Haemodialysis Sessions

[Chicken Little]

I'm 3 hours, 3 times a week.  I still pee though.

[charee]

I'm in my 4th week and are up to 5.5 hours 4 times aweek by the time i go home (i'm training for home hemo) i will  do 8 hours 4 times a week. Since i have started i have been able to stop caltrate and i only have a blood pressure meds every 2nd day and so far i am able to eat what i want.

[susie q]

Four.... lllooooooonnnngggg hours.   

[Ang]

3*4hours,seems  like  it  never  ends  somedays

[Adam_W]

I have the "one size fits all" time of four hours, three times a week. When I start with NxStage, I will run 2 to 3 hours six days a week.

Adam

[tamara]

Every Second Night during my sleep for 8 hours.

[babi68]

I do 5 hours Mon, Wed, Fri, but am starting night dialysis soon and will be the same as Tamara. Liz

[Amanda From OZ]

I make sure i do 25 hours within the 7 days.... !! between 6 - 8 hours a session.

[brenda]

I run 3.5 hours 3 x a week. When I go on nocturnal, I will be running a min of 6 hours a night, 6 night's a week.

[stauffenberg]

Since normal, in-center hemodialysis of 4 hours, three times a week only replaces 10% of normal renal function, it is best to go for as much dialysis time as you can tolerate, since much of the rapid aging and physical deterioration of renal patients is a function of their not being as fully dialyzed as they would have been with two natural kidneys.

[pierrat]

I'm on for 3 1/2 hours, I'm scheduled to go 3 times a week but I usually call in one session a week so on average I only go twice a week. I still have some decent kidney function remaining. My stats, even with 3 1/2 twice a week have been perfect for the last 4 months since ive been doing it. Meaning all my lab results are within normal parameters. I don't know how long this will last but hope I can continue like this for some time to come.

Oh and I've been on hemo for about a year now, with a fistula access.

[keefer51]

i am on for four hours three times a week. One time they put in The wrong time and i had to stay another hour. I didn't feel any different.

[ILOVEFLUID]

Before i started home hemo, I was on 4 sessions a week...3 of them were 4.5 hrs and one of them was 3 hrs.  Made for a hell of a lot of time at the hospital.

[bolta72]

closing in on 1 year on hemo, 3 1/2 hrs 3 days a week, getting use to it I guess, some days are better than others.

[mdorn]

I've been doing 3x3.5hrs for almost 3 years now. My clinic doesn't use the URR mearsurement, only KT/V, which mine is around 1.50 (minimum they want is 1.4) my dry weight is 87kilos. The only people that run for 4 hrs or more are very overweight people. I think I would go crazy running 5+ hours every time!! Also, my clinic doesn't have nocturnal dialysis.

Marv

[charee]

. The only people that run for 4 hrs or more are very overweight people.
Marv

At my centre I have been told even if someone is 70kg they still need at least 6 hours to clear ALL the toxins properly.

[kianhu]

A majority of our patients run 4 hours.  A few run more and a few run less. 

[karsts]

7 - 8 hours for me as I'm on noctural home hemo every other day.

[RichardMEL]

I run 5 hours and yeah it's a real pain when people come in AFTER me and waltz out before I'm done like there's one patient who does 3.5 hours and she complains it's so long!! HA!! I get the usual "it's better for you to do more and you should be glad you're healthy enough to cope with the longer session" - which I do understand but it doesn't help when I'm the last one there feeling very lonely!

[kitkatz]

I turn out the lights when I am in the center almost every time.  Wednesday I had a bleedy needle all treatment, and would't you know it.  The darn thing sprang up and bled just as i was up to go.  I was there until almost 8 last night. Late night for me.

[Bajanne]

It has been a bit strange recently (but good strange!).  I am going in with about 4 kg to take off.  Before when I took of that much, I had cramps, headache, low BP, everything.   Now, I do get low blood pressure - I even went down to  77/40 on Wednesday, but I have had no cramps, and I come off feeling good.   On Wednesday, I ran down the steps to the car!  Is my body getting accustomed to dialysis?

[goofynina]

It has been a bit strange recently (but good strange!).  I am going in with about 4 kg to take off.  Before when I took of that much, I had cramps, headache, low BP, everything.   Now, I do get low blood pressure - I even went down to  77/40 on Wednesday, but I have had no cramps, and I come off feeling good.   On Wednesday, I ran down the steps to the car!  Is my body getting accustomed to dialysis?

Hi Aurora    It sounds like perhaps you have lost some dry weight and they are actually able to remove the fluid with no problems, they can probably take off a little more (but i wouldnt try it unless your ready for the cramping and the crashing)    But that is what i am thinking, and as far as being able to run down the steps, that is AWESOME, i cant even run to the damn toilet   Keep up the great work my friend 

[Adam_W]

When I was in-centre, I ran the "standerd" 4X3 (four hours/three days/weed). Now I usually run 2 to 2 1/2 hours (depending on how much fluid I need to take off) six days a week.

Adam

[goofynina]

When I was in-centre, I ran the "standerd" 4X3 (four hours/three days/weed). Now I usually run 2 to 2 1/2 hours (depending on how much fluid I need to take off) six days a week.

Adam

Adam, are your fluid restrictions the same with NxStage as it is on Hemo?  or do you feel like you can more fluids since you are dialyzing daily?? 

[Adam_W]

I still have to go easy on the fluids, especially on my day off, but I don't have near the restrictions that I had before. Except for my day off, I can drink a fairly decent amount of fluids and still almost never have to take off more than a kilo.

Adam