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« Reply #25 on: March 21, 2009, 07:36:43 AM »
Hey hey hey Dan.  I absolutely KNEW you'd do it and now you'll not want anyone else.  Congrats.  You should be very pleased with yourself.   :2thumbsup;
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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)
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Second trx doing great so far...all lab values in normal ranges
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« Reply #26 on: March 21, 2009, 08:05:05 AM »
 :yahoo; Dan. Congratulations, you should really be proud of yourself.  :cheer:
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« Reply #27 on: March 23, 2009, 07:40:03 PM »
Congratulations!!!!  :cheer: :bandance; reading this thread  makes me see it can be ok to do yourself  When time comes for me   maybe I wont be as scared.  Thanks for showing your courage. thats great.
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« Reply #28 on: March 23, 2009, 07:53:24 PM »
Good for you Dan.  You DA MAN!!!

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« Reply #29 on: March 23, 2009, 09:37:16 PM »
You're right!  Dan is da man, Wenchie!     Way to go Dan!  I'm sure it will just get easier and easier from here on out!   :clap;
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« Reply #30 on: March 23, 2009, 10:27:03 PM »
Well done Dan....not so bad afterall.  I have only just started dialysis and went straight into training for home dialysis.  Hurts a lot less when you do it yourself doesn't it?  I have just become very clincial.  I disassociate my arm from the rest of my body and just do it.  It is all about precision and angle and because I am concentrating on getting it right I don't even feel the needles.  I am already getting territorial about who touches my arm and I never thought that would happen!  I really admire you doing it after such a long time on dialysis.  When you are just starting I think you have to take so much on board you just do it.  I think if I let anyone start doing it for me there is no way I would have done it myself.  Well done!!!
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« Reply #31 on: March 23, 2009, 11:01:43 PM »
 :cheer:   :bandance;   :cheer: 
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« Reply #32 on: March 24, 2009, 10:44:47 AM »
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« Reply #33 on: March 25, 2009, 02:29:11 AM »
 :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
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« Reply #34 on: March 25, 2009, 02:24:00 PM »
Great news!  Now you can support the next person who thinks they can't do it.  Glad it is all going good!
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