Kidney Patient Guide

Bruce & JMan, thank you for the additional information :wink: . I'll try on-line chat at the site you mentioned during late evening hours in Japan. Do you both often join the chat group? I hope I can "meet" you there! Oldborris, thanks for your information, too. As I already have an ac...

Wow, a lot more! Thanks, JMan!

I would like to join the chat as well if possible but there is a problem of time difference. I wonder when is the core time for the on-line chats by UK/US websites: any idea?

I do appreciate your helps, guys!

Thanks, Bruce!

I had a look at the HP you mentioned. It's an interesting one and I guess I can get more new iformation from this site.

Any BBS run personally will also do. Anyone who knows of these kinds of websites, please let me know.

Hi! :D I often have a look at this BBS and read the posts here. They all help me a lot especially in gaining information outside of my country (Japan). I feel that more people are on CAPD rather than on HD in the "Western ountries." I do not have any exact data but more people are on HD th...

Hi, everyone! Thanks for all of your replies: I'm really happy to have found them here this morning! I am taking HD for 5 hours, 3 days a week. In Japan, it seems that the patients take it for 4-5 hours on average. The cost is thankfully covered by national expenditure. I hear it's really expensive ...

Greetings! :D I am a Japanese female in my late 30s. I have been diabetic for about 30 years and also on kidney dialysis (HD) for about 1 year. I would like to hear about HD in various countries and I would be happy if you could tell me what it is like to take it in your country: How long on average...

Greetings! :D I am a Japanese female in my late 30s. I have been diabetic for about 30 years and also on dialysis (HD) for over a year. Thanks to dialysis, I got better recently and I would like to travel abroad in the near future again. Prior to the trips, I would like to collect much information o...