PD Pain

[sahern]

I am on PD and having a slight pain at the start of first fill and the last full drain at the end. I have been doing PD for almost a year and a half.  I have had drain pain here and there but usually a couple of months apart.  This time it is every time I hook up. It has been going on for about two weeks.  The pain is not bad but it is something new.  It is always in the same place.  I was wondering if the catheter had attached itself to the peritoneum causing the pain or is it something else?

[kitkatz]

Always check it out with your PD nurses or doctors.

[sahern]

Thanks the day I asked this it stopped bothering me.  Funny how that works.  After my open heart surgery my legs were not working like they used to, so I ordered a walker.  The day it came in my legs started to work like normal again.

[Charlie B53]

Your Neph needs to be informed of this persistent pain that remains in the same place.  Dr may order an X-ray or CAT Scan to see if any lesions or growth has formed that can become sensitive to the added pressure of filling or draining.

Hopefully this is only a temporary issue, but one never knows.  The human body is a wondrous thing, but sometimes it rebels against foreign things, such as the PD Cath being inside for long periods.

When in doubt, get it checked out.