Question

Question 1: a) What are some important considerations when meal planning for a peritoneal dialysis patient? b) Who has to keep a stricter diet, a peritoneal dialysis or a hemodialysis patient? Why do you think that is?

Question 2: What is the difference between living vs deceased donation for chronic kidney disease?

Question 3: How long might the wait be for a kidney? Question 7: I’ve heard rumours of people having had luck posting on Facebook, and asking people to “donate” a kidney to them, and then provide some secret financial compensation to that individual (off the record of course). Is this something I should look into more? Why or why not? Would I get a kidney faster this way?

Question 4: After a kidney transplant will my life return to normal?

Answer 1

1.a) When meal planning for a peritoneal dialysis patient,

• Avoid meals that contain excessive amounts of sodium and phosphorus. Eg: refined meats like hot dogs.
• Prefer including high-quality protein like eggs, fish, etc.

b) A hemodialysis patient has to keep a stricter diet. The reason is hemodialysis is done less frequently than peritoneal dialysis and so, much time is there for wastes and extra fluids accumulation between treatments of hemodialysis. Since peritoneal dialysis is done daily, only a short period of time is available for waste accumulation.