It’s been about a week since I last flushed the PD catheter so I quickly flushed it tonight with 1.5% dextrose solution. I didn’t leave the solution inside at all so there was probably no UF. The solution bag had 2,500 mL of fluid so I did two flushes of ~1,250 mL each. The initial drain had a bit of blood in it so the drained fluid had a slight pink tinge but nothing like the craziness from January 1st.
Since the surgery to remove the PD catheter is this Friday, today’s flush will likely be my last. By next week, the catheter will be gone and I can start tossing all the remaining supplies. The PD catheter was put in on April 11th last year so it’s been almost 10 months. I kind of got used to having huge quantities of dialysate solution in my hallway and study so it will be weird to get all that floor-space back. In hindsight, I should have just gotten a fistula instead of the PD catheter. I was pretty much getting no dialysis during the last couple months of PD so who knows what additional damage I did to my body. Most likely I lost the last bit of residual kidney function, which makes hemodialysis and fluid control much harder this time around. I also fell asleep driving quite often. Luckily AutoPilot kept the car from crashing but I don’t want to try that again.
Life with chronic diseases 