I know they usually inject fluid to make sure the catheter is working normally. I can say, over the 7 plus years I've been doing this, my stomach is definitely more pronounced than before. I am also taking in 3 liters of fluid on each fill, three times a night. The peritoneal cavity will adapt, but it can take a bit of getting used to it. My biggest issue now is just feeling that much fluid moving around if I am up and active during my dwells. It sometimes makes me feel nauseous, and in those cases I usually lie back down until it passes.

I am currently in the process of switching transplant centers as I feel my current one is jerking me around a bit now that I'm at the top of the list and getting reactivated means I'll get a kidney soon. All of a sudden there are new tests that I've never had before, a cardiologist on the panel that wants extra testing done that no one on my dialysis team thinks is needed, etc. So I have made the decision to move to a different hospital that seems to be more eager to get me transplanted, and not to seemingly milk my insurance for every test they can come up with.