| Author | Subject: Re: Welcome New Bulletin Board Members |
| Clarence Rasmussen | Posted At 11:20:26 08/30/2001 Hi! I have been on Dialysis since Mar.15-01 I get my blood cleaned on Mon Wed Fri After I spend 5 hours at the dialysis clinic, I can hardly move and I must goto bed for about 2 hours. Want TO Know If This Is Normal..... |
| Bruce Muscolino | Re: Welcome New Bulletin Board Members (Currently 0 replies) Posted At 14:39:08 04/25/2003 I went on dialysis in November of last year. I go three times per week. At the start I was bothered by extreme tiredness. Now, I am a little tired but not too bad. Tuesday I was told it looked like I no longer need dialysis. I am having another test this weekend to confirm it. Going to dialysis was a pain, because of the early hours I went! I choose 6 AM to 11 AM because I could sleep through most of it! Are you using catheters or a shunt to get your blood? I am now using a shunt. It was put in in early December but allergic problems kept me from using it until about one and a half months ago. It is true that dialysis works better that way! Bruce |
| Bruce Muscolino | Re: Welcome New Bulletin Board Members (Currently 0 replies) Posted At 14:39:42 04/25/2003 I went on dialysis in November of last year. I go three times per week. At the start I was bothered by extreme tiredness. Now, I am a little tired but not too bad. Tuesday I was told it looked like I no longer need dialysis. I am having another test this weekend to confirm it. Going to dialysis was a pain, because of the early hours I went! I choose 6 AM to 11 AM because I could sleep through most of it! Are you using catheters or a shunt to get your blood? I am now using a shunt. It was put in in early December but allergic problems kept me from using it until about one and a half months ago. It is true that dialysis works better that way! Bruce |
| Beth Witten | Re: Welcome New Bulletin Board Members (Currently 0 replies) Posted At 23:22:53 04/28/2003 National Kidney Foundation guidelines for hemodialysis recommend accesses in this order: 1) fistula, 2) graft, 3) catheter. The reasons for this order is that fistulas are the least likely to become infected plus they provide the highest adequacy of dialysis. Catheters are the most prone to infections and provide lower dialysis adequacy. |