I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: WishIKnew on September 14, 2011, 06:33:20 PM
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It's so ugly I want to cry!
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Where is it? Does it look ugly because of the usual post-op swelling and stitches and such?
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I cried too! It was swollen and red and as soon as it was healed I had to have the revision surgery and I cried some more. That was almost 3 yrs ago. Today my fistula is pretty flat and I have buttonholes so it really looks like i have 2 big mosquito bites, Give it time to heal. If it is in your upper arm 3/4 length sleeves are the way to go.
Pam
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I felt the same way when I got my first good look at mine. It was so inflamed...all I could think of was Frankenstein when I saw it. The good news is that now, about a month later, I feel a lot better about it. The incision doesn't look nearly as "angry" as it did, and maybe I have come to grips with it more as well. As we seem to hear all to often, it will get better with time.
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Once the bandages came off and I had to have a good look at it, it didn't look bad, but what it represented was what devastated me. I couldn't bear to look at it again for days. But then I figured that now that I had it, I wouldn't have to worry about needing D and not having an access, so I began to feel relief. Now, a year later, I have a nice smooth scar which is actually fairly large, but I don't really care. It's just one more battle scar to prove that I'm a survivor.
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Coming to grips with it. However, the tech at D yesterday could not hear it and were concerned. I have an appointment tomorrow with the surgeon to see if it is working. I might need another surgery?????
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could it be felt or heard after they put it in? Can you feel it? it should feel like a cat perring.
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Coming to grips with it. However, the tech at D yesterday could not hear it and were concerned. I have an appointment tomorrow with the surgeon to see if it is working. I might need another surgery?????
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should be able to hear it with a stethoscope,could be deeper than normal
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Hope everything works out for you. My fistula looked funky for a while but now 3 months later, not so bad, I have had worse scars. Mine did not start to purr for about 2 weeks and now it is going great I am told. Hang in there!!
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The first attempt was unsuccessful, so one week later, last Monday, they opened it up again and tried to gove me a working fistula. It worked in the hospital but yesterday at dialysis it could no longer be hears. I completely broken. What will I do if they can't get a fistula to work in me. The surgeon says I have very small veins and weird tissue.....
I'm lost!
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You may be a better candidate for a graft wich is what I have. I'm on my second one and it's been working for a little over a year now.