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« on: January 27, 2009, 06:03:35 PM »
I went out into my garage this afternoon to get a drink out of the fridge and when I was coming back in I slipped on some clothes and fell!  I landed on my left hip, but my left arm - MY FISTULA ARM - hit hard on a wooden dowel from the clothes bin.  Thank God I didn't damage the fistula - even though it's not currently working - but it put a hole in my arm that required multiple stitches and 2.5 hours in the ER.  Also, where the hole is is exactly where the "buzz" was when my fistula was working.  I'm going to see my vascular surgeon in about 9-10 days and he will take out my stitches and do a sonogram on the fistula to make sure there's no damage there.  I have no tingling or numbness in my arm, so I'm pretty sure I'm okay.  I'll be watching the area closely.

I was/am so mad!  How stupid this would have been if it had hit the fistula and I had bled out before getting to the ER.  OR, if I had landed differently and damaged my new kidney!  Slipping on clothes in the garage!   WTH?  It goes to show you just don't know.  After a year+ of protecting this arm day and night...  I'm just furious.  Thankful, but furious!

The photo isn't great, but you get the idea.
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« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2009, 06:07:07 PM »
:cuddle; Ouch Kelly. That looks painful. Please take care of yourself and let us know what the doc says.  :grouphug;
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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2009, 06:12:18 PM »
The ER doc put a call into my post transplant doctor.  I'll call him tomorrow, as I'm not scheduled to see him until mid Feb.  I'm guessing he'll have me come in.  Do you think he'll stop the CellCept for a while?  They said something about CellCept slowing down healing for big injuries.  I'm assuming this is "big".  What do you think?
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Feb 13, 2008 - Activated on "the list".
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Nov 5, 2011 - THREE YEARS POST TRANSPLANT!  :D
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« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2009, 06:17:27 PM »
Oh Kelly, I can't believe how bad your arm looks.  I am sorry this happened.  Things happen in a blink of an eye.  It doesn't matter how careful you are, stupid stuff happens.  Let us know what the transplant doctor says.   It hurts just to look at the picture.    :cuddle;
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« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2009, 06:40:08 PM »
Oh gosh Kelly! I cringed when I read your description!  I hope everything will be fine with your fistula!
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« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2009, 06:44:54 PM »
Ouch! I hope nothing is wrong with it! :flower;
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« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2009, 07:33:22 PM »
Oh Lord Kelly...I just got cold chills.  I hope and pray everything is alright.   :grouphug;
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« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2009, 07:39:02 PM »
 :o Yikes Kelly! That looks very painful! I hope they gave you some good pain meds. Keep us updated.   :grouphug;
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« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2009, 07:56:43 PM »
I wish my husband would have taken a photo of the injury before they cleaned it and stitched me up.  It literally looked like a gun shot wound!  This gross, but there was fat coming out of the hole!  It wasn't just a clean cut/puncture wound at all.  It looked like it had been blasted open!  Seriously  It looked really gross, but fotunately didn't bleed a lot and the pain was, and still is, minimal.  Maybe the lidocaine hasn't worn off yet.  I still have some pain meds left over from transplant should I need them.
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Nov 5, 2008 - Received living donor transplant from my sister-in-law, Etta.
Nov 5, 2011 - THREE YEARS POST TRANSPLANT!  :D
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« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2009, 07:58:21 PM »
Be careful girlfriend!
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« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2009, 09:39:44 PM »
Oh heavens Kelly.  What a scare.  It's so lucky you didn't get hurt worse but that's gotta be painful.   :cuddle;
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« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2009, 11:23:25 PM »
Ouch that looks so painful - hope you heal quickly  :grouphug;
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« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2009, 05:25:57 AM »
WOW that just looks like it hurts..... OUCH.... Take care of yourself and don't  do anything with that arm.
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« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2009, 05:48:07 AM »
OMG

Can only imagine how scarey that had to be for ya

Please baby that arm, you have been thru enough,
wishing you well  :flower;

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« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2009, 05:53:07 AM »
Dont beat yourself up over this Kelly.
This is why it is called an accident.

