About 12 hours of your time  each week. Over time, more  effects of kidney failure.		Several hours of your time  every day. Effects of kidney  failure continue to occur.		Uncertainty about when  you will get the transplant.		Needing someone to donate a  kidney.
Sudden drops in blood  pressure, clotting, anemia,  infection, neurologic  problems.		Peritonitis, anemia,  neurologic problems.		Risks associated with major  surgery and immuno-  suppressive drugs.  Risk that  health will decline  while  waiting for the  transplant.		Risks associated with major  surgery and immuno-  suppressive drugs.
Helps replace some of your  kidney function		Helps replace some of your  kidney function		New kidney does all the jobs  a healthy kidney should do,  providing much more  energy.		New kidney does all the jobs  a healthy kidney should do,  you get much more energy  and a longer life expectancy  than any other treatment.