I just realized that last night was the first night I didn’t have a dialysis catheter sticking out of me in over three years. Since the first chest catheter wast put in on July 3, 2017, I’ve had either a hemodialysis catheter or a peritoneal catheter in me until last night.
It wasn’t very comfortable though. There is still some pain left from pulling the catheter out. I believe the surgery assistant had to cut some flesh that fused (?) with the catheter cuff so that started to hurt when the lidocaine wore off. Also, since I could not lay down flat on my back, I tried to set the bed to the highest recline and sleep sitting up. All that did was to mess up my back. I didn’t get any sleep last night from both the shortness of breath and the catheter removal.
I’m supposd to remove the original bandage at 5:00 pm today. I hope all the bleeding has stopped and the hope is not too big for my bandages. I thought recovery felt easier last time.
Life with chronic diseases 