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« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2008, 02:31:42 PM PDT » |
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Hi - My name is Allison, and I'm a Nursing student at Ohlone College in Fremont, CA. I have a school project this semester, and the topic is Peritoneal Dialysis. We will present on the process, and an interview with a patient and family if possible. I wondered if anyone would be interested in answering a few of my questions regarding how dialysis works for you, pros and cons, and the life changes you have made (easy and difficult).
Thank you for the welcome to the forums!
Allison
Hi Allison, I think it's great that you're doing a project on PD, I feel that so little is known of this type of dialysis. When I tell people I'm on dialysis they always ask, "oh they take out your blood and put it back in" Or when making a Dr's appt they always aks "okay we can work around your dialysis schedule, which days do you dialyze?" I then explain I dialyze at home everyday, and most people are confused about this. I always get you dialyze every day 4x/day? you must be really sick LOL I'll be more than happy to help out with this project. Send me a PM or e-mail me. |
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« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2008, 06:17:03 AM PDT » |
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Thank you for this update. I have been on HD since May08 and I am strongly considering PD. This will help for sure. BTW I like the clinical stuff b/c I am a clinical pharmascist (not currently practicing).
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« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2009, 10:21:49 PM PDT » |
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i know what you mean. i have had 4 hernias so far. 2 umbicial, 2 groin, so i take time out every year yo go back on hemo to repair my hernias Lisa I was a PD patient for 10 months. After my transplant (about one year) I woke up one morning, looked down, and saw I had an incisional hernia. When I went in for a consult prior to the surgical repair, I was told that this occurred fairly commonly with PD patients. So, how many of you have experienced the same thing?
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« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2009, 06:36:53 PM PST » |
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I was a PD patient for 10 months. After my transplant (about one year) I woke up one morning, looked down, and saw I had an incisional hernia. When I went in for a consult prior to the surgical repair, I was told that this occurred fairly commonly with PD patients. So, how many of you have experienced the same thing?
Flosschick
I have had one Umbilical Hernia directly related to my PD as well. It was pretty easy to repair. They put in a disk behind my belly button for added support as I was still going to be on PD for awhile at that time.  OK ladies... I am not sure how I should react to these items. If there was some way to know what caused these hernias, I would sleep better. My PD nurse tells me not to lift anything from the ground. I listen and go my way. Later in the day I pick up my big 3 year old who is 65 lbs like I did before my surgery. My catheter site has always done well and I am not obese. So I wonder if my PD nurse is "just doing her job" when she tells me of older patients who developed hernias. Oi. It's tough not knowing how my body will respond. So any ideas why some people have such challenges and others don't? cheers, ~fool |
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« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2009, 04:23:07 PM PST » |
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I was a PD patient for 10 months. After my transplant (about one year) I woke up one morning, looked down, and saw I had an incisional hernia. When I went in for a consult prior to the surgical repair, I was told that this occurred fairly commonly with PD patients. So, how many of you have experienced the same thing?
Flosschick
I have had one Umbilical Hernia directly related to my PD as well. It was pretty easy to repair. They put in a disk behind my belly button for added support as I was still going to be on PD for awhile at that time. OK ladies... I am not sure how I should react to these items. If there was some way to know what caused these hernias, I would sleep better. My PD nurse tells me not to lift anything from the ground. I listen and go my way. Later in the day I pick up my big 3 year old who is 65 lbs like I did before my surgery. My catheter site has always done well and I am not obese. So I wonder if my PD nurse is "just doing her job" when she tells me of older patients who developed hernias. Oi. It's tough not knowing how my body will respond. So any ideas why some people have such challenges and others don't? cheers, ~fool I was only picking up 20 - 45 lb boxes at work when I got Hernia. The thing is, the pressure of the fluid on the inside of the Peritoneal Cavity is one thing but then lifting something heavy you are adding extra strain on that your stomach muscles. I don't exactly understand but for some reason when you lift something heavy and already have your abdominal area maxed and not able to take much more, it doesn't matter if you are an averagely in shape person, you can still get hernia. I am not a professional and am only speaking from what I understand of my experience. So because of this I am not sure I am explaining it right but I realized after it happened to me, just how easily it happens. It is not like POOF! Hernia shows up! No .. it is slow and gets larger. I couldn't just quit my job. I was at it too long. But then I needed surgery so I was forced to take time off. The funny thing is my department manager got hernia at the same time (no he is not on dialysis but was just lifting stuff that was too heavy) so he ended up being more understanding about my hernia even though he was the same one who was against me using a cart for the boxes of Idaho Potatoes and Chicken. |
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« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2009, 01:50:04 PM PST » |
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Weird. I had a dream about hernias last night.  Thanks for your input Angie. I'll try to do better with Jeremy. As I told my new neph Wednesday, if all I had to worry about was CKD, my life would be easy. If I don' t see your smiling imoticons or chat with you b4 the holidays, have a very merry and anything else that applies. ~fool |
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