Category Archives: DIALYSIS

Dialysis Update: November 11, 2021

 Dialysis went fine today.  My catheter ran into a few moments of clotting the machine.  Tr, the technician, could get the clot out and hook me back up to the device without more trouble.  Cathflo was thought of if it … Continue reading

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Dialysis Update: November 6, 2021

Another day at dialysis.  I have had a good day.  I have to admit that today there was an issue, and I took care of it with the right person.   A technician decided to say something that the entire floor … Continue reading

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Dialysis Update: November 2, 2021

Today dialysis had a rough start at the beginning, but I was able to get through treatment.  I was also sitting in a different chair.  I was in chair five this morning.  JA, the tenant, asked why I was not … Continue reading

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Dialysis Update

I have been home since 12:45 PM.  Dialysis, thanks to Cathflo being put in on Thursday, the treatment went smoothly in reverse.  Red/blue and blue/red.  My catheter has run straight only three times since it was placed earlier this summer … Continue reading

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Waiting

Hello and good morning.  I’m waiting for my turn here at dialysis at 8:18 AM.  I got here at 8:11 AM.   Cathflo had to be used before and after treatment Thursday.  I’m glad that I have the weekend ahead … Continue reading

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Dialysis Update

Dialysis has one more day left for the week before the weekend begins; I have to say that my treatment Tuesday and today went smoothly.  I was in and out by 12:30 PM and home safely without any hitches along … Continue reading

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Dialysis Update

I will not ever doubt a tech or a nurse ever again regarding dialysis and a patient’s catheter—my own.  Although Cathflo was put in on Saturday after treatment, the dialysis tech found a clot in the arterial/red line while prepping … Continue reading

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Dialysis Update

I am a very happy patient.  Dialysis went very well today.  I got in my chair, and Tr, the technician, called the catheter prepped for being hooked up, and the machine did not have any issues with my catheter.  I … Continue reading

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Dialysis Update

My second day of treatment for the week has started a little rough.  Dialysis did go, but the first ten minutes of treatment, there was a clot in the catheter on the venous side/blue, and it took a male technician … Continue reading

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Dialysis Update

I am sitting here at dialysis this morning, thankful for a treatment.  Dialysis is only a few days before I move to my new apartment, so here I am, allowing God to handle things right now.  I know I repeated … Continue reading

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