Guest guest Posted February 14, 2002 Report Share Posted February 14, 2002 Marty, I done feel too bad right now except that i can't eat and if I do manage to get something down it usually comes right back up ... not to mention the chronic fatigue, so if either of those get better with dialysis it'll be worth it, I guess I was just expecting more time, I was just diagnosed 4 1/2 years ago .... anyway: I will dialyze at the FMC clinic on La Sierra in Riverside- I have Kaiser so I'm not sure if this is a Kaiser clinic or if everyone goes there??? Thanks to everyone for the input I WILL keep everyone updated on how it goes, I have to bring someone with me for the first 3 treatments because they say I may feel pretty bad and shouldn't drive, my husband is going with me tomorrow and my Dad on Sat. I'll let everyone know as soon as I feel up to typing ) Till then... Mia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2002 Report Share Posted February 14, 2002 Kirk, I looked into the option of PD but because of various abdominal surgeries that is not an option for me, the scar tissue is too extensive, from emerg c-sections with my son etc. Thanks for the input Mia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2002 Report Share Posted February 14, 2002 Mia, The nausea and vomitting are typical signs of being highly uremic. The dialysis should definately correct that. You should find your appetite coming back and no more nausea. Same goes for the fatigue. If you're anemic (which also adds to fatigue), they will give you Epogen that will bring your hematocrit up to around 36. I think that within a week or so, you will feel much, much better. Good luck, Marty Re: bad news Marty, I done feel too bad right now except that i can't eat and if I do manage to get something down it usually comes right back up ... not to mention the chronic fatigue, so if either of those get better with dialysis it'll be worth it, I guess I was just expecting more time, I was just diagnosed 4 1/2 years ago ... anyway: I will dialyze at the FMC clinic on La Sierra in Riverside- I have Kaiser so I'm not sure if this is a Kaiser clinic or if everyone goes there??? Thanks to everyone for the input I WILL keep everyone updated on how it goes, I have to bring someone with me for the first 3 treatments because they say I may feel pretty bad and shouldn't drive, my husband is going with me tomorrow and my Dad on Sat. I'll let everyone know as soon as I feel up to typing ) Till then... Mia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2002 Report Share Posted February 14, 2002 Hi Mia Sorry to hear this news, but hopefully some of the wonderful replies from the guys who are on dialysis who have replied to you, have helped you a little. I hope everything goes well for you Mia, and we look forward to hearing from you, when you are up to it of course. Not so serious a reminder from me everyone that from Sunday pm I shall be offline for a few days as I am having surgery for a small blockage around my right kidney. Will post as soon as I am back on my feet. Spookily it is not the surgery that makes me feel so rotten, it is the anaesthetic, I never seem to do well on it. Will be in touch ok. Best wishes everyone, and keep up the good replies. bad news Hello everyone ... bad news for me today- I got the rest of my lab results back and it looks as if my kidney function is down to 10%... so I will now be starting dialysis on Friday. I go Friday & Saturday then start on my regular schedule of Tues. Thurs. & Sat... I am NOT looking forward to this at all! I am worried about how I will feel, if it'll make me feel sicker, etc., any input from those with experience would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks again! Mia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 As some of you know, Katherina my 2 1/2 year old fell from a kitchen chair last Saturday. Well, she was taking to a hospital with my husband and his sister and they so called checked her out and said nothing was broken. Well, after constantly complaining, I had had enough and took her to the pediatrician today. Well, the doctor felt around her collar bone and shoulder and said it is broken, and we had to do an xray of it and for me to come back after she was xrayed to see how it was broken and what we were going to do about it. My husband was not with me, but his father was, so, trying to tell him Katherina needed to be xrayed in German and went over to get it done. Well, the bad news is, her collar bone is broken. No, not fractured, broken. Well, I took her back over to the pediatrican. Thank God, it was just up the road and back, so, we did not go far. He was going to set her bone back, I think, but the thing he had was too big for her, so, he told me that since she was 2 1/2, hopefully her bone would grow back to the right way, but she has to go back on the 17th of December for him to check her out again and see how it is going. I am so upset that I am spitting nails. I just can not understand this. How can this happen?? This is my child. My flesh and blood here and here I am trying to do right by her and I think I go two steps forward and three steps back. Do you know what I mean? Anyway, he told me not to do anything with her left side, this is the side that is broken. Not to pull her arm, not to let her sleep on that left side. And I just said, yeah, right. This is only a baby, how can you not stop her from doing these things?? And just how am I suppose to get her dressed?? Anyway, I just wanted to come in here and tell you guys this. I am going no mail for awhile. I am also having medical problems and I need to decide on who is telling me the truth and who is lying to me. My husband just does not seem to understand, that I know what I have and the doctors in the states told me what I had and I get here and I am being told something different??? And he says, why do you not listen to them and I said because this is what they told me in the states, and I know this is what I have and they are the ones that do not know what I have and want to treat me for it. I just can not get him to see that. So, anyway. I am going no mail for awhile and if any of you would like to email me, my email address is lianne@... or liannecrisci@... I am not going to be coming to the group for awhile until I figure out what I am going to do. I hope all of you have a good weekend and please know that all of you are in my prayers and thoughts. hugs, Lianne site moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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