Doctor giving up on PD too soon?

[Sandysgirl]

I've posted this scenario on another thread but thought I'd try here as well. My Mom is the dialysis patient who was told that she was a great candidate for PD. She got the surgery to implant the catheder. Her first visit of training went great. On the 2nd training day, the nurse couldn't get the fluid to go into her. She called the doctor who said to give it up, it's over. He said that during surgery he saw a lot of fibrin and tried removing some of it. He believes that's the problem now and that there's nothing he can do. But without looking at her to see if that's what it is, he makes this decision over the phone. Does this sound right to anyone?

[The Wife]

This also happened to my partner.  His omentum was blocking the cathetar.  After another surgery, the problem was fixed and he started PD. 

[spacezombie]

That doesn't sound right to me. I've had tons of surgeries, a transplant, and four different PD catheters. One of them didn't work (it became tangled in scar tissue/adhesions) and had to be replaced. But the next tube DID work and I am able to do PD just fine. I wouldn't be so quick to write off PD. :/

[KT0930]

Absolutely get a second opinion! There were a couple of times during my last 15 months on PD when I couldn't get anything to go in, and the nurse couldn't get anything in or out...by the next day, everything was back to normal. At that point I'd had two transplants, one other PD catheter, my tubes tied, and a c-section, and no problems with scar tissue.