Re: peritoneal dialysis canula insertion

[Guest guest]

Oh Mark,

You're wracking up points for the ironic humor award of the week. I am so

sorry you had to go through all this. Between the infection, the hospital

screw-up on antibiotics, the doc with the great bedside manner and the

following chest pain it's sounds like it's been a bear of a week. The one

thing that really scares me about PD is the risk of infection. I hate to

think the worry that was going through your mind with that killer bug and

flesh eating virus. Don't those docs know that for some of us, real life is

difficult enough by itself thank you without further fantasies??? In any

event, I'm sorry your introduction to PD was - uh - less than ideal. I am

extremely glad that the infection is clearing.

Cy

RE: Re: peritoneal dialysis canula insertion

> Well what a fun week thats been. Last monday I started

> my pd training, by Tuesday I was on anti biotics for

> an infected exit site, come thursday after I had come

> home for the weekend and looking forward to a W/E off

> I get a call from the Hospital to say I need to come

> in Friday because the antibiotics they had put me on

> for the Peritonitious I had was teh wrong antibiotics.

>

> Friday, im sat there in the hospital when this nice

> doctor comes over and tells me ive got 'the killer

> bug' 'the flesh eating virus' MRSA... (his words not

> mine) needles to say I started to erm poo my pants and

> thought I was about to be eaten alive by this evil

> bug..

>

> The nice nurse was talking to me an hour or so later

> after they put me on a drip and saw that I was a

> little worried well a lot worried, she called the head

> virus control officer for the hospital asking her to

> have a chat with me. Control officer appears an hour

> or so later and nicely puts my mind at rest and

> managed to convince me I wasnt about to become bug

> food

>

> Starting with monday night ater my first day of

> exchanges I got little sleep because of pain in my

> chest only relieved a little if i sat up. Tuesday my

> exit site is infected so I start with antibiotice and

> I cant see my hand through the bag its that cloudy-

> ive also got peritonotious.

>

> Friday morning for a few hours I really thought I was

> going to die, so ive had a really bad start to life on

> PD but there is a little bit of good news, i'm no

> longer in pain when I fill and drain (well not much)

> and my bags are starting to clear.... I CAN NOW SEE MY

> HAND THROUGH THE BAG HOOORAY!!!!

>

> Mark

>

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Oh Mark,

You're wracking up points for the ironic humor award of the week. I am so

sorry you had to go through all this. Between the infection, the hospital

screw-up on antibiotics, the doc with the great bedside manner and the

following chest pain it's sounds like it's been a bear of a week. The one

thing that really scares me about PD is the risk of infection. I hate to

think the worry that was going through your mind with that killer bug and

flesh eating virus. Don't those docs know that for some of us, real life is

difficult enough by itself thank you without further fantasies??? In any

event, I'm sorry your introduction to PD was - uh - less than ideal. I am

extremely glad that the infection is clearing.

Cy

RE: Re: peritoneal dialysis canula insertion

> Well what a fun week thats been. Last monday I started

> my pd training, by Tuesday I was on anti biotics for

> an infected exit site, come thursday after I had come

> home for the weekend and looking forward to a W/E off

> I get a call from the Hospital to say I need to come

> in Friday because the antibiotics they had put me on

> for the Peritonitious I had was teh wrong antibiotics.

>

> Friday, im sat there in the hospital when this nice

> doctor comes over and tells me ive got 'the killer

> bug' 'the flesh eating virus' MRSA... (his words not

> mine) needles to say I started to erm poo my pants and

> thought I was about to be eaten alive by this evil

> bug..

>

> The nice nurse was talking to me an hour or so later

> after they put me on a drip and saw that I was a

> little worried well a lot worried, she called the head

> virus control officer for the hospital asking her to

> have a chat with me. Control officer appears an hour

> or so later and nicely puts my mind at rest and

> managed to convince me I wasnt about to become bug

> food

>

> Starting with monday night ater my first day of

> exchanges I got little sleep because of pain in my

> chest only relieved a little if i sat up. Tuesday my

> exit site is infected so I start with antibiotice and

> I cant see my hand through the bag its that cloudy-

> ive also got peritonotious.

>

> Friday morning for a few hours I really thought I was

> going to die, so ive had a really bad start to life on

> PD but there is a little bit of good news, i'm no

> longer in pain when I fill and drain (well not much)

> and my bags are starting to clear.... I CAN NOW SEE MY

> HAND THROUGH THE BAG HOOORAY!!!!

