My missus is 3x haemo per week . She is currently in hospital , again, with severe spinal issues , which have prevented her from attending the appointments. I may need to get her seen privately by a spinal specialist, but that would likely take her away from the dialysis facilities she has at the mo'. She's in Manchester Royal , in the kidney unit, but only because her mobility is gone , as the dialysis room is right there a short bed-push away. I could not get her into her wheelchair, even , let alone into the ambulance to get her to her dialysis clinic. What I'd like to know, is.....if she gets into a private facility for the spinal thing ,and it would need to be one with available dialysis facilities ,as she could'nt be moved other than wheeled on her bed ,would the N.H.S. pick up the tab for the dialysis? I don't even know if I can afford the spinal treatment , but the health service has failed her mightily with it , so I'm prepared to invest my laughably small savings in her spine to try and give her some quality of life where she currently has none , she's about ready to chuck it all in and and just let the renal failure take her ,absolutely beaten ,she is . Any advice on this?
Cheers one and all.....merry Xmas ,and keep yer spirits up!