One of the older techs came by to insert the needle in my fistula. He was on vacation for the past two weeks and I heard he’s been at that dialysis center the longest. Anyway, it still took him about 3-4 tries to get the right vein. They still used only one needle at 250 ml/min, but dialed the time back to 3:45. My nephrologist was doing rounds today and she didn’t want to bother with the extra 15 minutes.
You can kind of tell the vein is getting larger in my arm. There is a definite bump in my lower arm where you can feel the blood rushing by all the time. And it’s noisy. If I sleep on my right side and my arm is anywhere near the pillow, I can hear the blood whooshing by.
Life with chronic diseases 