I had to go back on hemo yesterday and was wondering if anyone knew what the odds are of someone getting to go back on PD. I didn't have to go back on hemo due to any fault of my own. My catheter is draining and filling fine and I have no infection. The problem was that I was only draining as much fluid as I was putting in. I was not getting rid of any excess fluid. We tried using 4.5 solution and putting heparin in the bag, to no avail. The doctor is not pulling my catheter so I guess that is a good sign. Could it be that my peritonial lining is just tired and needs a rest? What are my options? I di get a nasty case of peritonitis over the holidays when we went over seas but that has all cleared up. I ended up in a hospital over there and the infection was not properly treated.

OK, last night the doctor decided that my catheter needs to come out. He said that my blood tests indicate that I still have some infection. He thinks that the infection that I got when we went over seas never cleared completely. He said in about 6 to 8 weeks we will consider whether or not I can go back on PD. He is concerned that there may have been irrepairable damage to my peritonial lining. I really need to be at home so am considering pursuing nocturnal home hemo. Any suggestions?

Hi Mick, I'm looking into home hemo too, slow nocturnal. Everything I've heard about it is positive! Good luck; I hope you get rid of the infection so you know which direction to go in.

My father is a slow nocturnal patient. We changed from in-center to slow nocturnal. If you have any where near the improvement that we did; it is a step you won't regret.

My father got rid of all the dialysis symptons he was having.

Our lives are close to normal again. We don't feel so tied down setting up at night and sleeping through dialysis. I start setting up the machine at around 9 pm and have him on
the machine by 10. This doesn't bother us as most of the time by 9pm we aren't doing anything else anyway.