After being rejected for addition to the kidney transplant list I have become aware of an alternative way of acheiving prolonged life with no renal function.
Nocturnal home Dialysis (NHD) is dialysing at home on a kidney machine at night during sleep.
One month ago after re training at Middlemore Home Care Unit I commenced NHD for 8 hours per night, three nights per week.(Mon, Wed, Fri).
Because the dialysis is applied over a longer period the process is much gentler on the body than 4 hour daily sessions.
Medical studies indicate that in fact the mortality rate of NHD patients is not significantly different from kidney trnasplant patients.
By eliminating the long dialysis break between Friday morning to Monday evening even more benefit can be acheived ie by nightime diaylsing Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun/Tues/Thurs/Sat.
I shall discuss this with Middlemore Home care team in due course.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
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