I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: gothiclovemonkey on September 22, 2012, 02:28:32 PM
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I really hate dialysis, especially when im infultrated!
It hurts so badly!!!
Any suggestions on how to make it hurt less??? Im doing the ice thing, but thats rather painful too...
EDITED: Fixed title spelling-kitkatz,Moderator
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Access problems hurt. Hate them.
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They do suck!!! My last one hurt for 3 weeks. I couldn't straighten my arm for that whole time. I was beginning to think it was permanent. I hope you feel better soon.
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I concur!! The first time at dialysis and they infiltrate me 3 times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My arm hurt and bruised the whole upper area. Looked like I was wrestled by a gorilla! :boxing;
It completely shied me away from D until my friend came with me to convince me to do it. Thank the heavens they didn't give up on me.
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The second time I got stuck I had the mother of all infiltrations my whole arm was full of blood and the pain was unreal, I also couldn't bend my arm for at least a month and wound up having to get a catheter jammed in me until my arm healed,since then thank God,I've never had it happen again.
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Yes they do suck & hurt, but over time they get less & less as your fistula matures.
Have you tried heat after ice? That always helped me out.
Good Luck & God Bless!
:grouphug;
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Ice helps the swelling and heat helps the pain. Try alternating 20 min ice- 20 min nothing -20 min heat. I infiltrated my husband 2 weeks ago and feel so bad about it. The worst part is if he was in-center he could sit around and curse the tech that did it but instead he has been super sweet about it....It was better when we had someone to curse! :)
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ive been doing d for 5 years, when i first started it happened allll the time, at least once a week, and i was so used to it that i didnt even bother with it. now that ive switched clinics, it hadnt happened in a few years, except small ones that were caught way before anything major happened, just sore... this one hurts like hell and is swollen like no other. i cant bend my arm, because it happened to be right next to the bend in my arm!! i really do take for granted using both my arms lol
ill try alternating heat and cold, but i always thought that heat made blood run?
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ive been doing d for 5 years, when i first started it happened allll the time, at least once a week, and i was so used to it that i didnt even bother with it. now that ive switched clinics, it hadnt happened in a few years, except small ones that were caught way before anything major happened, just sore... this one hurts like hell and is swollen like no other. i cant bend my arm, because it happened to be right next to the bend in my arm!! i really do take for granted using both my arms lol
ill try alternating heat and cold, but i always thought that heat made blood run?
the heat will break up the blood clot from the infiltration, so I have been told.
Stringbandbeth is right.. I was always told to alternate ice & heat. That has always helped me!
Good Luck & I pray things get better!
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