looking for a few people out there who don't mind helping out a future registered nurse. I need a few peolpe to reply giving me their opinions on which method they prefer? Hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis?? I have a small presentation with other students in which we are trying to find out which of thesemethods is most preferred to the patient and why.. Thanks so much!!! Angela

Angela,

I have been on both hemo and PD. I greatly preferref PD mainly because I felt better and I had more freedom. On hemo, I always feel terrible after my treatment and don't usually feel better until the day that I have to have another treatment. The only draw back to PD is you do have to stick to a very rigid schedule and there are a lot of supplies to take care of.

My husband went to slow nocturnal and we are both much happier. It gave us freedom we didn't have before and he has alot more get up and go, takes less meds and requires less EPO.

You do have more responsibility and need
storage space but for us just being at home and having some flexibility has made us feel
like we have control of our lives again.

My father is on slow nocturnal and it changed our lives dramatically. He feels so much better it makes us all happier. Not to mention how happy we are with the freedom it offers as the dialysis is done while he sleeps. Also slow nocturnal does not require the patients to be on a special diet and this makes life easier.

There is storage and responsibility but it's all very doable and well worth it in our case.