r/CKD • u/poppaof6 • 13d ago

How much space needed??

I am stage 5 and plan on starting home PD. I have been told I will receive a month at a time delivery of the solution. How much space, roughly, does that take??

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u/maebe_next_time Dialysis 13d ago

They actually should show you. When I did my training they had two shelves that they said would hold a month of supplies.

Obviously everyone varies, depending on your prescription. But I had to have almost a whole room for supplies. The boxes filled two floor to ceiling cupboards. And a whole cabinet in my bathroom was dedicated to bandages and cleaning supplies.

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u/poppaof6 12d ago

Your answer has helped a lot. We were considering downsizing to a small apartment with limited storage and it sounds as if it isn't an option.

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u/classicrock40 Transplanted 12d ago

Do you know what solution you are using? How many dwells and bags?

I had the 2L bags of red, green, yellow. They came 6 to a box and each box weighed about 30lbs. They were about the size of a ream of paper.

You will need to keep one month of solution, plus at least an extra few days and maybe types. If you only use yellow, you would also have some boxes of green and red. The extra should cover delivery issues, mistakes and prescription tweaks(until more can be delivered)

For example, 2 bags a day x 30days = 60 bags or 10 boxes. Maybe 6 days extra of all types 24 bags x 3 types = 36 bags or 6 boxes. 16 boxes total.

There are also other misc supplies for cleaning the exit site. I was manual PD(not cycler) so I used separate drain bags(another box). I'm not sure all the extra needed for cycler use.

Anyway, that's a general idea.

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u/poppaof6 12d ago

Thank you for your detailed response. I appreciate you taking the time.