I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
November 25, 2024, 02:45:03 PM

Login with username, password and session length
Search:     Advanced search
532606 Posts in 33561 Topics by 12678 Members
Latest Member: astrobridge
* Home Help Search Login Register
+  I Hate Dialysis Message Board
|-+  Dialysis Discussion
| |-+  Dialysis: Home Dialysis
| | |-+  Started PD on 9/16/13
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. « previous next »
Pages: [1] Go Down Print
Author Topic: Started PD on 9/16/13  (Read 2436 times)
Sydnee
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 290

WWW
« on: September 18, 2013, 09:12:00 PM »

Been coming here for a while, Ed started PD in August of 12' and I went through training with him then.

But we got a new (I mean NEW) PD nurse so I have to go through 5 days of training. I am her first solo trainee. I hate being practice!

There is not a thing she told me that I didn't already know from here or Ed's training.

She admitted I knew everything she does. and I do the exchange "perfectly" but still she doesn't want me to do exchanges at home until Friday after she signs off. So, so far I have gotten 4 exchanges and needless to say I'm not feeling any better yet. 
Logged

After a hard fight to not start I started dialysis 9/13
started on PD
hoping for home hemo starting to build a fistula 1/14
cause PKD diagnosed age 14

Wife to Ed (who started dialysis 1/12 and got his kidney 10/13)
Mother to Gehlan 18, Alison 16, Jonathan 12, and Evalynn 7. All still at home.
www.donate2benefit.webs.com
JLM
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 297


« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2013, 08:08:49 AM »

Just pretend that SHE is the trainee - work with her, she'll be glad she had the training.     :clap; :clap; :clap;
Logged

I'm just where God wants me to be, not one step ahead nor one step behind.
Deanne
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 1841


« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2013, 10:35:35 AM »

I'd be frustrated, too! My nurse told me I shouldn't expect to feel better for a month or two, but I thought I felt differently after just a couple of days, and my neph told me I look healthier after about two weeks. My nurse also had me doing manual exchanges at home on day 2 of training and using the cycler at home on day 4. It sounds like you'll have your hands full training yours! It's just one week, right? You can do anything for one week, right?
Logged

Deanne

1972: Diagnosed with "chronic kidney disease" (no specific diagnosis)
1994: Diagnosed with FSGS
September 2011: On transplant list with 15 - 20% function
September 2013: ~7% function. Started PD dialysis
February 11, 2014: Transplant from deceased donor. Creatinine 0.57 on 2/13/2014
Pages: [1] Go Up Print 
« previous next »
 

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP SMF 2.0.17 | SMF © 2019, Simple Machines | Terms and Policies Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!