sports with fistula?

[Anonymous]

hello, im in my early 20s and i have been getting dialysis through the fistula (located at middle of my left arm) for a little over a month now and things have been going good so far... the dialysis techs tell me that my vein is pretty deep.. now i want to get back to playing sports like basketball and soccer (i feel i need the exercise) but i obviously need to protect my arm. so that takes me to my question... anyone else here with a fistula play sports? if so, what kinda protection do you recommend? thanks in advance!

[Joe Paul]

Here is a related link  http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=1066.0

[Sluff]

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[AlasdairUK]

I play sport with my fistula. I would avoid any contact sport. I have played cricket, baseball, soccer and I almost forgot table tennis.