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Introduction => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: kayzee on October 23, 2005, 12:32:43 PM

Title: Hi.I'm Kay and new to this board
Post by: kayzee on October 23, 2005, 12:32:43 PM

Hi all,
Have been on PD since 3/2005.
Just had my first bout with peritonitis.  Wasn't as bad as I had been led to believe, and with one dose of the antibiotics that I was given when I started PD, it was all over.
I did go to the ER and they kept me overnight, but that was mainly cause my husband was out of town and I didn't want to take a chance on driving with all the pain meds in me.

Title: Re: Hi.I'm Kay and new to this board
Post by: Epoman on October 23, 2005, 08:45:51 PM

Hello Kay and welcome to the board. Free feel to vent your frustrations as often as you wish that is what is site is here for.  ;)

This site is unlike other sites where posts are modified or deleted by site moderators for having content that is too harsh. If you ask a question you WILL get the straight truth from either myself or one of our members. This is a no holds barred forum.

Again welcome to the site and please tell fellow patients about this site.

Title: Re: Hi.I'm Kay and new to this board
Post by: Rerun on October 24, 2005, 06:23:39 PM

Hi Kay.  There are people from all over the world that are members to this site.  What part of the world do you reside?  I'm in California.

Title: Rerun
Post by: Marina on October 27, 2005, 05:34:09 PM

hey  rerun, 
where  in Ca  are  you????    I'm in the  bayarea.         (25 min  south  of  San  Franscisco.)

Title: Re: Hi.I'm Kay and new to this board
Post by: Rerun on October 27, 2005, 08:24:33 PM

Hey... Sacramento.  An hour and a half north east of SF.  Do you see docs in SF?  I've heard they are really good.  The ones in Sacramento suck.

Title: Re: Hi.I'm Kay and new to this board
Post by: 6yr Vet. on October 28, 2005, 12:36:01 PM

Hello Kay. A big hello from Ontario.I'm a hemo dialysis Patient who started Home Dialysis in September.I think this is a great site to talk. :)

Title: Re: Hi.I'm Kay and new to this board
Post by: Marina on November 14, 2005, 06:34:04 PM

My  Dr.  is  pretty  knowledgeable,  although  she  sometimes  drives  me  crazy.  i  think  she  suffers  from  AHD  (or  ADHD)  whichever  the  adult form  is.       But,   when it  comes  to  medicine  she  knows  what  she's  doing.          To  tell you  the  truth  I  loved  my former  Nephrologist  a whole  lot.  But,  with  this  insurance  changes,  I  had  to  switch  to  an  HMO,  because  the  PPO  was  way  too expensive.          So  with  this  HMO  I   had  to  sign  up  with  a "medical group"  and  can  only  see  doctors  in  that  group  or  it's  an out of  pocket  expense.  (man  Nephs  charge up  to  $300.00/ visit).
                     My  dialysis  adequacy  is  great,  so  yes  my  Dr.  is    doing  a great  job  following  my  case.