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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Home Dialysis => Topic started by: TheHelpfulTroll on October 03, 2009, 08:15:49 AM

Title: Pulling with 800mls still left on PD
Post by: TheHelpfulTroll on October 03, 2009, 08:15:49 AM

Hi
I have a problem where I get pulling on drain with around 800mls of fluid still left....I am NOT constipated.
I have to stand up to finish every drain 5 times a night meaning little if no sleep.
I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this type of thing?

Title: Re: Pulling with 800mls still left on PD
Post by: Jie on October 03, 2009, 11:38:16 AM

You do not need to completely drain it for every fill. I usually have 200 to 700 ml left in a sleep position and I drain it out using manual drain when I get up on the morning.

Title: Re: Pulling with 800mls still left on PD
Post by: KICKSTART on October 03, 2009, 02:55:20 PM

Is it the pulling or the fact you have fluid left in that is bothering you ? If its the 'drain pain' ask for your machine to be set to Tidal and that should stop the pulling. Otherwise if its the amount of fluid left in ..whats your total drain for all night , you should pull off all the fluid from exchanges plus a bit extra with each exchange .

Title: Re: Pulling with 800mls still left on PD
Post by: Hanify on October 04, 2009, 12:36:31 AM

Is your total for the night ok?  That's all I worry about.  I don't care what each individual drain does.  It ranges from -300 to +150 sometimes.  Odd that it's pinching at such an early time though.  Does it feel like the tube might have moved?  That happened to me not long after I started on the cycler.  I had to have another op and pin it back down.

Title: Re: Pulling with 800mls still left on PD
Post by: KICKSTART on October 08, 2009, 02:46:43 PM

Just noticed your are a scouser .. :rofl;

Title: Re: Pulling with 800mls still left on PD
Post by: sico on October 21, 2009, 01:45:23 AM

Quote from: TheHelpfulTroll on October 03, 2009, 08:15:49 AM

I have to stand up to finish every drain 5 times a night meaning little if no sleep.

I know what it's like with the cycler beeping it's head off all night with low drain alarms, my first cath was like that.
You can adjust the minimum drain alarm, I think mines set to 85%. That means 85% of the fill volume has to drain before it will start the next fill.
Easy to accumulate fluid in there though with subsequent cycles. As long as the last drain is good, I have a minimum UF target set at 500ml,
If it doesn't reach that target, it stops at the end of the last drain and waits for me to wake up and restart the drain to get more fluid out before the final fill. Before I set the minimum UF target the machine would give me fluid some nights, not good!