After hooking me up with the chest catheter, one of the techs tried to stick one needle into my fistula. He gave me some lidocaine first so I didn’t feel anything. He poked a few times and said the fistula wasn’t ready. Usually it takes 2-3 months to mature; my surgery was only ~6 weeks ago. Sometimes it can mature that fast but we’re going to wait a few weeks to try again.
He used the thinnest needle so it wasn’t that scary. Since I’m on the border on clearance, they will probably need to used a larger gauge needle eventually to increase the flow rate. Not looking forward to that unless it can shorten my session time.
Speaking of dialysis, there were a few changes due to COVID-19. Their was a person taking everyone’s temperature at the door, and they’re not letting in visitors in the dialysis clinic. Everyone is wearing a face shield and I’ve gotten my mask so maybe they found more supplies.
Life with chronic diseases 