APD

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...

Pregnancy

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...

Importance of Pooing!!

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...

Dry Scalp

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...

Hand Washing

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...

Working Part II

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...

Stock Take

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...

Charts II

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...

Homechoice Pro & Setting up

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...