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Introduction => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: marje on October 21, 2012, 10:03:28 AM

Title: Introduce myself
Post by: marje on October 21, 2012, 10:03:28 AM

Female and live in Ayrshire, Scotland.  Have been on dialysis on and off for approx 24 years.   PD for 7 years overnight at home, Transplant for 13 years, Hemodialysis for over 3 years and now do home nocturnal hemodialysis, originally single needle, double pump but now having a second buttonhole tracked to allow me to use two needles.  I found the single needle double pump on the Gambro machine too noisy, hence about to try the two needles, still on the Gambro machine.

Title: Re: Introduce myself
Post by: Poppylicious on October 21, 2012, 12:37:54 PM

 :welcomesign; Marje, from someone south of Hadrian's Wall!  Lovely to 'meet' you.

Title: Re: Introduce myself
Post by: cassandra on October 21, 2012, 02:15:20 PM

Welcome to the site Marje

take care Cas

Title: Re: Introduce myself
Post by: marje on October 22, 2012, 03:11:24 AM

Thanks guys for welcoming me.  It is good to know there are plenty of us in the same dialysis boat!!!.   Do any of you use Gambro machine and, if so, have you used single needle double pump.    I am trying to retrack so I can use two needles and hopefully the machine will be a bit quieter.   Nocturnal dialysis does make me feel a heck of a lot better and, so far, I am only doing it three nights a week.   

Title: Re: Introduce myself
Post by: RichardMEL on October 23, 2012, 12:07:08 AM

Welcome Marje - it's good to have you with us with your wealth of experience over the years.. and well my family ancestory goes back to Ayrshire(or so I believe) so I'll claim you as one of my own :)

Welcome to our extended family!

RichardMEL, Moderator

Title: Re: Introduce myself
Post by: marje on October 24, 2012, 02:06:46 AM

Thank you Richard for accepting me of one of your own.  I do have a lot of experience on different forms of dialysis and am happy to answer any and all questions.   It is surprising what you learn over the years!.

Title: Re: Introduce myself
Post by: Lillupie on October 24, 2012, 06:30:31 AM

 Welcome Marie,
 One needle? Thats all. That wouldnt be too bad. I never heard of anyone only doing 1 needle.

Lisa

Title: Re: Introduce myself
Post by: Mr. B 123 on October 24, 2012, 10:06:06 AM

Welcome to IHD Marje,  great friends and information here.