New Member - J-D of Burlington, Ontario, Canada

[J-D]

Hi everyone!

This is J-D, a new member of this forum. CKD 8 years. According to my doctors, I probably got kidney failure due to pre-eclampisa 9 years ago when I had my first daughter. I will be starting PD soon, scheduled to have a cath inserted tomorrow.  As many of us here, I have  joined the forum so I can "talk" to people who really understand what I am going through as nobody understands you unless they are on the same shoe as yours.

Hope to meet and be friends with everyone of you!

Thanks and talk to you soon.

[monrein]

   to IHD.    I'm from Toronto.  I think you'll find this site very helpful and I wish you luck for tomorrow's cath insertion.

[willowtreewren]

Hi, J-D!

 

I'm glad you found IHD! Not glad that you NEEDED to, though!

Good luck tomorrow.

Aleta

[Cordelia]

Welcome! I'm from SW Ontario, too! Hope you enjoy the site!       

I had pre-eclampsia with all my pregnancies too, I know how you feel   

[J-D]

Thank you for the warm welcome. Just started taking my Go-lytely solution. Tastes awful! Can't imagine drinking all the 4 liters! Anyone who can share how the PD cath insertion goes? Experences please. Thanks!

[Razman]

  Hello from another Canadian (Mississauga) .  Its great that you joined.  This is the best place to talk to others that really understand the situation.  I hope that you will visit often.

[J-D]

Oh, i decided to re-post my question to the other section (pre-dialysis). Since I notice this section is for intro only 

Just adding details on my case:

My creatinine to date is 630 (last week), pottasium, phos, calcium normal, PTH normal, no edema, no nausea. But I am anemic with Hgb 91 m/mmol Still my nephro doc recommended me to start dialysing. So have to do the PD cath insertion tomorrow.

I am supposed to have a transplant but they can't give me a date yet (my husband will be my donor)  because apparently to them I have a "compliance issue". This started when I missed one appointment because the appointment letter had a wrong zip code and therefore I did not receive it. The other was a miscommuication withe my GP because of the varicella vaccine issue. This was what happended. The transplant team sent a letter to my GP for me to have a varicella vaccine shot which they said I needed prior in March 2011. My GP, on the other hand, made varicella vaccine test on me which I did and came back negative. When transplant team followed up with me, I said I am still waiting for GP's orders for the vaccine. Transplant team said they sent my GP a letter saying it is negative therefore I need to have a vaccine. So I went back to my GP asking for vaccine. The GP doesn't have it. No pharmacy has it. And the search for the vaccine went for at least 2 weeks. So to cut the story short I had the vaccine June 25th the first dose and July 25th second dose. Now the transplant team has attributed this whole bruhaha as non-compliance and therefore is not giving any transplant date. Latest update is that they are still waiting for a letter from my GP that I have completed the vaccines. And now while waiting for them to  "re-assess my compliance" my nephro doc will start me on PD. I will get my PD cath tomorrorow.

[lmunchkin]

If I recall, it wasnt that bad when hubby had his put in back in 2004. He is a tough old bird and tolerates pain pretty well.  Especially this pain in the "butt- Me!!".

Seriously though, it was a fairly easy procedure for him.  Everyone is different!

lmunchkin     

P.S. By the way, Welcome!

[Ang]