Lots of weirdness at dialysis this past week. On Saturday and Tuesday, they were unable to hit the vein accurately to use the fistula. I actually got stuck three times in the arm on Tuesday but none of them were good enough. The head nephrologist checked out my fistula on Tuesday and said it felt good; he wasn’t sure why we’re having so much problem using it. On Thursday, they were drawing blood for clearance tests so we only used the chest catheter. However, my dialysis machine broke down with about 40 minutes left in the session so they just disconnected me. The plan is to redraw blood on Saturday so no fistula again.
The nephrologist lowered my dry weight again to 88.5 kg. He thinks I may have some fluids in my lungs and lower legs. I haven’t been eating that well so I should be losing weight; maybe the weight is being maintained by excess fluids. With a lower dry (targer) weight yesterday, my blood pressure was actually in-line during the entire dialysis session. I think I started at 128/70 and ended at 123/71.
One of the patients on the same shift as me was taken out of the clinic two days in a row by paramedics. I hope he’s okay but that’s not a good sign.
Life with chronic diseases 