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« on: October 27, 2008, 02:53:10 PM » |
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Well, after a week on CAPD I discovered why PD was invented. It's to show men what pregnancy is like!
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"Getting and spending we lay waste our powers"
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« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2008, 02:55:37 PM » |
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I guess there is justice in dialysis!  |
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« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2008, 03:07:18 PM » |
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 But if men really had to get pregnant, I'm convinced the world's population would drop dramatically and the choices of types of birth control would soar.
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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)
Self-cannulated, 15 gauge blunts, buttonholes.
Living donor transplant (sister-in law Kathy) Feb. 2009
First failed kidney transplant removed Apr. 2009
Second trx doing great so far...all lab values in normal ranges
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Ken Shelmerdine
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« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2008, 04:50:51 PM » |
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As long as I don't get to experience what the conception was like! |
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Ken
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« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2008, 11:21:23 AM » |
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Actually as far as i know it was 'invented for soldiers ' in the field as a quick way of giving dialysis when they got injured !
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OH NO!!! I have Furniture Disease as well ! My chest has dropped into my drawers !
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« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2008, 02:24:06 PM » |
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Well now that I'm past my third week of manual PD my skin has apparently stretched and I no longer
feel pregnant. It feels like I did before hemo. My first month on hemo I lost 20+ pounds. I can do
the full 3 liters and barely feel it. My PET test is next week so maybe I can start cycler training.
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"I yam what I yam what I yam." Popeye's immortal words.
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Ken Shelmerdine
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« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2008, 03:59:55 PM » |
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Steve hope your pet test turns out good. Keep us posted.  |
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« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2008, 03:02:31 PM » |
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Ken: I won't know the PET results until my next month's clinic. However the PD nurse trainer seemed to indicate I would be
good to go on the cycler. Only problem it will be January before any training can start. So it looks like manual exchanges for
a while.
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"I yam what I yam what I yam." Popeye's immortal words.
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« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2008, 10:45:09 AM » |
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Wells folks, I started this topic as a bit of fun while I suffered through my first week of PD since I was started on
3 liters and felt HUGE. It's now a serious topic, but that's fine with me. I took a look at Bill's picture of a PD belt.
It looks like there are pouches for various exchanges, but how is it powered? I'd wear one of them. I couldn't look
much fatter than I do now.
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"I yam what I yam what I yam." Popeye's immortal words.
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Bill Peckham
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« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2008, 02:50:05 PM » |
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Wells folks, I started this topic as a bit of fun while I suffered through my first week of PD since I was started on
3 liters and felt HUGE. It's now a serious topic, but that's fine with me. I took a look at Bill's picture of a PD belt.
It looks like there are pouches for various exchanges, but how is it powered? I'd wear one of them. I couldn't look
much fatter than I do now.
The way I understand it is that the fluid is cycled through the different stages of the belt, different modules, where the PD fluid is cleansed through sorbent technology (this is what FMC bought when they bought Renal Solutions). So maybe you'd be able to carry less fluid because the fluid was constantly being cleaned/recycled. One of those little pouches is the battery/pump module. |
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