Pregnancy & Dialysis
I was asked to write an article on my experience being pregnant while on dialysis. I thought it would be a great idea to give some insight on my journey. I must say that...
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I was asked to write an article on my experience being pregnant while on dialysis. I thought it would be a great idea to give some insight on my journey. I must say that...
As a bloke I don’t have any tips on dialysis and pregnancy but two of my followers on Instagram had a really amazing conversation about it, and with their permission I past it here...
I know that we’ve discussed this before but after the two weeks I’ve just had I wanted to push it again. It’s simple – if you are on PD and have a catheter make...
Whichever dialysis you are on (APD or CAPD) they have one thing in common: they pull every last drop of water out of you! One of the symptoms of this is getting a dry...
As with everything else in dialysis, you will be trained on how to wash your hands. I thought it would be useful to show you how I wash my hands and then give a...
I was once told that no one else is best placed to know; (a) how you feel, (b) what is best for your health & (c) what you want/need. You must be our own...
If you do decide to continue working; which I recommend you'll need a few tips. Firstly, you need to find a clean and safe room for you to do an exchange in. It will need a...
For both CAPD and APD you have do to a stock take once a month or once every other week – depending on how often your deliveries are. I found that doing a stock...
Very similar looking charts for APD with similar reasons from CAPD – Charts. The main difference is that the machine does all the maths for you, which is good if you are lazy like...
You will be trained on how to set up your machine so I'm not going to go over old ground. However over the last few months, I have picked up some handy tips; Flat...