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My Emotions
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Transplant may be about
the same or better than
peritoneal dialysis.
Studies show some people on peritoneal
dialysis feel just as good emotionally
as people with a transplant. Others on
peritoneal dialysis feel somewhat worse.
Here’s what one study showed:
Transplant may be about
the same or better than
in-center hemodialysis.
Studies show some people on
hemodialysis feel just as good
emotionally as people with a
transplant. Others on hemodialysis
feel somewhat worse.
Here’s what one study showed:
Peritoneal dialysis and
in-center hemodialysis
may be about the same.
Studies show just as many people on
each treatment feel better emotionally
as time passes.
Here’s what one study showed:
In-center
Hemodialysis
Transplant
Peritoneal
Dialysis
Transplant
wo r s t b e s t
How people felt emot i onally
wo r s t b e s t
How people felt emot i onally
In one study, people on each treatment felt just as good
emotionally.
In one study, people on each treatment felt just as good
emotionally.
Peritoneal
Dialysis
In-center
Hemodialysis
28 out of 100 people on
peritoneal dialysis felt better
emotionally after one year.
28 out of 100 people on in-center
hemodialysis felt better
emotionally after one year.
= 1 person who felt better
= 1 person who did not feel better
= 1 person who felt better
= 1 person who did not feel better
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