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« on: December 27, 2012, 11:37:03 AM »
Does anyone take supplements in addition to your regular meds?   Started taking Omega 3 and Probiotics.  Would ask at clinic but can never get any answers. After all that is why they call it "Practicing" Medicine right?   Thought the Omegas would help with my hands, knees and feet.  My hands swell during dialysis and become painful.  Yesterday when I got home I felt so sick I slept all afternoon but when I woke up I couldn't hardly move my fingers on my right hand. Matter of fact this swelling started after my new fistula was put in, in my right hand.  Doc doesn't have a clue..."well that's odd".  Yeah, just the answer I want to hear from my surgeon!  No one can figure this problem out but then they really are not trying to hard.  So back to self diagnosing again and grabbing at straws.  I know the Omega's take a few months to see results but I hope it helps.  Just do not know what else to try right now.
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Inherited PKD from my Mother who died at age 52
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2012 Lost Transplant and had Pneumonia
2012 June - started Dialysis
2012 December -  Back on Transplant list
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« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2012, 02:25:22 PM »
I take Omega's, Ginko Biloba both in the hope they do something for the veins, and arteries. O yeah, and Co-enzyme

q 10. All in moderation  >:(.    Of course.

NB my hand kept swelling (less but still) until I created buttonholes) Do you have BH's?

good luck Kit, I do hope it works for you.
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I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left

1983 high proteinloss in urine, chemo, stroke,coma, dialysis
1984 double nephrectomy
1985 transplant from dad
1998 lost dads kidney, start PD
2003 peritineum burst, back to hemo
2012 start Nxstage home hemo
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       still on waitinglist, still ok I think
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« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2012, 06:03:36 PM »
Tell your surgeon it's called steel syndrome and he needs to fix it.
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May 13, 2009, went to urgent care with shortness of breath
May 19, 2009, went to doctor for severe nausea
May 20, 2009, admited to hospital for kidney failure
May 20, 2009, started dialysis with a groin cath
May 25, 2009, permacath was placed
august 24, 2009, was suppose to have access placement but instead was admited to hospital for low potassium
august 25, 2009, access placement
January 16, 2010 thrombectomy was done on access
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« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2012, 10:32:37 AM »
Steel syndrome?  I'll have to look that one up...thanks all.
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Inherited PKD from my Mother who died at age 52
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2012 Lost Transplant and had Pneumonia
2012 June - started Dialysis
2012 December -  Back on Transplant list
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« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2013, 01:47:47 PM »
I have blood clots from a recent surgery.  I would look into the "steel syndrome" but my hematologist has me on folic acid for any swelling, and inflammation.
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Stable until Age 27; complications with pregnancy, loss of 25% function. (Current functioning is between 5-7%).
December 3, 2010- PD Catheter Placed on Left Side
March 2011- PD Catheter Removal (Due to malfunction)
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« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2013, 11:05:46 AM »
My nephrologist has me on 2 caps every day.  Partially because I'd had DVT pre dialysis, but they don't seem to hurt anything.  OTC meds cheap at places like Costco.  Some non-kidney people take them regularly. 
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