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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: brmoore on January 23, 2010, 12:49:05 PM

Title: Self cannulation with Graft
Post by: brmoore on January 23, 2010, 12:49:05 PM

     I was wondering if it might be easier to self cannulate if you had a graft rather than a Fistula.
                                                                                                                         Bruce        :thx;

Title: Re: Self cannulation with Graft
Post by: willowtreewren on January 23, 2010, 03:48:43 PM

Bruce, I know there are folks here in IHD who do NxStage who have grafts, I'm replying in order to bump this up. My husband has a fistula, so I'm not qualified to answer.

Best wishes.
Aleta

Title: Re: Self cannulation with Graft
Post by: Malibu on January 23, 2010, 06:42:54 PM

My husband has a graft and he self cannulates.  I don't know if it is easier or not though because he has never tried to do a fistula. 

Title: Re: Self cannulation with Graft
Post by: jbeany on January 23, 2010, 08:35:03 PM

Other than not needing a tourniquet, I don't think so.  It's still an awkward, one-handed process, and the needles aren't any smaller!