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Thread #90942   Message #1727234
Posted By: Marion
25-Apr-06 - 03:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: Ranger Steve's kidney dialysis questions
Subject: RE: BS: Ranger Steve's kidney dialysis questions
Hello Ranger Steve. Here's a link to a patient manual from the (Canadian) Kidney Foundation: Living With Kidney Disease. Chapter 6 contains some advice on travel, and chapter 7 talks about work issues. I expect that the US organization has something similar available.

I assume that you're talking about hemodialysis (i.e., hospital dialysis) rather than peritoneal dialysis (most commonly done at home 4 times a day). Either way, it will take a lot of planning to travel, but you won't be confined to your state. One of my professors commented that dialysis patients can always go to the local emergency room if something goes awry in your travel planning.

Best wishes, Marion (nursing student)