RV Videos

When I was on peritoneal dialysis, I was watching a lot of other types of travel videos. Specifically, I watched videos introducing various recreational vehicles. I was mainly interested in a Class B van so it would be easy to drive everywhere. The thought was that I could retire from work, buy a RV, then travel across US and Canada while living out of the RV. Since I was doing peritoneal dialysis, I could install a PD cycler in the RV, as long as I had enough batteries or shore power to run it all night. I could have the dialysate solution delivered to different places across the country, or come home monthly to pick it up.

I was looking for these specifics features:

• Separate shower instead of a wet bath
• Solar panels and extra batteries to power the PD cycler overnight
• Fits into a “regular” parking spot
• Have additional seats in the back with seat belts
• Preferably no slide-outs

A lot of Class B campers have wet baths, which reminds me too much of bathrooms in China. So something like this:

Or this:

I’m still not 100% sure why I was thinking of doing this. We never traveled by RV growing up, and most of the places I want to visit are overseas. Traveling by RV is more suited to visiting national parks and campsites; I’m more of an urban traveler, visiting large cities and cultural sites. I think it was the possibility of traveling with the PD cycler so you’re not tied down to one place for dialysis, and not having to carry the machine on airplanes and arranging delivery of dialysate solution.

Well, all that’s is impossible now that I’ve removed the PD catheter since peritoneal dialysis is not an option for me. Home hemodialysis really requires you have a helper in case you screw up and start bleeding out. I doubt it’s possible to do home hemodialysis out of a RV. I could always do RV travel if I get a kidney transplant, but then I would travel by airplane instead of driving a van everywhere.

I also watch a lot of super-yacht and private jet videos but those are definitely out of my budget.