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Me licking my kidneys from my birthday kidney cake
« on: April 12, 2011, 01:19:51 PM »
Hello all  : :bandance;

I have FINALLY reached the decision that I am going to do PD  :bow;

I am going to do manual exchanges b/c there are "other things" that I prefer to be doing at night ;-)

Wish me luck & I will def post updates on how I am doing   :cheer:
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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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« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2011, 02:22:22 PM »
Best of luck to you!  PD is really a very good option!

If you have a choice, choose Baxter over Fresenius.  It's just better, in my opinion.

Welcome to the would of PD!
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« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2011, 03:10:28 PM »
Best of luck to you! :yahoo;
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Diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease at age 19.
Renal Failure at age 38 (2010) came about 2 hrs close to dying. Central line put in an emergency.
Began dialysis on Aug 15, 2010.
Creatine @ time of dialysis: 27. I almost died.
History of High Blood Pressure
I have Neuropathy and Plantar Fasciitis in My Feet
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Transplanted in April, 2013. My husband and I participated in the Living Donor paired exchange program. I nicknamed my kidney "April"
Married 18 yrs,  Mom to 3 kids to twin daughters (One that has PKD)  and a high-functioning Autistic son
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« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2011, 05:04:40 PM »
Quote from: WishIKnew on April 12, 2011, 02:22:22 PM
Best of luck to you!  PD is really a very good option!

If you have a choice, choose Baxter over Fresenius.  It's just better, in my opinion.

Welcome to the would of PD!



It is Baxter b/c thats what my unit uses :)
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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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« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2011, 05:51:54 PM »
Good luck to you! I did PD for 6 years. Remember one thing about PD....NO SHORTCUTS. Do it exactly as they teach you.  :cuddle;
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« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2011, 06:13:34 PM »
Quote from: calypso on April 12, 2011, 05:51:54 PM
Good luck to you! I did PD for 6 years. Remember one thing about PD....NO SHORTCUTS. Do it exactly as they teach you.  :cuddle;

Thank  you and thank you to my lil touch of OCD so I don't think that I will have to worry about takin any shortcuts  :)
I really wish that I was doing what you were doing.... it sounds a lot better and no cath hanging out of me.....I know that I have got to get away from in center hemo the sooner the better......... it is running my entire life!!! and I hate it!!!!! no more bikini's for me :( OH well i am gettin older so i guess it don't matter!!

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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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« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2011, 08:54:00 PM »
Quote from: tbarrett2533 on April 12, 2011, 06:13:34 PM
Quote from: calypso on April 12, 2011, 05:51:54 PM
Good luck to you! I did PD for 6 years. Remember one thing about PD....NO SHORTCUTS. Do it exactly as they teach you.  :cuddle;

Thank  you and thank you to my lil touch of OCD so I don't think that I will have to worry about takin any shortcuts  :)
I really wish that I was doing what you were doing.... it sounds a lot better and no cath hanging out of me.....I know that I have got to get away from in center hemo the sooner the better......... it is running my entire life!!! and I hate it!!!!! no more bikini's for me :( OH well i am gettin older so i guess it don't matter!!

PD was pretty good to me while I was on it. Except for that catheter hanging out thee and the peritonitis. I would definitely choose home nocturnal hemo in your shoes if I could too. I've met a couple of patients that do it at my unit and have had kids while on home hemo. I wish you the best try not to let it get you down. Someday you will still be a knockout rockin those bikinis. This is just a bump in the road. You will still get there.
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"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views ... which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.
-Doctor Who, "Face of Evil"

"The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so." - Mark Twain

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -Martin Luther King Jr.
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« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2011, 07:26:23 AM »
Best of luck to you.  I loved my PD.  Wish I could still do it.  :(
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« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2011, 09:37:54 AM »
Good news, Doll! Good luck to you!
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Diagnosed with Alport Syndrome in 2004.
AV fistula surgery June 9th, 2010.
PD Catheter surgery February 7th, 2011.
Began CAPD on February 21st, 2011.
Began CCPD on April 29th, 2011.
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