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« Reply #25 on: September 17, 2010, 05:09:08 PM »
Well done, old boy!
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« Reply #26 on: September 17, 2010, 05:13:25 PM »
Nice job! I had a hard enough time sticking myself with Procrit when I was predialysis. I don't know if I'd be able to stick myself for dialysis, if I ever get a fistula.
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3/2007Kidney failure diagnosed5/2010In-center hemodialysis
8/2008Peritoneal catheter placed1/2012Upper arm fistula created
9/2008Peritoneal catheter replaced3/2012Started using fistula
9/2008Began CAPD4/2012Buttonholes created
3/2009Switched to CCPD w/ Newton IQ cycler            4/2012HD catheter removed
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« Reply #27 on: September 17, 2010, 05:20:08 PM »
 :bandance;  :bandance; Awesome!  :bandance;  :bandance;
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« Reply #28 on: September 17, 2010, 06:05:00 PM »
this has me sweating  :'(  Im hoping that if i keep watching and reading this over and over, i may get some guts to give this a go for my hubby..  And in time, mabie either of us can learn so its one of the other of "us" not just any ole tech....  it truly is making me dizzy though for now... I hope it works for us though as it has for you!!!  CONGRATULATIONS!!!!  im behond proud of ya
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« Reply #29 on: September 17, 2010, 07:00:22 PM »
Well done!


So glad to read of your success and perseverance. I've been off a bit or I'd have replied sooner ... the technique Stuart Mott recommends is holding the needle line instead of the wings and this does sometimes seem to help the needle find the track, it wiggles around a bit, as it finds its way in.


I do have well established buttonholes/
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« Reply #30 on: September 17, 2010, 08:36:43 PM »
 :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
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« Reply #31 on: October 12, 2010, 09:29:54 PM »
im scared to stick my self...i dont know if in the future i would be able to do it...did anybody went throug this????
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« Reply #32 on: October 13, 2010, 09:55:41 AM »
Quote from: jp on October 12, 2010, 09:29:54 PM
im scared to stick my self...i dont know if in the future i would be able to do it...did anybody went throug this????

Of course, most of us who stick ourselves were nervous to terrified at first about doing it.  However, for me the feeling of taking control was super important and I found that because I became so focused on my technique while doing it I found it less painful and anxiety provoking.  I've done both the ladder technique using sharps and the buttonholes.
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« Reply #33 on: October 13, 2010, 07:44:21 PM »
oh lordy is this ever encouraging!!  im  getting closer and closer to canulating my hubby, and i can just 'feel' the scarryness of it all.  Im sticking oranges  ;) , watching at close range his buttonholes being established, watching others get 'stuck' buttonholes or not, watching films on needles.....all i can, but this here, you all who are doing it, are the best encouragement of all.  (i know this thread isnt about me and how 'im' doing,  :embarassed: but i cant help but turn it that way when it comes to HOME hemo and canulation..lol)
ok, im off to stick then peal and eat an orange right now..  :)
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He started dialysis April 09
We thank God for every day we are blessed to have together.
november 2010, patiently (ha!) waiting our turn for NxStage training
January 14,2011 home with NxStage
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