As I told Rerun, one of the reasons I don't post a lot is because all of you have quite a bit more experience with all of this then I do. But I do read a lot of your posts, and I enjoy them, and the experience you all have is truly remarkable.
Since you mention that you understand eventually you might need a graft or fistula access, how will you ever do it if you can't do it now? Just curious... like, do you plan on scheduling for a time you have 2 weeks to do nothing.. or have some help, or somone to drive you? Good luck with keeping your cath as long as possible.
The thing they worry about most is infection, and since it is right over my heart, that could be a problem. But so far, for severalmonths, I have had no problems, so again, I am going to hang on for several more months.
I mentioned this another time but just in case you haven't seen it....my nephrologist told me to rub a little bit of antibiotic ointment with a Q-Tip in my nose before dialysis. I have a catheter also and since I've been doing this I haven't had any infection problems. I was told some people, not all, have staph germs in the nose which is easily transmitted to a catheter tip. I was tested for it and I have staph germs in my nose. I was using Bactracin but any antibiotic ointment will do. You can buy them anywhere, I've seen it in my local Shop Rite and Rite Aid.Donna