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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Home Dialysis => Topic started by: MaryD on December 11, 2011, 03:14:31 AM
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Tomorrow is my first day of PD training.
My stash of stuff arrived on Thursday. There's nowhere near as much as I was expecting. I cleared out the small bedroom to get it all fitted in and I think I could still swing several cats in there. I'm missing the bits of hardware I was expecting but I didn't realise until Saturday by which time it was too late to do anything about it. It'll all be sorted out tomorrow.
I expect I'll be sorted out tomorrow, too.
I'm surprised how I feel that my catheter has become part of me in the seven weeks since it was put in. I hardly think of it now, apart from the few minutes it takes to care for it after a shower.
Tomorrow, I hope for nerves of steel and a steady hand - a clear head would be good, too.
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Tomorrow is my first day of PD training.
My stash of stuff arrived on Thursday. There's nowhere near as much as I was expecting. I cleared out the small bedroom to get it all fitted in and I think I could still swing several cats in there. I'm missing the bits of hardware I was expecting but I didn't realise until Saturday by which time it was too late to do anything about it. It'll all be sorted out tomorrow.
I expect I'll be sorted out tomorrow, too.
I'm surprised how I feel that my catheter has become part of me in the seven weeks since it was put in. I hardly think of it now, apart from the few minutes it takes to care for it after a shower.
Tomorrow, I hope for nerves of steel and a steady hand - a clear head would be good, too.
Don't worry Mary. I went through the process last week. They go over everything step by step and explain everything clearly. I also asked a lot of questions here, which really helped.
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yeah don't worry, it will all go smashing I'm sure, and I hope you will feel a lot better after that. But good luck all the same and lots of love Cass
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I have been doing CAPD since the last of April. A month after I started with F, I left for WI for 3.5 months and had to go to a B clinic. My biggest problem I see, is that I usually am a night owl. One of the reason I am is because my husband has ALZ and when he goes to bed I can unwind from the stress of "dealing: with him. Now I use the exchange time to "hide" from him, but I have to go back to the behavior he tossed at me.
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MaryD, good luck to-morrow, you will be fine.
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Best of luck. It's easy and I'm sure ull be fine.
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The mind is completely boggled, but I think I'm getting the hang of it.
I didn't even feel the two litres when it was in, but I worked up an awful backache after standing up for a while.
Tomorrow is another day!
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Good luck today Mary, I'm sure you will do just fine.
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Sounds like you'll get the hang of it in no time! Good luck!
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Four days into dialysis and I'm flying!
It's much easier than I thought it was going to be. I'm still going fairly slowly and checking each step.
I feel really good (which is not because of the PD), and I'm OK to eat practically anything - in moderation. Blood tests next Tuesday. I'll be interested to see if there is much of a change
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:bandance; :yahoo; :clap; :cheer:
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That is one of the neat things about PD Mary, far fewer restrictions than if you were on Hemo. But all in moderation.
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I have almost no diet restrictions with the exception of the low sodium and diabetic, which I would be on even if my kidneys worked. PD is great.