Home Dialysis Central

It has been widely reported that depression increases the risk of hospitalization and death for both in-center and home dialysis patients.

After 18 months of endless hospitalisations, major surgeries and nightmare health crises, my kidneys failed and I needed dialysis to keep me alive.

I woke up from surgery, with the surgeon leaning over me saying “from now on you must treat your arm like it is your lifeline, because it is!” and so my journey began.

Within 2 weeks of running 5 short daily treatments at home, using a much slower pump speed, I started to feel clear headed and energetic and hungry, like I hadn't in years.

I hadn't realized that it was possible to feel numb, terrified, and nauseous all within the same heartbeat. But here I was, feeling all three. My GP at least had the good manners to look just as mortified as I felt.