Guest guest Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Thanks ! That is helpful to see a picture. I do not think my decision will be an easy one, but I sure do appreciate all the feedback I am getting from the members of this group. In a message dated 11/4/2004 4:59:07 PM Pacific Standard Time, royal1@... writes: > and others-- > > I think a lot of people considering PD are put off by the whole > concept of the tube, so I thought I would share a pic that I found > of the PD access. It is at http://www.healthcare- > specialties.com/pdbelt.html. (scroll down a bit) > > Just seeing the photo helped allay my fears. My site, however, is > always covered with a sterile dressing, which is what my center > advises. Therefore, it does not protrude like the one in the > photo. (Also, you can position the exit where you want it,within > reason). I use a belt that comes from the company and is a bit > different. > > As for the tube itself, it was longer than I was led to imagine > beforehand. Depending on your supplier, it can have a shorter or > longer lead tube with diferent connectors. Baxter's tube is shorter > but the end connector is a bit bigger and bulkier. Fresenius' is > longer (like in the picture) and slimmer/lighter at the end. > > Take care, > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Thanks for posting this site, ! Although I am not at a point of failure, I am interested in what options are out there, and curious of what you all are doing and going through. I am always so glad to see actual pictures of what we are talking about. It really does make things a lot less scary for me when I am not relying on my imagination! _____ From: hotchkissm Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 4:57 PM To: iga-nephropathy Subject: more PD info and others-- I think a lot of people considering PD are put off by the whole concept of the tube, so I thought I would share a pic that I found of the PD access. It is at http://www.healthcare- specialties.com/pdbelt.html. (scroll down a bit) Just seeing the photo helped allay my fears. My site, however, is always covered with a sterile dressing, which is what my center advises. Therefore, it does not protrude like the one in the photo. (Also, you can position the exit where you want it,within reason). I use a belt that comes from the company and is a bit different. As for the tube itself, it was longer than I was led to imagine beforehand. Depending on your supplier, it can have a shorter or longer lead tube with diferent connectors. Baxter's tube is shorter but the end connector is a bit bigger and bulkier. Fresenius' is longer (like in the picture) and slimmer/lighter at the end. Take care, To edit your settings for the group, go to our Yahoo Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iga-nephropathy/ To unsubcribe via email, iga-nephropathy-unsubscribe Visit our companion website at www.igan.ca. The site is entirely supported by donations. If you would like to help, go to: http://www.igan.ca/id62.htm Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Thank you for the link, ! I am very interested in learning all about the different types of dialysis and pictures of them. ~Dana more PD info and others-- I think a lot of people considering PD are put off by the whole concept of the tube, so I thought I would share a pic that I found of the PD access. It is at http://www.healthcare- specialties.com/pdbelt.html. (scroll down a bit) Just seeing the photo helped allay my fears. My site, however, is always covered with a sterile dressing, which is what my center advises. Therefore, it does not protrude like the one in the photo. (Also, you can position the exit where you want it,within reason). I use a belt that comes from the company and is a bit different. As for the tube itself, it was longer than I was led to imagine beforehand. Depending on your supplier, it can have a shorter or longer lead tube with diferent connectors. Baxter's tube is shorter but the end connector is a bit bigger and bulkier. Fresenius' is longer (like in the picture) and slimmer/lighter at the end. Take care, To edit your settings for the group, go to our Yahoo Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iga-nephropathy/ To unsubcribe via email, iga-nephropathy-unsubscribe Visit our companion website at www.igan.ca. The site is entirely supported by donations. If you would like to help, go to: http://www.igan.ca/id62.htm Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 thanks for posting that, I sort of wondered what it looked like. Showing it to my husband only made the hemo option more solid in our minds though....ah well hopefully I won't get to that point. I hope things are continuing to go well for you with PD. Amy G. more PD info > > > and others-- > > I think a lot of people considering PD are put off by the whole > concept of the tube, so I thought I would share a pic that I found > of the PD access. It is at http://www.healthcare- > specialties.com/pdbelt.html. (scroll down a bit) > > Just seeing the photo helped allay my fears. My site, however, is > always covered with a sterile dressing, which is what my center > advises. Therefore, it does not protrude like the one in the > photo. (Also, you can position the exit where you want it,within > reason). I use a belt that comes from the company and is a bit > different. > > As for the tube itself, it was longer than I was led to imagine > beforehand. Depending on your supplier, it can have a shorter or > longer lead tube with diferent connectors. Baxter's tube is shorter > but the end connector is a bit bigger and bulkier. Fresenius' is > longer (like in the picture) and slimmer/lighter at the end. > > Take care, > > > > > > > > > To edit your settings for the group, go to our Yahoo Group > home page: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iga-nephropathy/ > > To unsubcribe via email, > iga-nephropathy-unsubscribe > Visit our companion website at www.igan.ca. The site is entirely supported by donations. If you would like to help, go to: > http://www.igan.ca/id62.htm > > Thank you > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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