No More Permacath!

mikey07840

Elite Member

Offline

Gender: Male

Posts: 1225

Her royal highness Queen Ruth on her throne, RIP

No More Permacath!

« on: May 05, 2008, 05:32:28 PM »

I had my permcath removal surgery today. I can shower on Wednesday!
Hooray!

mikey


« Last Edit: May 05, 2008, 05:36:01 PM by mikey07840 »	Logged

06/85 Diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes
10/04 Radical Nephrectomy (Kidney Cancer or renal cell carcinoma)
02/08 Started Hemodialysis
04/08 Started Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)
05/08 Started CCPD (my cycler: The little box of alarms)
07/09 AV Fistula and Permacath added, PD catheter removed. PD discontinued and Hemodialysis resumed
08/09 AV Fistula redone higher up on arm, first one did not work
07/11 Mass found on remaining kidney
08/11 Radical Nephrectomy, confirmed that mass was renal cell carcinoma
12/12 Whipple, mass on pancreas confirmed as renal cell carcinoma

• Don't Knock on Death's door; Ring the bell and run away. Death hates that.

• I'm not a complete Idiot -- some parts are missing.

monrein

Member for Life

Offline

Gender: Female

Posts: 8323

Might as well smile

Re: No More Permacath!

« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2008, 05:33:48 PM »

Enjoy that shower.


	Logged

Pyelonephritis (began at 8 mos old)
Home haemo 1980-1985 (self-cannulated with 15 gauge sharps)
Cadaveric transplant 1985
New upper-arm fistula April 2008
Uldall-Cook catheter inserted May 2008
Haemo-dialysis, self care unit June 2008
(2 1/2 hours X 5 weekly)
Self-cannulated, 15 gauge blunts, buttonholes.
Living donor transplant (sister-in law Kathy) Feb. 2009
First failed kidney transplant removed Apr. 2009
Second trx doing great so far...all lab values in normal ranges

Adam_W

Elite Member

Offline

Gender: Male

Posts: 1139

Me with Baron von Fresenius

Re: No More Permacath!

« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2008, 06:59:56 PM »

Ah, the permacath removal. Enjoy that shower!

Adam


	Logged

-Diagnosed with ESRD (born with one kidney, hypertension killed it) Jan 21st, 2007
-Started dialysis four days later in hospital (Baxter 1550-I think, then Gambro Phoenix)
-Started in-centre dialysis Feb 6th 2007 (Fres. 2008H)
-Started home hemo June 5th 2007 (NxStage/Pureflow)
-PD catheter placed June 6th 2008 (Bye bye NxStage, at least for now)
-Started CAPD July 4th, 2008
-PD catheter removed Dec 2, 2008-PD just wouldn't work, so I'm back on NxStage
-Kidney function improved enough to go off dialysis, Feb. 2011!!!!!
-Back on dialysis (still NxStage) July 2011

-In-centre self-care dialysis March 2012 (Fresenius 2008K)
-Not on transplant list yet.

"Don't live for dialysis, use dialysis to LIVE"

Ohio Buckeye

Elite Member

Offline

Gender: Female

Posts: 1813

Re: No More Permacath!

« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2008, 07:30:25 PM »


	Logged

If I must do this to live, I must strive to live
while I am doing this.

thegrammalady

Elite Member

Offline

Gender: Female

Posts: 3788

Re: No More Permacath!

« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2008, 09:36:45 PM »

yea, the shower will feel so good!!


	Logged

s
......................................................................................
If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself.

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning how to dance in the rain.

Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

Meddle Not In The Affairs Of Dragons
For You Are Crunchy And Taste Good With Ketchup

2_DallasCowboys

Sr. Member

Offline

Posts: 526

Re: No More Permacath!

« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2008, 04:40:33 AM »

Let us know how long that shower is!!!!!

Anne


	Logged

The Wife

Full Member

Offline

Gender: Female

Posts: 486

Re: No More Permacath!

« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2008, 08:55:35 AM »


	Logged

willieandwinnie

Elite Member

Offline

Gender: Female

Posts: 3957

Re: No More Permacath!

« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2008, 09:12:04 AM »

mikey, make sure that no one in the house runs any hot water for hours before you shower. You can stand there and linger longer without worrying about running out of hot water Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy..


	Logged

"I know there's nothing to it, but I want to know what it is there's nothing to"

Romona

Elite Member

Offline

Gender: Female

Posts: 3777

Re: No More Permacath!

« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2008, 08:23:41 PM »


	Logged

monrein

Member for Life

Offline

Gender: Female

Posts: 8323

Might as well smile

Re: No More Permacath!

« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2008, 09:56:04 AM »

So today is Wednesday. Are you still in the shower?


	Logged

kevno

Sr. Member

Offline

Gender: Male

Posts: 743

Re: No More Permacath!

« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2008, 02:09:10 PM »

A Permacath must be different than tesio lines here in the UK. All that happends with Tesio lines is a water resitant dressing is used to put over the exit sites when I shower. Making sure the dressing is facing downwards.


	Logged

But this little saying keeps me going!!

"RENAL PATIENTS NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!!"

keefer51

Sr. Member

Offline

Gender: Male

Posts: 667

Re: No More Permacath!

« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2008, 05:07:31 PM »

I took showers anyway cause all i have is a stall shower. i tried to be careful. My biggest excitement was swimming!


	Logged

i am a 51 year old male on dialysis for 3 years now. This is my second time. My brother donated a kidney to me about 13 years ago. I found this site on another site. I had to laugh when i saw what it was called. I hope to meet people from all over to talk about dialysis.

Pages: [1]

« previous next »