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[angieskidney]

Ya, in my own city only the ONE hospital does dialysis. The other 3 or 4 do NOT.

[Zach]

Ya, in my own city only the ONE hospital does dialysis. The other 3 or 4 do NOT.

I would guess that all hospital ERs have at least one dialysis machine of sorts, but maybe not the most advanced model.

[Panda_9]

Are you serious Zach? LOL The staff at the ER here hardly even know anything about renal failure let alone dialysis! They usually have to get one of the renal doctors down to sort things out when I go in, unless its something like high K that they can sort out themselves.

[angieskidney]

There are no dialysis machines at any of the other hospitals .. and Amber is right .. they no nothing about kidney disease. They don't need to so why would they? Only the one hospital gets any patients that need dialysis. My city is small so the ambulance drivers know where to take all dialysis patients.

But I worry about travelling to bigger cities .. if they would know where to take me in an emergency.

[Zach]

There are no dialysis machines at any of the other hospitals .. and Amber is right .. they no nothing about kidney disease. They don't need to so why would they? Only the one hospital gets any patients that need dialysis. My city is small so the ambulance drivers know where to take all dialysis patients.

But I worry about travelling to bigger cities .. if they would know where to take me in an emergency.

My original point, exactly.

As for ERs and dialysis ... they would most likely always need to notify the nephrologist on call.
Also, I was referring to the ERs in the US.   

[angieskidney]

As for ERs and dialysis ... they would most likely always need to notify the nephrologist on call.
Also, I was referring to the ERs in the US.   

So was I ... I am planning on visiting PA

Sorry I didn't specify .. I mean all over North Amercia. I don't know how things are in the States, true, but I want to know. I have a lot of worries. My main worry IS  about travelling to the States and needing to do dialysis there.

[Zach]

So was I ... I am planning on visiting PA

Sorry I didn't specify .. I mean all over North Amercia. I don't know how things are in the States, true, but I want to know. I have a lot of worries. My main worry IS  about travelling to the States and needing to do dialysis there.

Do what I do ... have credit card, will travel!     

[angieskidney]

As for ERs and dialysis ... they would most likely always need to notify the nephrologist on call.
Also, I was referring to the ERs in the US.   

So was I ... I am planning on visiting PA

Sorry I didn't specify .. I mean all over North America. I don't know how things are in the States, true, but I want to know. I have a lot of worries. My main worry IS  about travelling to the States and needing to do dialysis there.

Do what I do ... have credit cared, will travel!     

A credit card?? Tell that to the Bankruptcy people who made me cut them up when I had to give up my 9 year job because I couldn't do 12-hr shifts on dialysis 

[livecam]

Before traveling out of Canada you would need to arrange for dialysis in the U.S.  Perhaps the dialysis unit you use or your Canadian health authorities could advise you on how to arrange this.  While you might show up at an ER and be dialyzed if you were near death I wouldn't count on it.  I posted elsewhere about an early trip to Hawaii I made a few months after starting treatment.  After being there a few days I really needed treatment so I went to a facility run by a branch of my HMO there.  They basically told me no dice, pack up and go home for treatment which is what I had to do.

[sandman]

As for ERs and dialysis ... they would most likely always need to notify the nephrologist on call.
Also, I was referring to the ERs in the US.   

So was I ... I am planning on visiting PA

Sorry I didn't specify .. I mean all over North America. I don't know how things are in the States, true, but I want to know. I have a lot of worries. My main worry IS  about travelling to the States and needing to do dialysis there.

Do what I do ... have credit cared, will travel!     

A credit card?? Tell that to the Bankruptcy people who made me cut them up when I had to give up my 9 year job because I couldn't do 12-hr shifts on dialysis 

I have a credit card.  And a very good one I might add.  I'm not suggesting to bring on the full brunt of your medical expenses but I can handle an assisted transaction for a little while.

[goofynina]

*sniff sniff*  is that a credit card a smell?? a good one at that?? ooooh, havent seen one of them in years,  HEYYYYYY SANDMAAAAAN        lol, just kidding Angie

[angieskidney]

*sniff sniff*  is that a credit card a smell?? a good one at that?? ooooh, havent seen one of them in years,  HEYYYYYY SANDMAAAAAN        lol, just kidding Angie

  Hey Jeff! Can you bring Goofynina with me when I come to PA? She is fun and I like her  .. of course this will have to be on your credit card

[sandman]

*sniff sniff*  is that a credit card a smell?? a good one at that?? ooooh, havent seen one of them in years,  HEYYYYYY SANDMAAAAAN        lol, just kidding Angie

  Hey Jeff! Can you bring Goofynina with me when I come to PA? She is fun and I like her  .. of course this will have to be on your credit card

Oh boy, I had to open my big mouth.    What does goofynina's husband feel about this?

[kitkatz]

Hang on there a second!   If Goofynina gets to go on Sandmansa's card I want to go too. I can party!

[angieskidney]

Hang on there a second!   If Goofynina gets to go on Sandmansa's card I want to go too. I can party!

Ya!! Kitkatz too!! Wheeee!!! 

[sandman]

Hang on there a second!   If Goofynina gets to go on Sandmansa's card I want to go too. I can party!

Ya!! Kitkatz too!! Wheeee!!! 

  Now wait a second here, what am I gonna get for all this? 

[kitkatz]

Now promise me Sandmansa is going to pay for it all on his great credit cards.  I can fly out and we will party. I have never been to Canada or Pennsylvania!  Ohhh hoo!  Get the partie on!

[kitkatz]

We will give you a hard time! (Now do NOT take that dirty) (Wash your mind out with soap some of you!)

[sandman]

Now promise me Sandmansa is going to pay for it all on his great credit cards.

No promises. 

We will give you a hard time! (Now do NOT take that dirty) (Wash your mind out with soap some of you!)

I get a hard time from everyone already.  How is that your going to give me more grief going to convince me? 

[Sara]

Now wait a second here, what am I gonna get for all this? 

You're gonna have a house full of rowdy women.  Hope you can handle it. 

[sandman]

Now wait a second here, what am I gonna get for all this? 

You're gonna have a house full of rowdy women.  Hope you can handle it. 

GREAT!  Just what every young, healthy man who lives alone dreams about.   

[livecam]

Kitkatz...you can go no problem.  Kaiser will reimburse you for the cost of treatments even out of the country.  When I went to Germany I had to pony up some serious dollars to pay the unit there but eventually the check from Kaiser was in the mail.  Bon Voyage.

[goofynina]

*tsk* awwww maaaaan *scuffs foot*  hubby says NO!!!  Can you believe that?  Sooooo, i'll just take the money thank you    But thanks for the invitation, would've, could've, should've been a blast.....................(shutty EpoMAN)

[allison]

When traveling within the United States, here's a way of finding a Unit.

http://www.dialysisunits.com/

my favorite website for finding units is www.dialysisfinder.com. i like the search features better, because you can search not just by city & state, but for any dialysis unit within a (for instance) 10-20 mile radius of any given city. it seems to have the most comprehensive list. plus it gives you a map to see where each of the units are!

[sandman]

Oh, I think Angie and I came across this site a few months ago.  It's quite handy for quickly finding dialysis centers but for some reason, it didn't and still doesn't find them all in my city.  I think a found almost 20 more units in my area with just random searching through web sites like davita and fresenius.