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« on: July 30, 2011, 07:54:32 PM »
So in speaking with my PD nurse Mandy the other day she inquires, "I wonder who ever thought of PD?" Soooooo that is the question of the day and now please enlighten me with the answer  :2thumbsup;


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« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2011, 08:32:51 PM »
Brief overview:
http://historyofnephrology.blogspot.com/2009/06/unsung-story-of-early-peritoneal.html

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« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2011, 08:01:47 AM »
Thanks so much Dan
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9.22.10: Catheter surgery
9.23.10: Started in center Hemo
10.06.10: Fistula surgery
12.02.10: Started using right upper arm Fistula (15 gauge)
12.30.10: Catheter Removed
07.01.11: Laparoscopic CAPD Catheter insertion
07.29.11: Started CAPD, 2000ml, 4 exchanges (Baxter)
08.15.11: Started filling with 1500ml (instead of 2000ml), 4 exchanges
08.21.11: Back to 2000ml fills, 4 exchanges (3-2.5% & 1-1.5%)
10.12.11: 2000ml fills, 4 exchanges (3 1.5% & 1-2.5% overnight)
11.08.11: Transplant list

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« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2011, 01:03:00 PM »
Here is an interview with Dr. Henry Tenckhoff who speaks to the early years of PD and its development into something that could be widely used
http://www.voiceexpeditions.com/index.php?id=995


There are snippets of the interview available or the entire thing - I read along with the transcript.
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« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2011, 08:07:26 PM »
Yes,  Dr. Henry Tenckhoff.   
" In 1968, the American Henry Tenckhoff developed the catheter named after him."
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« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2011, 02:59:56 PM »
Thank you guys and gals so much..... I was a Hemo EXPERT (at least I thought  :rofl; :2thumbsup;)
and now I will soon be a PD expert as well thanks to you guys!!

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CKD since: 1981
9.22.10: Catheter surgery
9.23.10: Started in center Hemo
10.06.10: Fistula surgery
12.02.10: Started using right upper arm Fistula (15 gauge)
12.30.10: Catheter Removed
07.01.11: Laparoscopic CAPD Catheter insertion
07.29.11: Started CAPD, 2000ml, 4 exchanges (Baxter)
08.15.11: Started filling with 1500ml (instead of 2000ml), 4 exchanges
08.21.11: Back to 2000ml fills, 4 exchanges (3-2.5% & 1-1.5%)
10.12.11: 2000ml fills, 4 exchanges (3 1.5% & 1-2.5% overnight)
11.08.11: Transplant list

Dialysis works for me, I don't work for dialysis!
It's my body, my health!!
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