Yes, Sue, the idea of dialysis at home can be scary, but if you research it, the process, though involved, is totally doable at home.

My biggest concern was that Ben could never do it by himself. He would always need me or someone else to handle the process. But there is no one else. Just me. And even I was a bit taken aback by all it entails.

I imagine if we were younger, it I was fully retired, or if we had a bigger house we probably would have given it a try. However, my research revealed that about 25% of patients that start of doing PD switch to traditional dialysis.