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Infection Scare and the Dentist
Florence October 1, 2008

I woke up this morning to get ready for work. I looked at my venous buttonhole and I wasn’t liking what I was seeing. As I mentioned yesterday, my arm felt kind of sore. The ...

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Cannulation Humiliation!
Florence August 20, 2008

Bright and early was the name of the game. We had to get to the clinic by 7:00am to take care of any admin stuff that needed to be done, so we left the house ...

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cannulation, dialysis, home hemodialysis, home hemodialysis vs kidney transplant, kidney, kidney transplant, rude people, transplant
Home Hemo, Yay or Nay
Florence July 8, 2008

I was very resistent to Home hemo at first as I have probably mentioned numerous times. I had no interest in having a dialysis machine in my bedroom and having to stare at it everyday. ...

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Silly Concentrate Errors!
Florence April 7, 2008

First of all, I’d like to thank Mr. Peckham for posting updates/summaries of my posts on his page. His page has also connected me with many other blogs/sites that I like reading. Thank you! http://www.billpeckham.com/from_the_sharp_end_of_the/ ...

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First REAL 8 hours home dialysis run
Florence April 3, 2008

Actually, it was more like 7 hours and 20 minutes. I had about 35 minutes left or so and I really had to go to the washroom so I just decided to retransfuse. I had ...

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button hole, cake decorating class, cannulation, clot, dialysis machine, insomnia, stomach cramps
My Machine Clotted! :-(
Florence March 29, 2008

Today definitely wasn’t a great dialysis day. I set my machine up as usual and everything was fine. I cannulated my buttonholes…and everything was fine. I quickly scanned my circuit for air and there was ...

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blood work, button hole, cannulation, changes, dialysis, dialysis machine, dialysis training, home hemodialysis, joint pain lupus, lab tests, lupus, mean people, rude people, SLE
Only a few more days
Florence March 20, 2008

My ankles hurt. Both of them. I’m wondering if its Lupus related joint pain. I usually don’t get joint pain aside from the avascular necrosis in my left hip and right knee. My left hip ...

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anemia, blood transfusion, cannulation, dialysis, dialysis machine, dialysis training, exhausted, fatigue, home hemodialysis, low hemoglobin, stomach cramps, stomach pain
Worst Dialysis Day Ever!
Florence March 6, 2008

Ugh, today had to have been my worst day at dialysis. It all started when I was cannulating myself. The needles went in fine and I was just connecting myself. I connected the first tube ...

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Home Hemodialysis – 8 Classes Later
Florence February 2, 2008

As per my calculations, it’s been 2 and a half weeks since I started doing home hemodialysis training (or 8 training classes). According to Rose, my trainer, I’m doing pretty well. She seems to think ...

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