How long a life without dialysis?

My friend has type two diabetes and is in end stage renal failure as well as having had a CVA about 2 years ago leaving him hemiplegic.
He wants to give up dialysis as he feels it's not worth the discomfort.
How long is he likely to last without his 3 times weekly haemodialysis.
I don't need the gory details of what will happen to him without it, I know that too well, I just want to know how long we are likely to have with him.

Depends on if he has the ability to filter anything thru his kidneys. If not, he will survive a week to 10 days. Maybe not that long.
It takes a lot of strength to stop kidney dialysis. I will pray for your friend to have much peace and Gods mercy.
In the meantime, you should consult hospice for a peaceful death. They are excellent
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Hours not days.Sorry.

This is such a sad question. I know nothing about the topic but I sincerely hope your friend finds strength and comfort, and that you find peace and contentment with his decision. God Bless you all.

depends how near the end of renal failure your freind is it could be a matter of days/weeks/hours. really he needs to consult with gp

Hello my friend,

I have Type 2 diabetes, end stage renal failure and CVA in 1994 amongst lots more.

I am sorry to tell you, but depending on what caused his renal failure, your friend may have anything up to a month to live should he withdraw from treatment, some people have lasted a bit longer.

Is he married? if so, tell him no matter how bad things get to focus on those he loves, ie his wife and children, as if he dies through withdrawing treatment he is not being fair on them as they are the ones who will suffer, tell him to hang on in and live for his family if he has any.

I laugh tell jokes act the idiot etc, I even sing in the renal unit, wind patients, nurses and doctors up. I had everyone in fits when a new doctor started in the unit and I cried out hello mr fawlty, I'm Manwell from Barcellona. The doctor was very tall and lanky ( skinny ) dead ringer of John Cleese Mr Fawlty and adolph Hitler, I even cracked a joke to him about that as well.

I have a wife and 2 kids that need me, I fight it for them, I hate to think how they would survive without me.

I'm really sorry to hear what your friend is going through , I have Diabetes....... I don't know much about Dialysis.

I think your friend should consider very carefully what is thinking of doing.

I believe that God can work miracles and no longer need Dialysis.

I don't know the exact statistics, I'm just going off my own experience. I would say about 50% of people wouldn't survive more than 10 days. 90% of people wouldn't survive more than 25 days, and I have known of 2 people lasting as long as 2 years before dying. It's really a hard thing to gauge.

i'm sorry to hear that. he need to discuss it to thoroughly with the family and let the GP/consultant inform that he wants to give up dialysis because there might be an option for him like home dialysis or CAPD. if he s very good with his fluid and diet he will last longer and make sure everybody supports him all the way.