I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: Wattle on June 17, 2007, 12:06:14 AM
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:( I have just returned from a little stay in hospital. I went in on Thursday morning early, in a bit of a hurry and have just come home (Sunday afternoon). I woke up to heavy bleeding into my PD bags. Pretty scary sight at 6.00am.
They still don't know the reason for the bleeding but thankfully it has slowed almost to a stop.
I want to thank everyone on this site..... because they wanted to do contrast CT and I stood my ground and gave my reasons for avoiding it. They rang my consultant Neph and he agreed. It was information that I had read on here that I gave them. So I still have the very small amount renal function left intact and I am happy about that too. :bandance; :bandance;
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Hey Wattle,
Sorry to hear about your hospital stay. But I'm glad all is well now. Thankfully you didn't have that contrast ct!! i had to learn the hard way about that stuff!!!
Take care of yourself. :cuddle;
Amanda
xxoo
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:cuddle; Good to hear you're better Wattle. Take care of yourself!!! :cuddle;
Love ya,
Karol
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Good to see you back to attack!
Take Care
Tamara
xxx ooo :cuddle; :beer1;
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Sorry to hear of your troubles, glad its better!
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How scary. I'm glad you're out and doing better.
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Hey Sally Sorry to hear you have been in hospital hope your feeling better Take Care :cuddle;
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Glad you are up and running again. :grouphug;
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Thanks for sharing what you went through with us. Our caring thoughts and prayers are with you. So glad that IHD was of help to you. That is the reason for which it exists. Looking forward to hearing of your continued progress. :grouphug;
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That sounds pretty frightening, glad you're better now. Tell me, what is a CT contrast and how does it affect kidney function?
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Man, I am so glad you are feeling better! good for you for not allowing them to do a CT contrast!
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:cuddle; Thank You everyone for your concern. I am doing great now. Happy to be home. I don't know how anyone can eat hospital food :-X
They also hit a nerve trying to put a cannula in... ahhhh that hurts big time. I don't have the best veins. :P The young doctor kept away from me for about three hours. I think I scared him :boxing;
Tell me, what is a CT contrast and how does it affect kidney function?
Ken, here is a link to information on CT angiography. I chose PD as my form of dialysis for a few reasons. One being that it maintains your residual kidney function longer than Haemo. I have been on it for two years and so far have been doing very well. I was aware that a contrast CT would kill the rest of my funtion off and I was not going to let that happen unless I REALLY needed the test. Being informed is the best feeling. I was able to stand up against two doctors and say I don't think so and this is why....
http://www.vascularweb.org/_CONTRIBUTION_PAGES/Patient_Information/NorthPoint/CT_Scan.html
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You go Girl!!! Stand your ground, you know what is best for YOU and i have found information here that has helped me in many ways as well, thank you Epoman for this site ;) :bow; I am glad you are feeling better my friend and Godspeed :cuddle;
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Wattle, I am glad you are out. I am on hemo but i can just imagine how you felt when you saw blood. Good job turning down the CT scan. Sorry to hear they hit a nerve that really hurts. See you in chat.