New to dialysis not going well

[RichardMEL]

Dinks - glad your session went well - how about ones since?

And what a FINISH to that test match?! I stayed up till > 2am to watch it. It was absolutely thrilling and down to the wire stuff for the aussies, but we got there!! WOOHOOO!

[chook]

G'day dinks, great to read your story and see that things are looking up. Hang in there!

[Ang]

 

[billybags]

  Dinks

[dinks]

Dinks - glad your session went well - how about ones since?

And what a FINISH to that test match?! I stayed up till > 2am to watch it. It was absolutely thrilling and down to the wire stuff for the aussies, but we got there!! WOOHOOO!

Hey Richard, was thinking of you as I ended up watching the last of the test match at the Renal Unit.  It was a great exciting ending.   

PS everyone.  They tried the fistula again yesterday and all went well, ten more times with no problems and the permcath comes out. 

[amanda100wilson]

Low BP does make you feel really tired.  When I decided to switch to home HD, I had been having some terrible problems with my BP often walking around with it at about 70/50 - i felt like death warmed up.  I was so puffed up, and I kept telling the docs. That I had too much fluid on board.  Turns ou the I did as I lost 20lbs in weight rapidly after starting HD, it was just trapped in my tissues, but my circulation was hypovolaemic.  On acouple of occasions, I had to go to the ER andget an infusion of saline.  Have you the option of switching to home HD?  You will determine howmuch you should take off, to the point that if you feel that you shouldn't take any off but just clean the blood then you can do so, basing this on what your BP is on that day and whether you are showing signs of carrying too much fluid or not.  It is a juggling act but you definately have more control over it.  I am doing short daily home HD.  It'smuch more gentle on your body, and even if you do drop your BP, you don'thave that journey home to contend with.