Adjusting to a life-long condition is a process, and finding it hard is a normal response rather than a weakness.
What to know
- Grief for the life you had before diagnosis is common and legitimate.
- Information helps: patients who understand their treatment consistently report feeling more in control.
- Focus on what remains within your control — schedule, diet, activity, and how you communicate with your team.
- Set small, near-term goals rather than measuring yourself against life before dialysis.
Talk to your care team
This topic is part of Mental & Emotional Health, one of ten modules in the Trivita Learning Hub. If anything here contradicts what your own nephrologist or dialysis nurse has told you, follow your care team — they know your prescription, your access and your history.
Trivita's dialysis nurses answer our care line 24 hours a day on 055 242 1070, including for people who are not yet our patients.
Education, not medical advice. This page explains home hemodialysis in general terms for patients and care partners in the UAE. It is reviewed by Trivita's Medical Director but cannot account for your individual circumstances. Never change a prescription, medication or technique based on this page alone.