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[Minea]

hello,
I am 41 woman in Finland and I am doing hemo at home. I have been doing dialysis for a 6 months now. I cannot say I like it but I it is not so bad. I do it every other night for 8 hours and I feel pretty good actually. Good thing is that I am expecting to get a new kidney from donator (dead one) within a year or so.  In Finland an average waiting time is 1 year and i have been on queue since may. it was nice to find this site. It would be also nice to talk to someone who does also hemo at home.

greetings from Finland!

[goofynina]

Hi Minea,  So nice to have you.  You will enjoy all the info here, there is a section for those on home hemo as well.  Wow, the wait is only a year in Finland?  I am moving to Finland,   the wait here is 5 - 6 years.  Please feel free to read through our thousands of posts and do not hesitate to ask questions, post comments or concerns whenever and wherever you feel the need.  We look forward to hearing more from you.  May i ask how you found our site?  Not that it matters cuz what really matters is that you DID find us   Good Luck and Welcome once again

[deej]

Welcome, Minea. 

[Minea]

To goofynina: I actually found information of this in a finnish forum. So this site must be quite famous

[Joe Paul]

Welcome Minea , from Pennsylvania, USA.Glad the site is famous over there, its been a Godsend for me too, Again welcome aboard.

[Sluff]

Welcome Minea from Wisconsin USA.

[Bajanne]

So good to have you join us from Suomi (that's the Finnish for Finland, says Bajanne with a know-it-all look!)  We are really an international group, the one thing binding us is dialysis and/or kidney failure. I look forward to hearing some more from you.  This is really an extremely comprehensive site.  there is a place for complaining and venting, but also for telling jokes and playing games.  We don't only cater to renal patients, but also to their loved ones and caregivers and to the medical practitioners.  You cannot be bored on this site - there is to much to read and do.
Enjoy. 
Maybe you will teach me to greet and respond in Finnish, so I can add that to my language collection!

[angieskidney]

Welcome Minea!

[Rerun]

Hi Minea, welcome to the site.  I hope you will find some answers to your questions and some answers to questions that you haven't even thought of yet here on this site.

Hey, good luck finding a donator (dead one) soon.  LMAO   

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