Is that a surgery? I am all confused. Yes I have googled it, but I need it dumbed down for me.
JJB nurse or someone that knows about kidney dialysis?
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insomniachollie |
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Posts: 41246 (09/09/2009 3:09 PM) Best Fan Fic Writer '08 |
Basically? They feed a tube into you, your blood goes into a machine to be cleaned (because the kidneys can't manage it) and then pumped back in. It's
not really a surgery, per se, you'd be awake through the whole thing. It's long and dull but not painful, so I'm told
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Posts: 3563 (09/09/2009 3:12 PM) |
No, it's usually a weekly treatment. Kindof like going to get chemotherapy.
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Posts: 3564 (09/09/2009 3:13 PM) |
Oh, and it's outpatient (in my experience).
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oohykitten |
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Posts: 14760 (09/09/2009 3:14 PM) |
thanks! so then I am really confused. I got a call saying my mom was in surgery, yet the only thing I knew of today was her kidney dialysis. HUmmmm...
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jenhavins |
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Posts: 5432 (09/09/2009 3:16 PM) |
They also install a shunt so that they can hook up the tubes to filter the blood (or they used to).
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Posts: 17796 (09/09/2009 3:19 PM) Most Loyal *NSYNC Fan '08 |
They may have had to put in a new port to do the dialysis. My grandfather lived with dialysis for more than 4 years and I often had to pick him up. It is
usually done several times a week. You can't just do it once a week if you are in kidney failure
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abby since 1984 |
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Posts: 52061 (09/09/2009 3:22 PM) |
People have a AV (arteriovenous) fistula created. This is used as the port through which the dialysis takes place. It is a surgical procedure to have the
fistula created. Then people go to dialysis on an outpatient basis. My current dialysis patient goes 3 days a week for 5 hours at a time.
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Posts: 271 (09/09/2009 3:23 PM) |
Yeah, it's usually three times a week.
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Posts: 1740 (09/09/2009 3:23 PM) Best Use of Emoticon award '09
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it sucks
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oohykitten |
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Posts: 14761 (09/09/2009 3:26 PM) |
Gotcha... thank you so much.
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