I start my PD training tomorrow

[MaryD]

Tomorrow is my first day of PD training. 

My stash of stuff arrived on Thursday.  There's nowhere near as much as I was expecting.  I cleared out the small bedroom to get it all fitted in and I think I could still swing several cats in there.   I'm missing the bits of hardware I was expecting but I didn't realise until Saturday by which time it was too late to do anything about it.  It'll all be sorted out tomorrow.

I expect I'll be sorted out tomorrow, too.

I'm surprised how I feel that my catheter has become part of me in the seven weeks since it was put in.  I hardly think of it now, apart from the few minutes it takes to care for it after a shower.

Tomorrow, I hope for nerves of steel and a steady hand - a clear head would be good, too.

[highway61]

Tomorrow is my first day of PD training. 

My stash of stuff arrived on Thursday.  There's nowhere near as much as I was expecting.  I cleared out the small bedroom to get it all fitted in and I think I could still swing several cats in there.   I'm missing the bits of hardware I was expecting but I didn't realise until Saturday by which time it was too late to do anything about it.  It'll all be sorted out tomorrow.

I expect I'll be sorted out tomorrow, too.

I'm surprised how I feel that my catheter has become part of me in the seven weeks since it was put in.  I hardly think of it now, apart from the few minutes it takes to care for it after a shower.

Tomorrow, I hope for nerves of steel and a steady hand - a clear head would be good, too.

Don't worry Mary. I went through the process last week. They go over everything step by step and explain everything clearly. I also asked a lot of questions here, which really helped.

[cassandra]

yeah don't worry, it will all go smashing I'm sure, and I hope you will feel a lot better after that. But good luck all the same and lots of love Cass

[JLM]

I have been doing CAPD since the last of April.  A month after I started with F, I left for WI for 3.5 months and had to go to a B clinic.  My biggest problem I see, is that I usually am a night owl.  One of the reason I am is because my husband has ALZ and when he goes to bed I can unwind from the stress of "dealing: with him.  Now I use the exchange time to "hide" from him, but I have to go back to the behavior he tossed at me.

[billybags]

MaryD, good luck to-morrow, you will be fine.

[Atooraya]

Best of luck. It's easy and I'm sure ull be fine.

[MaryD]

The mind is completely boggled, but I think I'm getting the hang of it.

I didn't even feel the two litres when it was in, but I worked up an awful backache after standing up for a while.

Tomorrow is another day!

[Joe]

Good luck today Mary, I'm sure you will do just fine.

[drgirlfriend]

Sounds like you'll get the hang of it in no time! Good luck!

[MaryD]

Four days into dialysis and I'm flying!

It's much easier than I thought it was going to be.  I'm still going fairly slowly and checking each step.

I feel really good (which is not because of the PD), and I'm OK to eat practically anything - in moderation.  Blood tests next Tuesday.  I'll be interested to see if there is much of a change

[lmunchkin]

 

[Joe]

That is one of the neat things about PD Mary, far fewer restrictions than if you were on Hemo. But all in moderation.

[kporter85db]

I have almost no diet restrictions with the exception of the low sodium and diabetic, which I would be on even if my kidneys worked. PD is great.