Since there quite a bit of blood in the drained dialysate for the past two days, I wanted to see if it was still bleeding in my abdomen. I flushed the PD catheter again tonight using 2000 mL of 2.5% dextrose solution. I believe I’m down to four bags of the same solution which is a manual exchange setup that includes a drain bag. I filled almost the entire bag which was about 2090 mL and disconnected. I then let it dwell for almost two hours and drained into another bag. The drained dialysate was still a bit pinkish but much much better than previous days. That’s probably the leftover fluid from the fill/drain cycles yeterday. The net drain as about 2440 mL which gives me a total UF of ~350 mL.
It’s ~1:00 am Saturday morning. I’m still deciding whether to call it quits or flush again to see if the drained dialysate turns clear. I have lots of 1.5% solution and a very small inventory of 4.25% dextrose solution. I’ve never used a “red” bag in the six months of doing daily peritoneal dialysis.
Also, I think I’m getting the cigarette smoke phantom smell again. It just started up again this afternoon while we were playing mahjong with my sister. It’s not as intense as before but it’s definitely there, and no one else is smells anything. Dang it… it’s probably my sinuses acting up. I walked this afternoon in basically a short-sleeved shirt and shorts. Initially I was wearing a jacket but because of the sun, I got a bit sweaty and took it off. Afterwards, I didn’t feel cold by my nose was running constantly. I’m still wiping away nasal drip after 12 hours. That’s probably causing the phantosmia again. At least this time I’m pretty confident it’s not caused by a brain tumor.
Life with chronic diseases 