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« on: May 16, 2009, 07:14:50 AM »
Has anyone changed from CAPD to the cycler and it not worked for them ? If it didnt do you know why and in what way it didnt work?
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« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2009, 01:04:12 PM »
I changed from CAPd to the cycler at the end of January. I much prefer it, but my latest Kt/V came
back low and now I am forced to do one midday exchange. This defeats the freedom a patient has
with the cycler. I hope I can go back to cycler only.
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« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2009, 01:31:52 PM »
Oh i love it but my results are coming back crap! (no im not a newbie to dialysis, just to the cycler) Anyway they have upped my exchanges and thrown in a couple of daytime ones for good measure , so fingers crossed !
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« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2009, 06:54:21 PM »
I changed from CAPD to the cycler cos I wasn't getting enough dialysis manually.  I still had to do one exchange during the day.  I hated it at first, but soon got used to it.  I had a few problems with griping at the beginning, but that went away (or I got used to it).  Now I wouldn't change back to manual, and infact am changing soon so that I don't even have to do the echange during the day.  Yahoo.  Even better.
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Diagnosed Nov 2007 with Multiple Myeloma.
By Jan 2008 was in end stage renal failure and on haemodialysis.
Changed to CAPD in April 2008.  Now on PD with a cycler.  Working very part time - teaching music.  Love it.  Husband is Paul (we're both 46), daughter Molly is 13.
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« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2009, 06:55:41 PM »
But I meant to say, I did know a person who tried the cycler, but continually got dehydrated, so they stopped him using it and went back to manual.  He had other health issues though, so I don't think it was the cyclers fault.
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Diagnosed Nov 2007 with Multiple Myeloma.
By Jan 2008 was in end stage renal failure and on haemodialysis.
Changed to CAPD in April 2008.  Now on PD with a cycler.  Working very part time - teaching music.  Love it.  Husband is Paul (we're both 46), daughter Molly is 13.
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