tube not draining again

[lou]

OK well this is really shit.
Had my new tube put in the week before Xmas and it has been working beautifully until this morning. It starting alarming last night saying 'low drain volume' so much that I had to turn the machine off. Called hospital and they told me to come in so I have spent the whole day in hospital. None of the pd nurses are in on a sunday so Ive been with the hemo nurses, who are lovely but no nothing about pd. They had to keep finding manuals to know how to do anything!! aahh!!

Well they did an xray and tube is sitting in right place so hoping I'm just consitpated but they could not drain a single drop out of me.

They gave me a laxative drink and sent me home (I am going back to see pd nurses tom). Am so worried as saw little white bits in my tube, looked like cotton wool and I'm sacred its blocked again. I asked one of the nurses if I should put something in the tube to try and break it down but she said no do the laxatives.

Am now home and sooooooooooooo uncomfortable and full. Just tried a manual drain again and not a drop came out. Am hoping laxatives will kick in and then will try to manually drain it out again. If this catheter also does not work I will seriously have a nervous breakdown.

Is there anyone out there that this has happened to. Or any reassurance - I really feel like I need it. I am so tired of all of this. Its bad enough being on dialysis, I just want it to work.

Lou x xx 

[peleroja]

The little white bits sound like fibrin, which has been known to block the catheter and keep it from draining.  Hope you get some relief soon.

[bevvy5]

Are you injecting heprin into your bags?  Sounds like fibrin.

[lou]

I have peritonitis   

[paul.karen]

Sorry to read you have periontitus.
I hope it is the mild kind that can easily be fixed.

[Hanify]

Boo. 

[jennyc]

oh, that sucks!  No. Hope you feel better soon

[billybags]

it really sounds like fibrin stuff, is it like very fine cotton wool? It is probably blocking your tube, tubes are so tiny. When Alan had his second one done, bits and bobs from the operation blocked his. They should give you an heparin injection into your bag or bags depending how much you have. Fibrin is not peritonitis they should soon clear this up. Its just a pain in the ass.