloha, just got released from the hospital here in Okinawa Japan and was wondering what others paid to get surgery and PD training for CAPD and APD.  My bill in Yen came to about a million yen, which included 12 days in the hospital, labs, x-rays, supplies and the Baxter cycler and Baxter UV machine which I got to take home.  I felt it was over kill on the hospital stay but I got really comfortable doing my PD with the Baxter rep and Nurses watching as I did the exchanges and daily visits from my doctor.  Now hopefully American Foreign Service Protective Association Insurance will cover this, as I had to pay this bill out of pocket first then file hopefully to get reimbursed.

Now on day 3 of starting APD and feeling fine so far.

Mahalo and Aloha from Okinawa,
Komomai

[Marina]

Hi  Komamai,

Here in the US  most  PD  cath  surgeries  are  done  as  outpatient  (we  go in  have our  surgery  and  go  home the  same  day).

Training  starts  a  few  days  or  a week  later.         
We  go to  a  peritoneal  dialysis  unit  for the  training.          at  my  unit  I  would  go  for  1-2hours  1-3x/week  depending on  my  schedule  and the unit's  schedule.                      After  a  couple  weeks  and  while  my  cath  healed and  when I  was  completely  trained,  my  nurse  did  a home  visit  and  after  that  I  was  on  my  own.
The  cost??   I  don't  know,  my  insurance  covered  it  all.