Leilee~

My mom was on hemodialysis for a few weeks while her peritoneal site healed up. Then when that did she went to that . I always remembereed that the hemo took so much out of her. She had no energy at all. And basically slept all the time afterwards. The Peritoneal is a more natural way of dialysis. You have to do more with it every day instead of the 3 days a week with the hemo. But to us it was worth it cause she had some energy to talk to us after. My mom was 71 when she went thru all this. The one thing with Peritoneal is that you have to keep the tube site very sterile. And if I remember correctly no air units could be running because you couldnt have the dust oround the house moving . Another precaution . But it was fairly easy to hook up and do this for her. Just a matter of emptying out what fluid you put in there and then putting some back in to absorb all the impurities that you kidneys used to filter out. This I think had to be done 4 times a day. But it can be done while your in bed, in a car, sitting at a desk.. in a chair etc. So really it doenst take alot out of your life time wise. Hope this helps a bit!!! And good luck with everything.