Dear Suzi
I feel I have answered this so many times, I simply cant go over it yet again.
I have discussed this in many forums.
It is NOT that I don’t admire/salute the NxStage for the freedoms and home concepts it (almost single handedly) introduced to the US - long after the rest of the world understood that home HD was not only a viable option, but the best option. For that, NxStage stands alone - in the US at least.
The trouble is that for a raft of reasons, we find the NxStage offers less than other systems, especially in the quality of dialysis - notwithstanding the advantages in size and transportability. Others may disagree, but, well, thats been my view.
To understand this better, you might like to pick up and follow an old thread @ Concerns with the NxStage System One?
This thread DOES reference long past discussions with other HCD users but maybe Dori or others may like to fill in these gaps.
Maybe this will help.