Kidney Failure in general

Well luckily I have never had kidney failure, but I have done a work placement in the renal ward, which is for kidney dialysis patients, so hopefully my review will help those prepare for what will happen if they do ever have kidney failure. When is Kidney Dialysis used? --------------------------------------------- Kidney Dialysis is used usually when between 10-20% of your kidney is still working. This is called End Stage Renal Failure. Why is it used? ---------------------- It is used when your kidneys are not fully functional; it does some of the work that your own kidney would do. Although it can not do as much as your ...

Peritoneal Dialysis has moved on to CCPD, continuous cycle peritoneal dialysis. Basically you hook yourself up to a machine, about the size of an old style video recorder, at night and when you wake up in the morning the dialysis is done. This allows you to work, look after children etc, without having to stop and drain out or require special facilities at work. Almost a normal life!

When I was 3 months pregnant I had a scan like all mum to be's. What they told me shattererd our world. I was having twins, two boys was the first bit of news, so with that taken in they went on to tell me that one of my unborn sons had a "little" problemn. He had Post urethal valve failure, which meant in laymans terms that he was not having the use of his bladder. He was not weeing like he suppose. They then offered me a termination as I already had three sons and this one was going to take a lot of care etc. With that I promptly changed medical authority as I felt that they were not even contempating giving my unborn ...