First Night On Cycler

[mallory]

LL, I had the same issue with the lights on my cycler.  They were on for a couple of months, then they just went off.  I kept meaning to call Baxter, but I never got around to it.  Then, I went out of town for a couple of days and took my cycler with me.  When I plugged it in at the hotel, the lights came on!  And they've stayed on ever since.  So maybe you could try unplugging it and plugging it back in.  I don't know why, but it worked for me.

[LightLizard]

Thank you both very much, ChickenLittle and Mallory, for your replies.
It's 'Victoria Day' here in Victoria, today, so I won't be able to call the P/D clinic until they are open again, tomorrow.

In the meantime, your replies have given me a boost of assurance.

Thanks again.

love

~LL~

[Ken Shelmerdine]

I was on Fresenius cycler for 9 yrs then suddenly I've been switched to Baxter. I first found it very noisey, and made a few posts to ask for suggestions on how to quiet it down. Some nights it's noisier than others but now I sleep through most of it. It was suggested to me to put a towel underneath the cycler to help deaden the noise, as there's a little vent at the bottom. As long as the vent isn't occluded by the towel then all's fine. Good luck!!

I have posted this little tip before but maybe you've not seen it. There is a way to make the cycler completely silent during dwell time. If you are still awake after the first fill and fluid extraction from the next bag. Press the RED button so that the machine goes in pause mode. After a few seconds the machine will become silent. Then press the GREEN button to switch it back on. It will start up again but the sound from it will  only last a few seconds and then hey presto! it becomes completely silent for the duration of that dwell without affecting the timer or the heater. You have to do it for each dwell but if you're already asleep by the next dwell then it doesn't matter. It was someone on this sight who gave me this info I can't remember who, but that person deserves a medal cos since then I've had decent nights sleep.

[Krowbar]

I've noticed that after the final fill is done and the machine is blinking "End of Therapy", sometimes I can still hear it chugging away for a long time. I've always kept the display facing away from me when lying down so I used to think it was still draining/filling so I'd stay in bed when I had first started. After waiting for a long time for the chugging to stop, I would peek at the display.

Now I don't rely on the noises to guess what it is doing.