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Hi
Thanks for your information. Do you have dialysis treatment on the ship or is always on shore?
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I have book a cruise in Feb 2010 and on Dialysis. Can I get your e-mail to discuss what I can expect Mine is mikiek at cableone dot netThanks a million
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Hello
I have just read your post. It gives me hope. Can you tell me if these cruises are for all vacationers. We live in Canada and are both Canadian and Australian citizens. I'm expecting the cost to be around 300 pounds. Is the hemodialysis actually on the boat or on shore?
Sisamtim
We have recently returned from a river cruise on the Danube on MS Mozart, a Peter Deilmann boat that offers haemodialysis on some of its trips. My partner has only recently started dialysis and this was her first experience of it outside her hospital renal unit. She was quite anxious beforehand but in the event was delighted with the treatment. The medical staff were first class, and there was also a technician on board. For UK (and other EU) travellers, there is a charge of around €100 per treatment (the rest being covered by reciprocal health service arrangements), but I imagine that pasengers from elsewhere would be charged the full market price.We used a specialist TA for this trip and would definitely do the same for any future cruise. She liaised extensively with the hospital and the on-board doctor beforehand (at no extra charge), and this gave us a good deal of confidence.
John
Cruising while on dialysis....
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Hi Jim
I think I asked this question to the wrong person. My husband is on dialysis (just started) and we're wondering if the hemodialysis that your wife has is ever on the cruise ships or is it always on shore? Are you saying that Royal Caribbean and Holland America offer hemodialysis on the ship but at other times you have arranged through Global Dialysis to go on shore for the treatments?
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