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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Home Dialysis => Topic started by: Whamo on April 20, 2017, 03:10:29 PM
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My old fistula in my left arm is suddenly very painful. I get an x ray on Monday.
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My husband has pain in his fistula too , as well as numbness and no palpable pulse. He hasn't used it for 19 months, got a transplant. The veins just kept getting bigger and bulging. He had a scan , saw a surgeon,who said it had to be fixed, he will have surgery the first of June. The surgery will clean up the vein and close it up .
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:pray; I pray the surgery goes well. My fistula doesn't hurt right now, but I can see similar problems in my future. I hope it doesn't ruin my chances for getting on the transplant list.
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It shouldn't hurt your chances. I don't see why it would... Maybe if you get a really bad infection, but even then you should only be listed as inactive and the time accumulated should still count towards your time on the list. I hope everything works out for you, Whamo!