Haemodialysis Sessions

[babi68]

well things have changed for me now. I now do 8 hours at least every second day.The first week home on nocturnal I did 48 hours and I felt fantastic. Got a little excited with fluid and overloaded, so I needed to do it.  Settled down a bit now, so every second day is enough. Liz

[pdpatty]

3.5 hrs. mon,wed, fri.  Feeling great on this.
Some at center do 3 and a few do 4.

[kitkatz]

I have changed centers as of yesterday. I am now with an FMC center on Hospitlaity Lane in San Bernardino.  They do NOT have cable TV. WAAAH! Oh well they do have a DVD player for movies to be played.  I am sitting by a friend of mine int he center so I am not too lonely now.  I needed to see doctors who were Kaiser related and let them know what is going on mor eoften. At RAI I saw my nephrologist every 6 to 12 months. Not good enough in my book.

[goofynina]

I hope things keep going well for you at the new center Kit and you are able to see your neph a little more often than you were, that is just crazy, CRAZY I SAID 

[tubes]

When i first started hemo 2 yrs ago i was running 31/2 hours. Then i was dropped to 3 hr 15 min, now ive been at 3 hrs for about a yr...give or take a few months.  I kinda want to go back to my 31/2 hours, my blood pressure has been out of control for about 5 months now.  Just cant get it down.  I usually put on about 1.5 kilos between treatments and thats over the weekends too.

We have this new girl now for the past 2 months.  She is only here for a yr, her hubby was transferred out to kansas for work from texas.  She is about 30 and is trying to get a transplant....which wont happen.  She calls in almost every monday and is always being taken off early.  I dont know what her deal is but she wont last long if she keeps this up.  Its sad seeing her do this.  But i guess back in texas she was doing home hemo and she is not use to in center hemo.  Still, its not an excuse, you need to do what you need to do.  So she dialyzes maybe 4  hours a week, maybe a little more depending if she comes in on monday.
Sad, very sad..........

[okarol]

When i first started hemo 2 yrs ago i was running 31/2 hours. Then i was dropped to 3 hr 15 min, now ive been at 3 hrs for about a yr...give or take a few months.  I kinda want to go back to my 31/2 hours, my blood pressure has been out of control for about 5 months now.  Just cant get it down.  I usually put on about 1.5 kilos between treatments and thats over the weekends too.

We have this new girl now for the past 2 months.  She is only here for a yr, her hubby was transferred out to kansas for work from texas.  She is about 30 and is trying to get a transplant....which wont happen.  She calls in almost every monday and is always being taken off early.  I dont know what her deal is but she wont last long if she keeps this up.  Its sad seeing her do this.  But i guess back in texas she was doing home hemo and she is not use to in center hemo.  Still, its not an excuse, you need to do what you need to do.  So she dialyzes maybe 4  hours a week, maybe a little more depending if she comes in on monday.
Sad, very sad..........

Robert, What BP meds are you on?

[tubes]

norvasc and atenalol (misspelled) Karol......

[okarol]

Jenna is also on Norvasc. They had considered changing her to the ace inhibitor Zestril, but so far the Norvasc seems to be good with the new kidney.
What has your doctor said about the BP levels being so high.

NORVASC® (amlodipine besylate) helps control high blood pressure for a full 24 hours. And it can be used to treat the chest pain of angina. NORVASC works to relax your blood vessels, allowing blood to flow more easily through them. The end result is lower blood pressure and less angina.

Atenolol is in a group of drugs called beta-blockers. Beta-blockers affect the heart and circulation (blood flow through arteries and veins).
Atenolol is used to treat angina (chest pain) and hypertension (high blood pressure). It is also used to treat or prevent heart attack.

Seems like a lot of meds?

[tubes]

Jenna is also on Norvasc. They had considered changing her to the ace inhibitor Zestril, but so far the Norvasc seems to be good with the new kidney.
What has your doctor said about the BP levels being so high.

NORVASC® (amlodipine besylate) helps control high blood pressure for a full 24 hours. And it can be used to treat the chest pain of angina. NORVASC works to relax your blood vessels, allowing blood to flow more easily through them. The end result is lower blood pressure and less angina.

Atenolol is in a group of drugs called beta-blockers. Beta-blockers affect the heart and circulation (blood flow through arteries and veins).
Atenolol is used to treat angina (chest pain) and hypertension (high blood pressure). It is also used to treat or prevent heart attack.

Seems like a lot of meds?

Sorry Karol, it wasnt atenolol. I havent been on that in a long time. The other is enalapril, or something like that.  Noone has ever said anything about it, even though I mention it all the damn time.  It seems any prob I mention goes in one ear and out the other.  My neph has never said any thing either.  So I dont know. 
Thanks for the info.

RobertO