I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: Aarti on May 18, 2012, 09:28:36 AM
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Please share your experiences. I need to convince my family to adopt this.
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When I was choosing the form of dialysis when my kidneys were failing, my nephrologist discouraged me from choosing peritoneal dialysis because I had a family history of type 2 diabetes. She explained that the dextrose solution used to remove excess fluid could aggravate diabetes. On the other hand I've known many diabetics who do PD.
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What does your doc think? I'm type 1, and my doc was adamant that I shouldn't do it. He was worried my blood sugar control would be totally gone, and that I would gain a lot of weight. I was already overweight for getting on the transplant list, and he was worried it would make it even harder. I went with hemo, partly because of him, partly because of conversations with another diabetic D patient who had gained nearly 50 pounds in under a year.
Of course, if you need to gain weight, it might be a good thing. If you are using a pump system, the control might not be as much as an issue as it was for me. (My insurance wouldn't pay for a pump.)
If you are determined to try it, you can always switch to hemo if it isn't working. Maybe you could sell your family on a trial run of 3 or 4 months?