Re: Vacationing while on dialysis

[Guest guest]

Hi Mia. Nice to hear from you. I don't know anything about dialysis in

Jamaica, but, I tell ya, if I had the chance to go myself, I would go

without any hesitation at all.

Pierre

Vacationing while on dialysis

> Hello everyone, I know it's been a while but i've had a hard few

> months. As some may know I had a hemoragic stroke in Feb. Well, after

> a 911 call, life support, a medi-vac flight to L.A. ventilator,

> feeding tube and lots of recovery time, I am slowly working my way

> back. I am now feeling pretty good and my husband suprised me with a

> trip to Jamaica for my 29th Birthday (it's on July 31st). We will be

> traveling from Aug 12th through the 17th. My social worker gave me a

> list of dialysis units in Jamaica but didn't have any info from

> patients on weather or not they had good or bad expieriences with any

> of them. I was wondering if anyone could help me out with info. Any

> would be appreciated. Thanks again for the help.

> Mia

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Mia,

It SO good to hear from you. We had such a scare when you first started

dialysis and having not heard from you in a long time I was concerned about you!

You have had a very rough road back to recovery and I am just thrilled that

you have this trip to Jamaica to look forward to.

I am afraid I can't help you out on the specifics of dialysis units there

since I am not yet on dialysis, but I did want to say hi and thank you for

letting us know how you are doing. It sure is good to hear from you :-)

Have a wonderful birthday!

[Guest guest]

I haven't travelled myself, couldn't afford it even if I wanted to, but over

the past year and a half I've been on dialysis, I've known many people who

took vacations while on hemodialysis. The only thing you really need to

worry about is that you make the arrangements with PLENTY of lead time

(months, weeks). Many dialysis centres are pretty booked up and may not be

able to take a travelling patient on short notice. Then again, there are

some dialysis centres in some places that cater to travellers.

Pierre

[Guest guest]

Done. Please keep in mind it can take a day or two sometimes for Yahoo

Groups to catch up, so you may still receive emails during that time.

Pierre

Re: Vacationing while on dialysis

> Please remove my email address from this mailing list. I appreciate all

the

> email but am overcome by all the email. My grandson is the one that is

sick

> and I thought I would enjoy the email however, I can not keep up with all

> the reading.

>

> Thanks! Donna

[Guest guest]

Betsy, Awesome info. Thanks for this post!!! Bonnie

Betsy Cabell wrote:The actual name is YMCA of the Rockies

(www,ymcarockies.org), and the

Vacation Kidney Center is at the Snow Mountain Ranch site, near Winter

Park, CO. You can rent a cabin there any time of the year, as they have

skiing and other winter activities as well.

Betsy

> If dialysis patients are looking for a good place to vacation, the YMCA

> Camp of the Rockies has an on-site dialysis center. It's in the

> mountains in Colorado and has lots of great family activities.

>

> Betsy

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> > I haven't travelled myself, couldn't afford it even if I wanted to,

> > but over

> > the past year and a half I've been on dialysis, I've known many

> > people who

> > took vacations while on hemodialysis. The only thing you really

> need

> > to

> > worry about is that you make the arrangements with PLENTY of lead

> time

> > (months, weeks). Many dialysis centres are pretty booked up and may

> > not be

> > able to take a travelling patient on short notice. Then again,

> there

> > are

> > some dialysis centres in some places that cater to travellers.

> > Pierre

> >

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