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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: brmoore on November 25, 2009, 04:59:49 PM

Title: Upper arm self cannulation
Post by: brmoore on November 25, 2009, 04:59:49 PM

    Does having your Fistula or Graft in upper arm make it more difficult to perform self-cannulation ? For those of you
that had fear of needles, how did you  overcome those fears - any tricks ?

Title: Re: Upper arm self cannulation
Post by: Rerun on November 25, 2009, 05:00:55 PM

Yeah, let me know because I still look away and bite my finger.


                                 :shy;

Title: Re: Upper arm self cannulation
Post by: Wallyz on November 27, 2009, 10:59:15 PM

Quote from: brmoore on November 25, 2009, 04:59:49 PM

    Does having your Fistula or Graft in upper arm make it more difficult to perform self-cannulation ? For those of you
that had fear of needles, how did you  overcome those fears - any tricks ?

I know a lady who was deathly afraid of needles, but who wanted to dialyze at home. She saw a hypnotherapist to help her with her panic about needles.  It worked for her.

Title: Re: Upper arm self cannulation
Post by: brmoore on November 28, 2009, 08:43:24 AM

  I was thinking of trying to learn self-hypnotism.