Category Archives: DIALYSIS

July 2, 2022 – Dialysis Update for Today (Saturday)

Throughout treatment today, my blood pressure was low from the beginning to the end, and I could not have any fluid taken off. The machine was only forced to clean my blood, and I got frustrated and wanted to cry. … Continue reading

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July 1, 2022: News, Dialysis Update for Thursday, & My Diary: My Life in Words

Golden Steals a Tub of Peanut Butter and Masterminds Hilarious Getaway – Pet News (pethelpful.com) I had a good chuckle with this one. My day at dialysis went smoothly until thirty minutes away from being done for the day. My … Continue reading

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Dialysis Treatment Day 1

June 28, 2022 – Dialysis Treatment Day 1 of 3 a Week Dialysis today went smoothly. The technician J (male) did not have a lot of difficulty with the catheter. The blood pulled and pushed enough that getting on the machine was … Continue reading

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Dialysis Update for the Week, My Life in Words, and Another Dream I Had

June 21  Today was a good day with no major issues with the catheter. Treatment went smoothly for most of morning. For some reason it has been a little challenging getting 3.0 to 3.2 kilograms of fluid out while cleaning … Continue reading

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June 18, 2022 – My Diary & Blog: My Newsletter

7:30 AM  It is Saturday morning, thirty minutes before 8 AM, and I have been up since 5:45 AM ready to begin my free period before JP gets here. I have to say that sometimes waking up in the morning … Continue reading

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Dialysis Update and A Relaxing Day

On May 28, 2022, I remember my catheter not wanting to work properly, causing dialysis to not happen that day. Then last week, technicians were doing their best to get extra fluid out of me. By Saturday, May 4, 2022, … Continue reading

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April 18, 2022 – Newsletter 11

Garden Court What’s Happening Today, while I was waiting for my ride downstairs, I talked with a couple of neighbors. A neighbor, DC, M, my friend JS, and I spoke for a few minutes. I have known DC since we … Continue reading

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Update

Dialysis Weekly Update for April 12, 14, & 16, 2022 April 12 – After having three days of treatment last week, there seems to be a block in my catheter that needs medicine to take out the clot, then it … Continue reading

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Dialysis Update: March 24 – 26, 2022

March 22, 2022  Dialysis went reasonably well.  It took a few minutes to get hooked up because my tech had to pull another tiny clot from my catheter, but it was smooth sailing as soon as it was out.  The … Continue reading

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Dialysis Update: March 15, 17, and 19, 2022

March 15. 2022  I will not argue how dialysis went today because it went well. The machine had alarmed a couple of times for different reasons. While dialyzing, I read and closed my eyes for a while. For a little … Continue reading

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