Category Archives: DIALYSIS

Dialysis Update

Posted on September 18, 2021 by ksmiley

Okay, I have been discouraged in the past about how my catheter gets clogged/clotted.  Today I got frustrated for a few minutes.  The nurse had to put Cathflo before being hooked up because one side wasn’t pulling or pushing.  We … Continue reading →

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Life’s Day

Posted on September 14, 2021 by ksmiley

Dialysis Update – Dialysis went smoother than Saturday, but the catheter was running at a slower speed again for a while.  I got through treatment fine.  God is being allowed to control my destiny at this point.  The techs and … Continue reading →

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Dialysis Update

Posted on July 8, 2021 by ksmiley

Life at dialysis continues to go smoothly this week. Today, the lines needed to be blue on red and red on blue, but I got dialyzed in three hours and fifteen minutes without too much havoc. I moved enough a … Continue reading →

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A Lot of Thought

Posted on May 29, 2021 by ksmiley

Dialysis Treatment — I will not argue how dialysis went today — all week — even though I didn’t have treatment on Tuesday. Today I went in at 95.3 kilos. I have to admit that I drank more fluid yesterday. … Continue reading →

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Dialysis Treatment

Posted on May 27, 2021 by ksmiley

Dialysis treatment went well today. I got in early and out early to wait for my ride, who was DKF. She just got done with her client and was with me for a while before heading to her treatment at … Continue reading →

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It Happened to Me For the First Time

Posted on May 25, 2021 by ksmiley

When it comes to trusting a company to pick me up, I expect them to pick me up and get me to dialysis. Well, that did not happen today. I ended up calling MTM at 8:50 AM because I could … Continue reading →

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Dialysis Update

Posted on May 15, 2021 by ksmiley

Dialysis went well even though I didn’t get home until after 1 pm. My weekend has begun once I leave the clinic for the weekend. It was a good day — a good week.

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Weekly Dialysis Update

Posted on May 8, 2021 by ksmiley

Dialysis this week went well. Today, the tech had an issue with the machine for a moment and called another tech over who got the machine working correctly after pushing a few buttons. As for the week, Tuesday, Thursday, and … Continue reading →

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Dialysis Update

Posted on May 6, 2021 by ksmiley

All seems to be going well. I have this fear that my graft has stopped working, though. The nurse at the clinic check it every time I go in, and it’s still going strong. I’m not too fond of it … Continue reading →

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Today

Posted on April 27, 2021 by ksmiley

Dialysis Update – The machine was having an issue for some reason or another. It took twenty minutes to get me hooked up, and my consolation prize was being on for three hours instead of three hours and fifteen minutes. … Continue reading →

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