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« on: September 19, 2007, 05:57:38 PM »
We have been talking lately about dialysis centers giving benadryl to help you sleep while there.  Is this a good idea???  I thought I had read here a while back that it was not safe to sleep while at dialysis?  Maybe I am just confused.  I do want to get this straight tho.  I get my cath on Friday and I start dialysis on Tuesday.  Shoooot, if it is safe for me to sleep, then I wanna sleep!!! :bandance;
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« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2007, 06:00:59 PM »
i get there at 5:15am so yes most mornings i do sleep, i couldn't stay awake if i had to. quite of few of us do sleep.
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« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2007, 07:47:25 PM »
Wishing you the best Donnia.
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« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2007, 08:14:08 PM »
You should see the mouths hangng open in my center as people sleep.  And the snoring!
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« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2007, 09:03:09 PM »
I am under the impression that you get better dialysis while sleeping.
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« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2007, 12:04:47 AM »
Donnia, if you can sleep thru all that noise, go for it!  I never could manage it.
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« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2007, 02:01:41 AM »
I do nocturnal on sleeping tablets, no probs, have an alarm if there is blood leaking and wake up if there is an alarm on the machine and fix it
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« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2007, 03:19:06 AM »
Quote from: donnia on September 19, 2007, 05:57:38 PM
We have been talking lately about dialysis centers giving benadryl to help you sleep while there. Is this a good idea??? I thought I had read here a while back that it was not safe to sleep while at dialysis? Maybe I am just confused. I do want to get this straight tho. I get my cath on Friday and I start dialysis on Tuesday. Shoooot, if it is safe for me to sleep, then I wanna sleep!!! :bandance;

When centers give patients Benadryl to help them sleep, is that for their convenience or for yours?

I would avoid taking anything that changers your natural sleeping pattern, before you know it, you will be reliant on pills to help you sleep.
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« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2007, 03:56:42 AM »
I recently started early morning dialysis. I get there at 6:30am after about an hour i fall asleep. I don't usually sleep long. There is a man who is elderly that likes to shout out every so often. He can keep me awake. I would like to sleep and wake up with only a hour to go. Our center doesn't give out any thing. So i would have to bring my own.
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« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2007, 06:53:58 AM »
sitting in the chair for 3-1/2 hours is very boring. If you can sleep with the lights on, with the BP cup squeezing your arm every 15 min. the techs talking and joking, other people's TV's blasting, the Nepth coming by to collect his fee, the social worker wanting to discuss labs, the machines beeping constantly, and so on, good luck and  do it..Boxman
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« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2007, 03:56:31 PM »
I can't sleep at my Dialysis center because of the arm pain, but mostly because we have a lot of rude patients who blast their TV's and have no regard for anyone else.  Maybe it's a California thing, but I always wear headphones for the benefit of my fellow patient.

In our old unit I couldn't sleep because they sat me in the corner with this middle aged fat guy who would instantly fall asleep once he was put on.  His mouth would be gaping open and the snoring was deafening.  What was entertaining though was he would loudly fart and wake himself up every twenty minutes or so.

"Huh?  Whuh?"  Clunk.  Ssssnnnnoooorrrrreeeee.

Sleeping at Dialysis is kinda like the Bionic Kidney.  It would be cool, but will never happen.
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« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2007, 07:48:33 PM »
OMG Stacy that is soooo funny.... now I know for sure that they are gonna put me next to a snoring, farting middle aged fat guy!  LOL   :popcorn;
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« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2007, 08:12:11 PM »
Then there was the lady who screamed every five minutes from 5:30 to 7:30, Get Me Outa Here!   I wanted out after months with her screaming!
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« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2007, 07:34:14 AM »
Quote from: kitkatz on September 20, 2007, 08:12:11 PM
Then there was the lady who screamed every five minutes from 5:30 to 7:30, Get Me Outa Here!   I wanted out after months with her screaming!

LOL... reminds me of Happy Gilmore... When Happy goes to visit his grandma in the home LOL :rofl;
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« Reply #14 on: September 21, 2007, 08:02:37 AM »
When I first started dialysis I could not believe all the people sleeping.  I just thought they were comatose!  Now I'm one of them.  It took months before I felt comfortable to sleep but now I do.  It is so nice to wake up and only have 20 minutes left. 

You won't sleep at first.  Too much going on.
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« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2007, 10:24:25 AM »
man i get 30mins at the most sleeping.. and I have a 5 hour shift *sigh*

i am too long(tall) for the chair so I really can't get comfy and it bugs me.. plus I see a girl who just snuggles in and SLEEPS for 3 hours and I so hate her!!! Well no I don't.. just envious! he he...

I would love to be able to sleep so the hours would go by.. instead I listen to my ipod or radio (with headphones I add).... I wouldn't inflict everyone else with my choice of listening pleasure lol
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« Reply #16 on: September 21, 2007, 10:40:49 AM »
Dang, hon! you'd think they would get you a chair that would accomodate your height!!
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« Reply #17 on: September 21, 2007, 03:23:49 PM »
Yeah, you would think they would get a better chair for you  :thumbdown; 

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« Reply #18 on: September 23, 2007, 11:21:47 PM »
My favourite dialysis sessions are when I sleep from start to finish.  I have a reputation as a sleeper with my nurses.  They usually warn me "At least let me get your needles in before you drop of!"  Just hoping that I don't fart :o
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« Reply #19 on: September 24, 2007, 04:49:58 AM »
Quote from: bajanne2000 on September 23, 2007, 11:21:47 PM
My favourite dialysis sessions are when I sleep from start to finish. I have a reputation as a sleeper with my nurses. They usually warn me "At least let me get your needles in before you drop of!" Just hoping that I don't fart :o

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« Reply #20 on: September 24, 2007, 06:12:48 AM »
The few months in my life when I did hemo I was usually known as the one who would fall asleep as soon as I hooked up. I would take a pillow and blanket and be out! Problem was, I had a permcath, and after awhile, it started failing, and they'd have to wake me up and reposition me every so often  >:(. Like others, have said, if you can sleep through the noise, the visitors, and the lights, have at it!
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« Reply #21 on: September 24, 2007, 03:30:36 PM »
Well.... I can already tell I'm gonna be a sleeper!  I just hope I don't get any gas goin either!
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« Reply #22 on: September 26, 2007, 01:11:54 AM »
damnit! I fell asleep yesterday (hooray!) then woke up after 30-45 mins and had drooled all over the place. oh yay.. what a look!

d'oh!
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« Reply #23 on: September 27, 2007, 04:28:11 PM »
Quote from: donnia on September 20, 2007, 07:48:33 PM
OMG Stacy that is soooo funny.... now I know for sure that they are gonna put me next to a snoring, farting middle aged fat guy!  LOL   :popcorn;

Hey, quit talking about me!  :)

Actually, quite a few people sleep at my Center too (and we only have our BP checked every 30 minutes).  :)
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« Reply #24 on: October 01, 2007, 12:55:16 PM »
I start at 5:30 am. once I fell asleep and jerked my arm  because I was dreaming. I infiltrated myself. Yowch!
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