Heard from David this evening. He is home, said he was a little slow getting around but hopes that will get better with time.
Jim
Hi guys, I am in a rehab hospital to get my strength back after a fall, last night I was taking a shower and my access blew out for the third time, lost a bunch of blood, got it stopped, waiting for morning for the in house doc to send me to the ER to get the hole stitched up so I can be ready for dialysis on Tuesday. My wife is 30 miles away at home due to the rehab visitation policy, expect her to be here at daylight, she is very worried. Wish I had better news. David
Surgeon worked on my access yesterday, this morning it started bleeding again, new pressure bandage, guess they will try for a ne fix today. I think that they are beating a dead horse.david
Surgeon worked on my access yesterday, this morning it started bleeding again, new pressure bandage, guess they will try for a ne fix today. I think that they are beating a dead horse.david
You take care,dear.
I went back to surgery yesterday, at dialysis Tuesday I started bleeding again so no food or drink til after 12pm, had surgery at midnight so I had nothing to eat or drink for 24 hours, I was so hungry that I was ready to eat my pillow then at about 3 am my access started bleeding so I was not looking forward to dialysis today, but when they unwrapped it there was some leakage but no gushing.
Jim I will keep you informed as best I can, and if you would let the other folks know I would appreciate it. Thank you David
Since the last surgery my access seems to be holding, my eyes have been red and itchy for a while saw a eye doctor I have glaucoma and the beginning of cataracts. He gave me drops for the glaucoma, eyes feel much better. Thanks for the concern, I am just taking it one day at the time, sure am tired of hospital/hospital food
Well Jim I spoke too soon, my access blew this morning at about 2am, went straight to surgery, maybe the sixth time is the charm. David
Made it tru dialysis today, slight drainage, next dialysis is Thursday will let you know how it goes. David
Made it tru dialysis today, slight drainage, next dialysis is Thursday will let you know how it goes. David
Hi guys and gals, surgeon shut down my old access after 8 blow outs, put in a perm cath and is going to put in a graph on Monday. Perm cath is a direct connection to heart thru chest wall I had one for a year after another surgeon put in my first access too deep making it hard to stick, did a revision to bring it closer to the surface, still too deep and it clotted off he went in to fix it, said it was cleared but it wasn’t. Second access lasted 2 years before problems started. Graphs are more prone to infections but the other option was in the thigh, not a good situation. So if the graph fails I am going to call it quits. Wish me luck David
Hang tough kiddo. We're with you!!!