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HD in center
I got on HD dialysis in center about 3 weeks ago. Now I am afraid of going for dialysis. How do I get rid of this fear? I will highly appreciate if someone can share his/her experience. needles give me a scare. . Thanks
I got on HD dialysis in center about 3 weeks ago. Now I am afraid of going for dialysis. How do I get rid of this fear? I will highly appreciate if someone can share his/her experience. needles give me a scare. . Thanks
htpi1543
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Kidney Dialysis
2 years ago
New to the group
Hello everyone , I am happy to have found this group My dad started having kidney dialysis last year, he is 70 year old We both are in Different countries and he does delay going for his session and sometimes misses it How can I get him to comply and go for his session regularly
Hello everyone , I am happy to have found this group My dad started having kidney dialysis last year, he is 70 year old We both are in Different countries and he does delay going for his session and sometimes misses it How can I get him to comply and go for his session regularly
Blessed45
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Kidney Disease
2 years ago
QUEENing like a G
Yeah that title is kinda full of Slang and maybe not very Queeny. I don't even know what it all means. I've been gone a minute. I had two classes to finish and a week of an exam that will signify if I am able to move forward or not in my program. So I have left it in God's hands and I'm moving on. I
Yeah that title is kinda full of Slang and maybe not very Queeny. I don't even know what it all means. I've been gone a minute. I had two classes to finish and a week of an exam that will signify if I am able to move forward or not in my program. So I have left it in God's hands and I'm moving on. I
HipHopQueen
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Kidney Dialysis
2 years ago
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dialysis , Help !!
hello , I'm 28 years old and was just put on dialysis , I'm scared Idont know to feel I'm depressed just all of the above I have lost so much weight I feel ugly I'm just all over the place .. I just need someone to talk to that's going through or has gone through this
hello , I'm 28 years old and was just put on dialysis , I'm scared Idont know to feel I'm depressed just all of the above I have lost so much weight I feel ugly I'm just all over the place .. I just need someone to talk to that's going through or has gone through this
Shaneshaanderson28
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Kidney Disease
2 years ago
Massive Headaches During Dialysis
I really need some help if there's anyone who can help. I am a "complex patient" who has Crohn's disease, bowel resections as well as ESRD. Chronic anemia too. Unlike most dialysis patients I have low magnesium, low potassium, low sodium. The headaches I have are excruciating. I take 4x 500mg
I really need some help if there's anyone who can help. I am a "complex patient" who has Crohn's disease, bowel resections as well as ESRD. Chronic anemia too. Unlike most dialysis patients I have low magnesium, low potassium, low sodium. The headaches I have are excruciating. I take 4x 500mg
sbrenn01
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Kidney Disease
2 years ago
PD Dialysis - Week 5 - Training Day 4
So today (Thursday), it was solo flight day. The PD nurse had me go through the entire connection procedure (which I will document once I get it all typed up this weekend) myself. No major mistakes other than spilling some iodine from the Cap onto my pants (learned to put something over my pants when
So today (Thursday), it was solo flight day. The PD nurse had me go through the entire connection procedure (which I will document once I get it all typed up this weekend) myself. No major mistakes other than spilling some iodine from the Cap onto my pants (learned to put something over my pants when
RonZone
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Kidney Dialysis
2 years ago
PD Dialysis - Week 5 - Training Day 3
For Day Three (Wednesday), this was practice, practice, practice day. My PD nurse first filled me with 1500ml of 1.5 ml of PD solution. NOTE: We decided to go back to 1.5 solution because the 2.5 solution from Day 2 caused me to wake up at 2:30 and again at 4:30 with leg cramps. Not fun. Seems that's
For Day Three (Wednesday), this was practice, practice, practice day. My PD nurse first filled me with 1500ml of 1.5 ml of PD solution. NOTE: We decided to go back to 1.5 solution because the 2.5 solution from Day 2 caused me to wake up at 2:30 and again at 4:30 with leg cramps. Not fun. Seems that's
RonZone
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Kidney Dialysis
2 years ago
Weight Loss, in a positive way
Unlike a lot with PD, I have had major issues losing weight. Pre-PD I was at 190lbs and maxed out at 230lbs before I started making some major changes in my lifestyle. I am not on any prescription drugs and have been very lucky to control most of my issues with supplementation. In the past, exercise
Unlike a lot with PD, I have had major issues losing weight. Pre-PD I was at 190lbs and maxed out at 230lbs before I started making some major changes in my lifestyle. I am not on any prescription drugs and have been very lucky to control most of my issues with supplementation. In the past, exercise
SAGoodman
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Cure Parkinson's
2 years ago
up and down numbers
I just got back from my kidney doctor. My GRF dropped from 43 to 36. He said it was not consistent. I take a low dose of blood pressure meds triamterene 37 broke in half and a small Dosage of Zoloft. I drink water but not huge amounts of it. He said it could be the heat or a number of things. I got
I just got back from my kidney doctor. My GRF dropped from 43 to 36. He said it was not consistent. I take a low dose of blood pressure meds triamterene 37 broke in half and a small Dosage of Zoloft. I drink water but not huge amounts of it. He said it could be the heat or a number of things. I got
Butchga62
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Early CKD Support
2 years ago
PD Dialysis - Week 5 - Training Day 2
Today, my PD nurse hooked me up and filled me with 1200ml of PD solution 2.5 today and I was to "Dwell" for 4 hours. She checked the TB test she did yesterday and it is looking ok. She also had me to bring my vaccination and immunization records that I keep on a card at home as well as my Covid immunization
Today, my PD nurse hooked me up and filled me with 1200ml of PD solution 2.5 today and I was to "Dwell" for 4 hours. She checked the TB test she did yesterday and it is looking ok. She also had me to bring my vaccination and immunization records that I keep on a card at home as well as my Covid immunization
