Do You Have a Dialysis Center You Could Recommend for Travelers?

[Stacy Without An E]

Dialysis centers are so different from one block to the next so I thought it would be a good idea if we could recommend centers that we've been treated in that really take care of their patients.

I highly recommend Satellite Dialysis in Santa Rosa, CA.  If you're going to be traveling in the Wine Country of Northern California, this center is brand new, forty-eight chairs, all new equipment and the staff is friendly and knowledgable

Here's the details if anyone wants them:

Satellite Dialysis of Santa Rosa
2301 Circadian Way #C
Santa Rosa, CA. 95407
(707) 526-0717

And, of course, say hello if you're there at night.  I'll be the one watching something geeky and flirting with the nurses.

[twirl]

I recommend the only dialysis center in Durango,Colorado

new chair, your own flat screen tv, snacks, juices, and sf candy, and a glorious view

[Vlynn]

I recommend IHS Queens Dialysis at South Flushing if you are going to the big apple! They are great with time

[delwart]

dearborn dialysis - taylor,michigan .... exceptional care

greene county davita - snow hill,n.c. -  the best!!

[paddbear0000]

Does anyone have any recommendations for the Boston, Mass area? My sister-in-law's wedding is in June and I'll probably need a treatment while there.

[Chris]

I haven't been to my center in awhile, but it was waaaay better than my first center not to far away. The nurses and techs were nice and caring, each dialysis chair's overhead light is individually controlled, you could eat and drink there (they offer coffeee, ice, or ice water), they do have individual tv's along with DVD players (but shared with 4 monitors). Of course the monitors are probably upgraded now, plus they still remember me after all this time  after I went to a seminar on different types of dialysis put on by Baxter.

Silver Cross Renal Center West www.silvercross.org
1051 Essington Rd # 160
Joliet, IL 60435
(815) 729-9240

[twirl]

Durango, Colorado
beautiful view of the mountains
small clinic
serve you snacks --- tea, ice tea, grape juice and crackers and animal cookies and sugar free candy, water and ice, a couple of other juices
small screen televison and you do not need ear phones
it was like being on vacation from my clinic
such a difference

[ladyhawk526]

I went to two FMC clinics in San Antonio about 3 years ago.  The first clinic was terrible.  Not very friendly at all and were not helpful.  It was not a good experience.  Luckily I only did one treatment there.  The second place was alsoan FMC I believe and were a little friendlier.  Right now I am at an FMC facility in Austin and they are wonderful here.  The techs treat the patients like they are real people.  At this site you are allowed to eat and drink which I am not allowed to do in Northern Indiana.  I have a catheter and in Indiana it has to have a sealed bandage on it at all times and no showers or swimming.  Here in Austin, no bandage so it can breath and you are allowed to shower and swim in a pool.  So, I took a real shower. It was great. 

[Chris]

I went to two FMC clinics in San Antonio about 3 years ago.  The first clinic was terrible.  Not very friendly at all and were not helpful.  It was not a good experience.  Luckily I only did one treatment there.  The second place was alsoan FMC I believe and were a little friendlier.  Right now I am at an FMC facility in Austin and they are wonderful here.  The techs treat the patients like they are real people.  At this site you are allowed to eat and drink which I am not allowed to do in Northern Indiana.  I have a catheter and in Indiana it has to have a sealed bandage on it at all times and no showers or swimming.  Here in Austin, no bandage so it can breath and you are allowed to shower and swim in a pool.  So, I took a real shower. It was great. 

I think most of us here are told to not shower or swim when we had catheters in to avoid infection and have them covered because the catheter is easily infectable. Since it's temporary and not totally secured in place and sealed, I would be careful and clean it with bedadyne ( I know I have the spelling wrong, but it's the red stuff).

[Wallyz]

In the Seattle Area-  Any of the Northwest Kidney Centers.  If you are traveling north form there, The Smokey Point Puget Sound Kidney Center or the Whidbey Island PSKC branch


PSKC.net

nwkidney.org

[Hanify]

In NZ there are no independent dialysis centres so you have to go to a hospital.  Wellington hospital dialysis unit is lovely if anyone's planning on coming this far.

[kitkatz]

FMC on Pleasant in Milwaukee, Wi., has a pleasant atmosphere for nocturnal. They seemed to care about me when I was there.  New head nurse though, was slow. Slow to put me on, slow to take me off.  I was not on for my full eight hours any of the nights I was there.  She was more concerned with what the BP said on the machine than how I said i felt. She had cold hands!  All in all on a rating of 1 to 10 about a 6. Would I go back? Sure.

[dwcrawford]

I was just this minute asking about travel on another thread (kind of off topic there but it isn't here).  I want to go to  NYC in a few months and the social worker at Davita is working with me.  I just would like to know, in general, how are you received as a visitor and if there much difficulty.  Not speciffically NY, just in general.  Frankly, it frightens me, but I do need to get out of here for a little while.

[kitkatz]

I find most dialysis centers to be very similar. Just be able to tell them what you want and how to stick you. If you need anything different let them know about it.

[Wallyz]

BEtter yet- if you are planning to travel, learn to stick yourself and get some buttonholes going.

[dwcrawford]

Wonder how long it will take to get my bulletholes working?

[twirl]

I went to dailysis in Durgano, Colorado and it was a pleasure
I could see the snow and mountains
they served snacks!
some strange lady served candy to non diabetics
I had my own flat screen television and ear phones were not needed and I swear I could not hear anyone else's' television
they were so nice
I thought I was in the wrong place
what a difference
made me hate to come back to Conroe
and I told the Durango people things going on in my clinc and they were appalled
I actually felt like I was wanted
warm and smiley facey