The same tech was able to get both needles into my fistula today as well and we ran the machine at 350 mL/min. He did mention that starting Saturday, another tech will try to insert the needles so hopefully he has good luck as well. They have been using the standard 16 gauge needles that should sustain higher flow rates so I’m going to ask them if we can run at 400 or 450 mL/min and possibly cut down on the dialysis time.
Fistula Update 7/2/2020
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