Moving to South West - Advice Please!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 12:06 pm
Hi All
We are planning to move to the South West in the next few months. I grew up there (went to school in Lyme Regis) but moved to the outskirts of London, in Kent, around 25 years ago. Anyway, I am now going back! My question concerns kidney appointments, dialysis and transplant etc. I am currently a patient at Guys hospital, attneding their Advanced Kidney Care clinic. Together with my potential donors, I have gone through two failed living donor work ups, so dialysis is looking more likely. Sadly I am told I am unlikely to be a candidate for PD, as I have a history of inflammatory bowel disease, so Haemo seems to be the only option. Hopefully however I still have a little while, as my GFR was still around 16% a few months ago (next bloods to be done next week).We are planning to live somewhere near the coast, anywhere between Honiton and Dorchester. Can anyone offer advice on the following please?
Can I choose where to attend dialysis sessions?
Where are those likely to be?
Where am I likely to attend Advanced Care Clinics?
Once on the transplant list, if I am lucky enough to get 'the call', where is the transplant likely to be?
Anything I should consider??
Thanks everyone.
We are planning to move to the South West in the next few months. I grew up there (went to school in Lyme Regis) but moved to the outskirts of London, in Kent, around 25 years ago. Anyway, I am now going back! My question concerns kidney appointments, dialysis and transplant etc. I am currently a patient at Guys hospital, attneding their Advanced Kidney Care clinic. Together with my potential donors, I have gone through two failed living donor work ups, so dialysis is looking more likely. Sadly I am told I am unlikely to be a candidate for PD, as I have a history of inflammatory bowel disease, so Haemo seems to be the only option. Hopefully however I still have a little while, as my GFR was still around 16% a few months ago (next bloods to be done next week).We are planning to live somewhere near the coast, anywhere between Honiton and Dorchester. Can anyone offer advice on the following please?
Can I choose where to attend dialysis sessions?
Where are those likely to be?
Where am I likely to attend Advanced Care Clinics?
Once on the transplant list, if I am lucky enough to get 'the call', where is the transplant likely to be?
Anything I should consider??
Thanks everyone.