People say it is horrible. I have had some patients who work full time in addition to having time to dialyze themselves three times a week. One of my friends is a doctor and another a radiation physicist. People on dialysis can do quite well. On the other hand, it is troublesome to do dialysis three times a week.
Some patients have real problems with the dialysis treatments.
We feel having normal kidneys is best of all. If you have kidney failure, a transplant is next best. Dialysis can be fine and is better than being dead. There is no particular problem with sweets in kidney failure. Since one-third of patients with kidney failure have diabetes, and diabetics should be careful about sweets, many patients with dialysis should be careful about sweets.