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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Home Dialysis => Topic started by: tbarrett2533 on April 12, 2011, 01:19:51 PM

Title: Look out PD here I come!
Post by: tbarrett2533 on April 12, 2011, 01:19:51 PM

Hello all  : :bandance;

I have FINALLY reached the decision that I am going to do PD  :bow;

I am going to do manual exchanges b/c there are "other things" that I prefer to be doing at night ;-)

Wish me luck & I will def post updates on how I am doing   :cheer:

Title: Re: Look out PD here I come!
Post by: WishIKnew on April 12, 2011, 02:22:22 PM

Best of luck to you!  PD is really a very good option!

If you have a choice, choose Baxter over Fresenius.  It's just better, in my opinion.

Welcome to the would of PD!

Title: Re: Look out PD here I come!
Post by: Cordelia on April 12, 2011, 03:10:28 PM

Best of luck to you! :yahoo;

Title: Re: Look out PD here I come!
Post by: tbarrett2533 on April 12, 2011, 05:04:40 PM

Quote from: WishIKnew on April 12, 2011, 02:22:22 PM

Best of luck to you!  PD is really a very good option!

If you have a choice, choose Baxter over Fresenius.  It's just better, in my opinion.

Welcome to the would of PD!

It is Baxter b/c thats what my unit uses :)

Title: Re: Look out PD here I come!
Post by: calypso on April 12, 2011, 05:51:54 PM

Good luck to you! I did PD for 6 years. Remember one thing about PD....NO SHORTCUTS. Do it exactly as they teach you.  :cuddle;

Title: Re: Look out PD here I come!
Post by: tbarrett2533 on April 12, 2011, 06:13:34 PM

Quote from: calypso on April 12, 2011, 05:51:54 PM

Good luck to you! I did PD for 6 years. Remember one thing about PD....NO SHORTCUTS. Do it exactly as they teach you.  :cuddle;

Thank  you and thank you to my lil touch of OCD so I don't think that I will have to worry about takin any shortcuts  :)
I really wish that I was doing what you were doing.... it sounds a lot better and no cath hanging out of me.....I know that I have got to get away from in center hemo the sooner the better......... it is running my entire life!!! and I hate it!!!!! no more bikini's for me :( OH well i am gettin older so i guess it don't matter!!

Title: Re: Look out PD here I come!
Post by: calypso on April 12, 2011, 08:54:00 PM

Quote from: tbarrett2533 on April 12, 2011, 06:13:34 PM

Quote from: calypso on April 12, 2011, 05:51:54 PM

Good luck to you! I did PD for 6 years. Remember one thing about PD....NO SHORTCUTS. Do it exactly as they teach you.  :cuddle;

Thank  you and thank you to my lil touch of OCD so I don't think that I will have to worry about takin any shortcuts  :)
I really wish that I was doing what you were doing.... it sounds a lot better and no cath hanging out of me.....I know that I have got to get away from in center hemo the sooner the better......... it is running my entire life!!! and I hate it!!!!! no more bikini's for me :( OH well i am gettin older so i guess it don't matter!!

PD was pretty good to me while I was on it. Except for that catheter hanging out thee and the peritonitis. I would definitely choose home nocturnal hemo in your shoes if I could too. I've met a couple of patients that do it at my unit and have had kids while on home hemo. I wish you the best try not to let it get you down. Someday you will still be a knockout rockin those bikinis. This is just a bump in the road. You will still get there.

Title: Re: Look out PD here I come!
Post by: peleroja on April 13, 2011, 07:26:23 AM

Best of luck to you.  I loved my PD.  Wish I could still do it.  :(

Title: Re: Look out PD here I come!
Post by: HouseOfDialysis on April 20, 2011, 09:37:54 AM

Good news, Doll! Good luck to you!