I think tonight we can take what was wrong and make it right

One of the more hair-raising aspects of chronic kidney disease is the eventual need for dialysis - mechanical filtering of the blood to rid the body of harmful wastes. There are two kinds of dialysis treatments currently available - peritoneal dialysis, which allows the patient greater flexibility and mobility and hemodialysis, which is generally done at a center three times a week, for three to five hours per session.

Davita offers a free 30 minute video explaining what to expect on your first day of dialysis.

Davita is kind of stinky in that they want personal information out of you so they can spam you to hell and gone in exchange for giving you this information, but I'm taking the hit and providing a log-in:

Log in: blogathon@darkfriends.net
Password: songfordavid

Kidney patients currently undergoing dialysis may also find the Dialysis Online message boards helpful.