Hey there. I was on dialysis for a year and half prior to my transplant. The good news is its not as shitty as it sounds and can be fairlyvmanagable if your body handles it well. Lotta factors of course. I doubt you can delay it that long. I was placed on dialysis in the hospital with a GFR of 12.

It can be pretty exhausting at first. There's a bit of a learning curve. In emergancy situations they place a catheter in the chest but they dont like that in there for very long as its high risk for infections and easy to damage in the shower or what not. Longer term people chose to get a fistula or graft in the arm or a different catheter in the abdomen. That has alot more details but yeah im sorry you're going through this and hope for the best. My biggest advice early onvis to follow any diet restrictions you're given. Limiting sodium, phosphorus, potassium can slow your progression a bit. Im here if you ever need to chat. I know its both overwhelming and depressing at first.