But Yikes it looks like and sounds like it hurt like a son of a *^$^&.
I pray all will turn out for the best.
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« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2009, 12:46:47 PM »

It's amazing that you cut yourself on THAT spot - what are the chances? If your fistula no longer works it's because it clotted off, and at this point there's nothing a vascular surgeon would do. Our transplant team said not to risk any chance of infection so they did NOT recommend fistulaplasty after the transplant. I hope you are on antibiotics after that cut, because with a suppressed immune system you need to be super cautious.

 :cuddle; Poor girl!
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« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2009, 02:37:18 PM »
Fistula or not, that had to have Hurt!  I Wish You a Speedy Recovery.
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« Reply #17 on: January 28, 2009, 02:39:23 PM »
I'm on Bactrim Mon, Wed and Fri.  I'm wondering if my doctor will increase it for a while or not.  I will see him soon.  I'm also wondering if he'll either stop the CellCept or decrease it for a short time because it slows the healing process.  It was mentioned to me early on during our "what if" session with the medication class.

I don't think the vascular surgeon is going to do anything to the fistula (like fistulaplasty).  I think he's just going to make sure there's no unseen damage.  It he does want to do something, I think I'll talk to my doctor first.  I don't see a need for it unless it's going to hurt me to NOT do it.  Right?

And you're right.  The chance of hitting my arm in that exact spot boggled my mind.  That is why I was so mad yesterday after it happened.  Just a little to the left/right/up/down (whatever) could have been life altering literally!  Gosh, do I need to install handrails all over my house?   :rofl;
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1993 diagnosed with glomerulonephritis.
Oct 41, 2007 - Got fistula placed.
Feb 13, 2008 - Activated on "the list".
Nov 5, 2008 - Received living donor transplant from my sister-in-law, Etta.
Nov 5, 2011 - THREE YEARS POST TRANSPLANT!  :D
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« Reply #18 on: January 28, 2009, 02:49:09 PM »
Ouch Kelly that looks really nasty!!    :cuddle;

Maybe hand rails are a good idea and a maid to do the washing!   :cheer:

Take care of yourself!! xox
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« Reply #19 on: January 28, 2009, 03:04:02 PM »
Ouch. It looks like it hurts.  Man becareful and make sure you keep it clean.  I don't know about you but I have no problem getting infections. 

But on a good note. At least you triped on something.  I am so graceful I trip myself. Haha.  I hope it dosn't take to long to heal. 

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« Reply #20 on: January 28, 2009, 03:06:56 PM »
Wow giirrl... that hurts me just to look at it!  Glad you are not in too much pain.  maybe your'e protecting your kidney now and no longer your arm? JAT... Take care sweetie... and ake this time to be a princess and have others do things for you!!
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« Reply #21 on: January 28, 2009, 04:48:08 PM »
Kelly, today has been a "what if" day for me.  What if ----- I don't know, but all day I have been so upset for you.   Too many bad "what ifs".  Put the drinks in kitchen refrigerator and don't go back in the garage!  Please let others do things.  I may have to go get Kitkatz and her big stick  :Kit n Stik;  and come down there to make you just sit and do nothing.   I am worried about you    :grouphug; :grouphug;
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« Reply #22 on: January 28, 2009, 05:25:17 PM »
Oh, thank you my Friend.  I've been going through the "what if's" myself and it just frustrates me more.  Slipping on clothes is just NOT the way I want to go, you know?

Love you!   :cuddle;
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1993 diagnosed with glomerulonephritis.
Oct 41, 2007 - Got fistula placed.
Feb 13, 2008 - Activated on "the list".
Nov 5, 2008 - Received living donor transplant from my sister-in-law, Etta.
Nov 5, 2011 - THREE YEARS POST TRANSPLANT!  :D
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« Reply #23 on: January 28, 2009, 07:49:17 PM »
Kelly T. passed away quietly on her garage floor yesterday due to the laundry...   :rofl;
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« Reply #24 on: January 28, 2009, 07:59:42 PM »

I think it may be a sign that you need to find a good Chinese Fluff-N-Fold!
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