I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Introduction => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: noahvale on July 30, 2010, 08:49:26 PM
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I'm so glad you found us. We are always grateful for new members who are willing to take the time to tell us about their experiences; we all have so much to learn from each other, so thank you for taking the time to post. You must have seen a lot in all of your years on dialysis. Gee, since 1978! That's impressive. I'm eager to hear your thoughts on plasmapheresis as you decide on your next step.
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Hi Noah and welcome to IHD. You story is so similar to mine. I started dialysis at age 24 in 1987. My transplant lasted 17 years and I returned to dialysis in 2005 and my antibodies are high since 25 years ago they gave me 5 rapid blood transfusions as part of the transplant work-up. I am really looking forward to your posts and I hope you stick around.
Rerun, Moderator :welcomesign;
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It's great to have you join our community.
And let's hear it for optimal hemodialysis (and no reuse)!
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Welcome! It's always encouraging to hear from "old-timers". What is "reuse"???
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reuse is when dialyzers and needles are cleaned and used a second time, instead of only using them the one time. I don't think it happens much anymore. I remember when I was a kid on dialysis, a girl with me went to Children's Wish and went on a trip to Florida. Her mother had to force the unit she was at to use new needles every time
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You went through and deleted nearly all of your posts?!? That is a shitty thing to do it, undermines the cohesion of the board.
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reuse is when dialyzers and needles are cleaned and used a second time, instead of only using them the one time. I don't think it happens much anymore. I remember when I was a kid on dialysis, a girl with me went to Children's Wish and went on a trip to Florida. Her mother had to force the unit she was at to use new needles every time
Smart move. Re-use didn't work out so well for those Columbians who picked up HIV back in 1991-1993: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00037163.htm
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You went through and deleted nearly all of your posts?!? That is a shitty thing to do it, undermines the cohesion of the board.
I agree. The last person that did that was banned, so they could do no more damage to the forum.
And you were a mod too! It's treason.
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