RonZone
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Kidney Dialysis
2 years ago
PD Dialysis - Week 5 day 1 - training begins
So today, I drove to the Fresenius dialysis clinic for my first day of PD training. Last Wednesday, since my training had been put off a week waiting for Baxter supplies to come in, my PD nurse had given me an iPod with the PD training modules pre-loaded. But I discovered that after I had logged into
So today, I drove to the Fresenius dialysis clinic for my first day of PD training. Last Wednesday, since my training had been put off a week waiting for Baxter supplies to come in, my PD nurse had given me an iPod with the PD training modules pre-loaded. But I discovered that after I had logged into
RonZone
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Kidney Dialysis
2 years ago
Cpap users with servere copd
Does anyone have experience of using a cpap machine to remove CO2 in someone who has servere COPD? My husband has just been told he must wear one at least every night as his oxygen levels are low and he is retaining CO2. He us trying it but finding it impossible to sleep and is not too keen to continue
Does anyone have experience of using a cpap machine to remove CO2 in someone who has servere COPD? My husband has just been told he must wear one at least every night as his oxygen levels are low and he is retaining CO2. He us trying it but finding it impossible to sleep and is not too keen to continue
Camposdemurcia
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Lung Conditions Community Forum
2 years ago
Food when on PD Dialysis
I haven't really seen this but what all do you eat? I'm not yet there and at 17% I'm mostly eating plants. So if I was on PD can I eat what I like while sticking to healthy food but what about high potassium foods like potatoes, tomatoes, cantaloupe, bananas and the like? Since I am taking meds for
I haven't really seen this but what all do you eat? I'm not yet there and at 17% I'm mostly eating plants. So if I was on PD can I eat what I like while sticking to healthy food but what about high potassium foods like potatoes, tomatoes, cantaloupe, bananas and the like? Since I am taking meds for
horsie63
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Kidney Dialysis
2 years ago
Pressure along diaphragm
Hi guys, I just have a quick question for those of you who are getting low on your GFR like myself (12gfr) not on dialysis, have you ever experienced a sense of pressure in your abdominal area just below your diaphragm? Along with this, the bottom of my sternum where my xiphoid process is along with
Hi guys, I just have a quick question for those of you who are getting low on your GFR like myself (12gfr) not on dialysis, have you ever experienced a sense of pressure in your abdominal area just below your diaphragm? Along with this, the bottom of my sternum where my xiphoid process is along with
Jamok
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Kidney Disease
2 years ago
PD Dialysis - Week 4 day 3 - approved for shower!
So, since my official PD training got put off till next week, my PD nurse had me come in today for another dressing change and "flush" of my pd catheter. She did not do the "sterile" setup for this, just the "clean" set up that included the extreme hand washing techniques and she did use clean gloves
So, since my official PD training got put off till next week, my PD nurse had me come in today for another dressing change and "flush" of my pd catheter. She did not do the "sterile" setup for this, just the "clean" set up that included the extreme hand washing techniques and she did use clean gloves
RonZone
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Kidney Dialysis
2 years ago
Learning to Follow Your Dialysis Fluid Restrictions
New fluid restrictions and dialysis can be overwhelming. Learn how you can create new fluid prescription routines. https://www.kidney.org/newsletter/learning-to-follow-your-dialysis-fluid-restrictions
New fluid restrictions and dialysis can be overwhelming. Learn how you can create new fluid prescription routines. https://www.kidney.org/newsletter/learning-to-follow-your-dialysis-fluid-restrictions
JackieJ_NKF
Partner
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Kidney Dialysis
2 years ago
PD Dialysis - Week Four Day Two Baxter site issue
So my PD nurse set me up an account with Baxter, the company who will supply my cycler (Amia) and the PD solutions and other stuff. Baxter sent me an email with my account username and asked me to create a password and a security question. I did all that, then was taken to the page shown in the first
So my PD nurse set me up an account with Baxter, the company who will supply my cycler (Amia) and the PD solutions and other stuff. Baxter sent me an email with my account username and asked me to create a password and a security question. I did all that, then was taken to the page shown in the first
RonZone
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Kidney Dialysis
2 years ago
Need info please
if I have gained muscle and weight since going on dialysis, should they re evaluate my dry weight?
if I have gained muscle and weight since going on dialysis, should they re evaluate my dry weight?
Ldavis87
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Dialysis Support
2 years ago
The mother of all flares!
I have been having my worst flare ever in the 10 plus years of PMR. I have increased pred to 22.5 from 11 mgs and it is still not yet fully under control. I wish I had increased my dose more quickly but I had no idea it was this bad. I don't usually have blood tests for CRP but this week it was 43 and
I have been having my worst flare ever in the 10 plus years of PMR. I have increased pred to 22.5 from 11 mgs and it is still not yet fully under control. I wish I had increased my dose more quickly but I had no idea it was this bad. I don't usually have blood tests for CRP but this week it was 43 and
suzy1959
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PMRGCAuk
2 years ago
Queen of hearts
Yesterday my folks celebrated their ❤️50th wedding anniversary❤️ and I got an MRI to see if I'll need one kidney out and an adrenal gland removed that have a mass on them. I'll find out Monday morning. I already found out an ovary needs to be removed. It has a cyst on it. If they remove a kidney I will
Yesterday my folks celebrated their ❤️50th wedding anniversary❤️ and I got an MRI to see if I'll need one kidney out and an adrenal gland removed that have a mass on them. I'll find out Monday morning. I already found out an ovary needs to be removed. It has a cyst on it. If they remove a kidney I will
HipHopQueen
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Kidney Dialysis
2 years ago
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