Hi - my wife was on at home peritoneal dialysis for 2.5 years. This differs from hemo dialysis, but the end effect was the same. She would hook up to the dialysis machine at 10:00 in the evening and the machine would run until approximately 8:00 in the morning. The time on the machine is specific to each individual. Her dialysis machine was about the size of an old electric typewriter and came with a soft sided travel bag. I could carry it no problem but it was too heavy for my wife to carry. We would bring along all of her supplies in the travel trailer for trips of 7-10 days. We could also work with the dialysis center to have the supplies delivered to an address at our destination if we were planning a longer trip however we never utilized this service. My wife always notified the dialysis center of our travel plans and they provided us with dialysis centers along the way and at our destination in the event we needed help with something or perhaps forgot some supplies. This came in handy one trip when my wife did forgot something. I also carried a portable generator in case the power would go out at our campground so I could hook up her machine to the generator in an emergency. Fortunately I never had to do this. I liked traveling in our RV as I only had to load the supplies into the RV once versus carrying supplies in and out of a hotel room. Our first trip with the RV and her dialysis machine was to a local campground 10-15 minutes from our home. We figured if something happened we could go home with our vehicle and pick up the travel trailer the next day. Everything went smoothly and gave us the confidence to venture out further and further from home. Traveling with dialysis equipment and supplies is doable. It takes some additional planning and also carrying extra supplies in the RV, but we appreciated the freedom and flexibility it gave us. I hope this helps you.
