I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
November 27, 2024, 08:44:46 PM

Login with username, password and session length
Search:     Advanced search
532606 Posts in 33561 Topics by 12678 Members
Latest Member: astrobridge
* Home Help Search Login Register
+  I Hate Dialysis Message Board
|-+  Introduction
| |-+  Introduce Yourself
| | |-+  Hello from Canada!		 0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. « previous next »
Pages: [1] Go Down Print
Author Topic: Hello from Canada!  (Read 2256 times)
RenalSurvivorDotCA
Jr. Member
**
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 96


10 Year Survivor
« on: July 25, 2010, 09:23:03 AM »
Hello, fellow survivors! My name is Bill. I am 50 yrs old and have been a renal patient for 8 years now. I was very ill when I was diagnosed with ESRD. I didn't know I was sick, I just thought I was getting badly out of shape for getting short-of-breath while trying to do, well,  anything. After two delirious weeks in ICU and emergency dialysis, my brain function returned and I knew where I was finally. I am on in-center hemodialysis and am beginning training for At-Home Nocturnal Hemo. I will be using a simplified version of the Fresenius 2008K machine.

During my tour of duty I've had two permacath lines, two failed fistulas and one infected graft. I now have a new graft that works very well. Oh, I've been on the transplant list for 2 years now. I count myself lucky that I have the energy to work full-time and still do three 5 hour dialysis sessions a week.

Hope to chat with you all soon.
« Last Edit: July 25, 2010, 09:32:45 AM by RenalSurvivorDotCA » Logged
Your life IS worth living. Fight for it!
Riki
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 3408


WWW
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2010, 01:54:26 PM »
Welcome fellow Canadian.. *G*
Logged
Dialysis - Feb 1991-Oct 1992
transplant - Oct 1, 1992- Apr 2001
dialysis - April 2001-May 2001
transplant - May 22, 2001- May 2004
dialysis - May 2004-present
PD - May 2004-Dec 2008
HD - Dec 2008-present
Dianejt
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 413
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2010, 02:58:51 PM »
Hi Bill,    :welcomesign; to IHD
Logged
caregiver to husband Frank

bladder cancer 1994
renal failure April 2009 due to blocked right ureter. Left kidney 20% function
November 18 2009 surgery to remove right ureter.
April 3, 2010 removal bladder, prostrate, left kidney.
June 11, 2010 started Hemo @ hospital
July 2, 2010 Embolized right Kidney due to hemoraging of tumor
September 11, 2010 RIP my love
galvo
Member for Life
******
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 7252
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2010, 04:27:23 PM »
G'day, Bill, and :welcomesign;.
Logged
Galvo
Rerun
Member for Life
******
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 12242


Going through life tied to a chair!
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2010, 06:06:06 PM »
Hi Bill, I'm so glad you found us.  I think you will like IHD.  You can come here and ask questions and get real answers.  With your experience you will be a great asset.

Hope to hear from you soon.            :welcomesign;

Rerun, Moderator 
Logged
RenalSurvivorDotCA
Jr. Member
**
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 96


10 Year Survivor
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2010, 06:56:35 PM »
Thanks for the welcome, Folks. Glad to be here.  :beer1;

Riki, where in Canada are you? I'm in New Brunswick.
Logged
Your life IS worth living. Fight for it!
Riki
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 3408


WWW
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2010, 06:59:47 PM »
We're neighbors. *LOL*  I'm on PEI
Logged
Dialysis - Feb 1991-Oct 1992
transplant - Oct 1, 1992- Apr 2001
dialysis - April 2001-May 2001
transplant - May 22, 2001- May 2004
dialysis - May 2004-present
PD - May 2004-Dec 2008
HD - Dec 2008-present
jg
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 40
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2010, 07:02:24 PM »
Hi Bill:

I'm Jeff. I am in  my early 50s, living in Calgary. Had kidney failure 4 years ago.
Now on home hemo with the Bellco machine using a fistula.
Had previous problems with hemo using a catheter and pd.
Had a fistula in March and started hemo training in May.
Having a big problem with one of my buttonholes in the upper arm.
When I or the nurses put the needle in, my arm spasms causing the tunnel to move and often to collapse.
I am going to start a post about this in the home hemo page.
You sound like you have had many problems too with dialysis.
Feel free to reply.

jg        :canadaflag;
Logged
Zach
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 4820


"Still crazy after all these years."
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2010, 10:56:27 AM »
Glad to have you here!
 :beer1;
Logged
Uninterrupted in-center (self-care) hemodialysis since 1982 -- 34 YEARS on March 3, 2016 !!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No transplant.  Not yet, anyway.  Only decided to be listed on 11/9/06. Inactive at the moment.  ;)
I make films.

Just the facts: 70.0 kgs. (about 154 lbs.)
Treatment: Tue-Thur-Sat   5.5 hours, 2x/wk, 6 hours, 1x/wk
Dialysate flow (Qd)=600;  Blood pump speed(Qb)=315
Fresenius Optiflux-180 filter--without reuse
Fresenius 2008T dialysis machine
My KDOQI Nutrition (+/ -):  2,450 Calories, 84 grams Protein/day.

"Living a life, not an apology."
looneytunes
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 2071


Wishin' I was Fishin'
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2010, 05:17:18 AM »
Hi Bill and welcome!   :welcomesign;
Logged
"The key to being patient is having something to do in the meantime" AU
Razman
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 455
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2010, 04:36:52 PM »
  Welcome aboard from another Canadian.   :canadaflag;   I've been a member since  2006  and  at that time the doctor said that I would soon be on
 die-alysis but  I'm  still hanging in .   It's  great that you joined and please stay in touch. 
Logged
monrein
Member for Life
******
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 8323


Might as well smile
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2010, 06:40:35 PM »
Hi Bill and  :welcomesign; to IHD.  I'm in Toronto.   :canadaflag;
Logged
Pyelonephritis (began at 8 mos old)
Home haemo 1980-1985 (self-cannulated with 15 gauge sharps)
Cadaveric transplant 1985
New upper-arm fistula April 2008
Uldall-Cook catheter inserted May 2008
Haemo-dialysis, self care unit June 2008
(2 1/2 hours X 5 weekly)
Self-cannulated, 15 gauge blunts, buttonholes.
Living donor transplant (sister-in law Kathy) Feb. 2009
First failed kidney transplant removed Apr.  2009
Second trx doing great so far...all lab values in normal ranges
RenalSurvivorDotCA
Jr. Member
**
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 96


10 Year Survivor
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2010, 08:32:57 PM »
Thanks, Everybody!. Wow, quite a few fellow Canucks here, I see.

Lots of varied experience here on this board. Hopefully I can be a productive member of your group. Hope to chat with you all.

Bill
Logged
Your life IS worth living. Fight for it!
Pages: [1] Go Up Print 
« previous next »
 
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP SMF 2.0.17 | SMF © 2019, Simple Machines | Terms and Policies Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!