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Rerun
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« on: April 26, 2009, 06:49:42 PM » |
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There is one area where the staff (both nurses and techs) have stabbed over and over again. It formed a big scab about 2 weeks ago which forced them to move somewhere else. The scab finally came off yesterday and there is a small area about the size of a pencil head eraser that is really thin. It feels like there is no vein under it and the pulse of the blood makes it bulge out. I folded a piece of gauze in firths and put 2 bandaids over it as somewhat of a pressure bandage. It looks scary. I have dialysis tonight and I will show it to them. I've said in the past that as long at the tech or nurse can get a stick on their shift that is all they care about. Not about the life of the fistula. Ed is the exception but he was gone for 8 weeks and then it was a free for all.  |
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Rerun
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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2009, 05:09:31 AM » |
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They were able to dialyze me last night. Whheeew They said I should get it looked at but who do I get to look at it? I doubt my surgeon will have any concern.......  |
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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2009, 05:47:21 AM » |
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Hi, Rerun,
See your vascular surgeon about it. My husband has a very slight bulge in his fistula and the nurses said that it was an aneurysm and we should avoid that area until it heals up (I'm the one who sticks him and I REALLY protect that fistula).
Good luck. Don't let them stick you there.
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« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2009, 10:22:58 AM » |
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Now that I'm back in-center after all that time on home hemo, I had to start worrying about where I was getting stuck again. My ex used to do all the sticking for me, and he kept track and laddered my sites evenly every time. In center is a whole other story. After the first couple of weeks, I started pointing out exactly where I want to be stuck each time. "It's time for the 3rd notch up ladder. Aim between here and here." I may be a fussy pain in the arm to them, but they put the needles where I tell them! (Thanks for the loan of the big stick, kit.)
Maybe you could try that, too, rerun? Hope the spot isn't anything serious.
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« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2009, 04:10:32 PM » |
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CRAP!!  They let me come home to get a few things and then they are going to admit me. My fistula looks like the spot is ready to blow and may be a little infected. |
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« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2009, 04:30:52 PM » |
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I will be thinking of you Rerun.  Here's hoping they can shore it up! Aleta |
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« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2009, 04:32:56 PM » |
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That stinks!  |
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« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2009, 04:52:03 PM » |
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Good luck!!
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« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2009, 07:58:36 PM » |
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Thinking of you my little Harley Girl.
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Rerun
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« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2009, 11:02:24 PM » |
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The nurse forgot to sign-off so I thought I'd try to check with my friends at IHD!  They stuck an IV in me and then stuck two different spots for blood. They need to see if I have an infection. AND they are giving me antibiotics just in case. I get to sit around here until Wednesday when the surgeon gets his way with me. He is going to put a tube across my chest and start getting my arm ready for another fistula. I'm such a CHICKEN! Why don't I just quit?? Because I feel fine. At least right now I do. Wednesday after he chops me up I will feel like crap. I better sign off in case I get caught. Maybe this is permitted??? |
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« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2009, 12:47:46 AM » |
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stay away from the thinning area.it can rupture at any time, it needs to be surgically patched.
i'm waiting to get mine done.
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« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2009, 01:02:52 AM » |
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Sorry to hear of your fistula troubles Rerun, I hope they can get you fixed up and soon. Good luck  |
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« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2009, 01:36:43 AM » |
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Why don't I just quit??
Because who would stir your neighbours with dog pee on the grass!! And we need you around here!! Hang in there Rerun. I hope it all goes smoothly and the fistula can be repaired. You are in the right place. I remember my Dads rupturing ..... not a great memory  |
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« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2009, 12:28:16 PM » |
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Hi Rerun...So sorry to hear you are having access troubles. I keep picturing you sitting at the nurse's computer with the nurse laying on the floor with stars around her head! Stay strong Rerun!!
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« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2009, 12:41:35 PM » |
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You go through alot. Were all on your side. Hope all goes well for you.
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« Reply #15 on: April 28, 2009, 01:34:10 PM » |
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Oh rerun, I'm so sorry that you are going through more crap. I hope this doctor gets this straightened out. Take care. |
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« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2009, 02:39:26 PM » |
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Sweetie, Rerun, I wish you lots of luck with the coming surgery and hospital stay!
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« Reply #17 on: April 28, 2009, 03:17:59 PM » |
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Rerun, I so so wish I had not had to return to this post of yours because I want things to go smoothly for you and it irritates me beyond all belief that the nurses will go for the easy stick with no foresight for the future of the precious fistula. I'll be thinking of you and hoping that the surgery goes well. |
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Pyelonephritis (began at 8 mos old)
Home haemo 1980-1985 (self-cannulated with 15 gauge sharps)
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Uldall-Cook catheter inserted May 2008
Haemo-dialysis, self care unit June 2008
(2 1/2 hours X 5 weekly)
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Living donor transplant (sister-in law Kathy) Feb. 2009
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« Reply #18 on: April 28, 2009, 03:31:59 PM » |
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Wishing you the best, Rerun. |
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« Reply #19 on: April 28, 2009, 09:07:28 PM » |
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« Reply #20 on: April 28, 2009, 11:53:11 PM » |
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hope its going okay! We miss you-and I hope you sneak on again!!!  |
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« Reply #21 on: April 29, 2009, 01:19:59 AM » |
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Just thinking of you Rerun. I hope everything is going ok.
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« Reply #22 on: April 29, 2009, 06:34:28 AM » |
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We're all praying for you. Hope you can sneak back on the computer! |
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« Reply #23 on: April 30, 2009, 10:49:34 PM » |
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Hope it is going OK Rerun, we are all thinking about you! Hope you feel like sneaking on the computer again real soon.
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1979 Diagnosed with kidney failure
1979 Right arm fistula
1979 Start hemodialysis
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2007 Start hemodialysis
2010 Still drawin' wind
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« Reply #24 on: May 01, 2009, 08:42:01 AM » |
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Sending some healing your way Rerun.  |
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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
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