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Northfox
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« on: March 20, 2018, 09:48:44 AM »
Hi, I just started dialysis this year using the PD at home method.
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2018, 10:13:47 AM »
Welcome to the site Northfox


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How are you doing?


Take care, Cas
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I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left

1983 high proteinloss in urine, chemo, stroke,coma, dialysis
1984 double nephrectomy
1985 transplant from dad
1998 lost dads kidney, start PD
2003 peritineum burst, back to hemo
2012 start Nxstage home hemo
2020 start Gambro AK96

       still on waitinglist, still ok I think
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2018, 01:58:08 PM »
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Hello Northfox, welcome to the site.
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Whoever said "God does not make mistakes" has obviously never seen the complete bog up he made of my kidneys!
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« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2018, 01:59:14 PM »
Hi Northfox!

Welcome to IHD!  We are always glad to have a new member join us.

Can I ask what led you to our site and how long have you been struggling with your kidneys before starting PD?

I started PD before I became 'kidney sick'.  My kidneys were still about 20% function but my legs had been soo swollen fat that they had been leaking most of the day, soaking my socks and shoes, creating those huge sores on my shins that kept getting infected no matter how well I cleaned and bandaged them, landing my bottom in the hospital up to 2 weeks at a time.

PD removed all of that water within the first week.  My legs haven't been leaking, or swollen since.  AMAZING improvement!

Stay extremely careful making every connection as I failed after 3 1/2 years, ended up with an infection that caused my cath to be removed and switched to Hemo.  Don't make my same mistake.

Take Care,

Charlie B53
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« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2018, 03:29:55 PM »
Welcome.   If PD fails for you, there is life with hemo, but PD is a far better lifestyle.   Be more paranoid about germs that both Howards (Hughes and Mandel) combined, and I wish you the best of luck.
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