Is it more difficult on adult dialysis centers??

[jp]

Hi people!! I'm 21 and im still getting treated on a kids dialysis center. The reason for that is because the doctors want to get me a transplant sooner, but they are talking about moving me to an adult center. Can some one tell me the environmet there please.....and how it all works out...



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[lorna]

i think everywhere is pretty much the same routine but the experience depends on the nurse you get...

[RichardMEL]

I've never been in a kids one so don't know what it's like there - I can't imagine at the age of 21 that it would be a "bad" change or anything. If anything you might get a little more respect from the staff.. No wait that sounds like I'm putting down folks who work in kids dialysis - which must be even harder than adults because ,... well we all know why.. well I'm NOT trying to put anyone down.

I think you should just really expect much of the same - maybe the environment would be a bit different - not so many smiley faces or toys around the place (I presume they put work into finding fun things to keep kids occupied who have to undergo dialysis?).

I wouldn't worry about it if I were you - if they want to put you in a new place and it works for you I say go for it.

[Riki]

The one I went to had teachers to help the kids keep up in school.  That kept us pretty occupied.  They also had gameboys (remember, this was 1991), board games, and tvs.

I was treated much better at the children's hospital than I have been at the adult hospital, but I think it was the doctor.  He's great with kids, and is able to explain things much better than a lot of the doctors that I see now.

If you don't do anything stupid (I was non-compliant as a teenager) you should have no problems.  But, if you had nurses who would sit and play games with you, kiss that goodbye

[jp]

hey guys thanks for the info....well i guess ill just have to get used to what ever comes up.....but i do have to say where im at i get treated pretty good, theres tv, psp, they had a game cube, laptops, board games, and the lates is the wii...so kiss all that good bye....jaja....all this at lucile packard childrens hospital.........at stanford...worth the time i've been here....

[Hazmat35]

Any of the "ADULT" centers that I have been to, and I have seen a lot of them, do not have PSP or Game cube to play with.  The majority of them have televisions, but that is about it! 

As far as the treatment and the moods of the Technicians / Nurses, that changes from clinic to clinic.