I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Pre-Dialysis => Topic started by: woodsman on October 01, 2010, 04:08:23 PM
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I have to go in next week coming up for bloodwork and then to Dr. Javed. he will thn tell me if it is time to get the fistula installed. i have to tell you all i have been fearing this visit for 20+ years and i and still weighing my options. 1: deal with all the needles,hospitals,drs. nurses and hope for the best. 2; hope one of my donors are approved soon. 3: let the cards fall where they may and just live until i can't anymore... decisions decisions, my wife is a nurse and all the horror stories over the years make me not want to go near a hospital but she also had some great stories.... IDK i guess i'll have to wait and find out oct 5th........ :puke;
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Jim, I hope it all goes well for you. We're in your corner rooting for you. :boxing;
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All I can say is that getting the fistula and undergoing dialysis has proved to be nowhere near as bad as the fear of undergoing the procedures. Good luck.
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Woodsman, are you my clone? I could have written this post. I just had an appt with my neph yesterday, and for the whole week before, I had a constant stomach ache.
Earlier this year, the appt finally came where I was told I needed to get a fistula. I left the office, got in my car and cried. The day I got my fistula was one of the worst days in my whole life, and I told that to everyone in the hospital who would listen to me. I cried so much that they finally just put me to sleep to shut me up. I'm not embarrassed and I won't apologize for that. But I will admit that after the surgery was over, I felt such relief that I had survived the realization of one of my worst mightmares. I was relieved to know that when the time comes, I'm ready for D..no faffing about with catheters. I now have the world's most fabulous fistula (or so my surgeon claims!).
The waiting really is so horrible; I do feel for you. I know exactly how you are feeling, and I hope the time goes by quickly. Perhaps you will be told you don't need the surgery just quite yet. Do please let us know.
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The waiting is the absolute worst.
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i already accepted the fact that sooner or later my mom will be on D. it somehow relieved me of my worries.
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I go in the am to give blood then they now moved my appointment to next Monday >:( I am a bit worried and i am never a person to worry much. I am at the end of my rope so to speak and the waiting now is worse than anything i have experienced to date in my 54 years... IJDK seems to me that they like to make us suffer needlessly. I am glad my wife is here to guide me and keep me strong without her i'd have hung it up sometime ago...