Durka-Durka-Muhammed-Jihad!!
Every so often I'm asked about exactly what happens at dialysis.
Well, that question is answered by someone I met on the Internet. Jim (who I understand recently got a kidney transplant) has an excellent sequence of photos (Flash required) that explain what happens.
Check it out.
And while some people feel 'on top of the world' after a dialysis treatment, I'm usually feeling achy....almost like just before you get the full effects of having the flu - that's me.
Jim did hemo dialysis for a month and then switched to PD (peritoneal dialysis) which seemed to work for him. I, on the other hand, cannot seem to get over that catheter-hanging-out-of-my-gut feeling and really just feel....oogie about considering PD as an alternative to hemodialysis.
Maybe it'll take a few more months of hating HD to get me to consider the catheter. Then again, maybe I'll be lucky enough to get a transplant, although it's not looking like that will happen in the near future....
Thanks for the plug!
15days after a very successful transplant operation, and my labs are
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Thanks for the plug!
|| Posted by Tetzman, June 16, 2005 02:23 PM ||15days after a very successful transplant operation, and my labs are awesome! I can eat pretty much anything, and they want me to consume 3litres of water daily! The steroids make me hungry all the time, so I'm starting put a little weight back on. Did ya check out my update page?
The last clinic session I had 2 weeks before transplant, my nephrologist was concerned about adequacy of my dialysis. PD wasn't getting me as clean as it used to. The phosphorus levels were really kicking my butt as well...
Push for the transplant! PD offers more freedoms, but it's not as good as a transplant! You need to be more active out on the Living Donors Boards. My Donor found me through a post on one of the boards...