>

> Mark

>

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Oh Mark,

You're wracking up points for the ironic humor award of the week. I am so

sorry you had to go through all this. Between the infection, the hospital

screw-up on antibiotics, the doc with the great bedside manner and the

following chest pain it's sounds like it's been a bear of a week. The one

thing that really scares me about PD is the risk of infection. I hate to

think the worry that was going through your mind with that killer bug and

flesh eating virus. Don't those docs know that for some of us, real life is

difficult enough by itself thank you without further fantasies??? In any

event, I'm sorry your introduction to PD was - uh - less than ideal. I am

extremely glad that the infection is clearing.

Cy

RE: Re: peritoneal dialysis canula insertion

> Well what a fun week thats been. Last monday I started

> my pd training, by Tuesday I was on anti biotics for

> an infected exit site, come thursday after I had come

> home for the weekend and looking forward to a W/E off

> I get a call from the Hospital to say I need to come

> in Friday because the antibiotics they had put me on

> for the Peritonitious I had was teh wrong antibiotics.

>

> Friday, im sat there in the hospital when this nice

> doctor comes over and tells me ive got 'the killer

> bug' 'the flesh eating virus' MRSA... (his words not

> mine) needles to say I started to erm poo my pants and

> thought I was about to be eaten alive by this evil

> bug..

>

> The nice nurse was talking to me an hour or so later

> after they put me on a drip and saw that I was a

> little worried well a lot worried, she called the head

> virus control officer for the hospital asking her to

> have a chat with me. Control officer appears an hour

> or so later and nicely puts my mind at rest and

> managed to convince me I wasnt about to become bug

> food

>

> Starting with monday night ater my first day of

> exchanges I got little sleep because of pain in my

> chest only relieved a little if i sat up. Tuesday my

> exit site is infected so I start with antibiotice and

> I cant see my hand through the bag its that cloudy-

> ive also got peritonotious.

>

> Friday morning for a few hours I really thought I was

> going to die, so ive had a really bad start to life on

> PD but there is a little bit of good news, i'm no

> longer in pain when I fill and drain (well not much)

> and my bags are starting to clear.... I CAN NOW SEE MY

> HAND THROUGH THE BAG HOOORAY!!!!

>

> Mark

>

>

>

>

>

>

> ___________________________________________________________

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[Guest guest]

Hello all. It is terrible what you went through Mark. One thing to

say about the first antibiotic which turned out to be erroneous. The

common practice in medicine is that when an infection of any kind is

suspected, the doc prescribes an antibiotic on an empirical basis.

He or she has no way of knowing with certainty what the microbe is.

They prescribe based on a " best guess " because if they are correct

and the microbe is sensitive to that antibiotic...great. They got an

early start on it. Meanwhile, they run a culture to find out what

the infection actually is. It normally takes a couple days to get

the results. I suspect that this is what happened in your case. The

results came back and the initial " guess " was wrong. Regarding the

methicillin-resistant staph. aureus [MRSA]. It is unfortunate that

it is often contacted in a medical setting (nosocomially). It is

often transfered from one patient to another thru poor precautionary

measures of the healthcare workers.

Marty

> Oh Mark,

> You're wracking up points for the ironic humor award of the week.

I am so

> sorry you had to go through all this. Between the infection, the

hospital

> screw-up on antibiotics, the doc with the great bedside manner and

the

> following chest pain it's sounds like it's been a bear of a week.

The one

> thing that really scares me about PD is the risk of infection. I

hate to

> think the worry that was going through your mind with that killer

bug and

> flesh eating virus. Don't those docs know that for some of us,

real life is

> difficult enough by itself thank you without further fantasies???

In any

> event, I'm sorry your introduction to PD was - uh - less than

ideal. I am

> extremely glad that the infection is clearing.

>

> Cy

> RE: Re: peritoneal dialysis canula insertion

>

>

> > Well what a fun week thats been. Last monday I started

> > my pd training, by Tuesday I was on anti biotics for

> > an infected exit site, come thursday after I had come

> > home for the weekend and looking forward to a W/E off

> > I get a call from the Hospital to say I need to come

> > in Friday because the antibiotics they had put me on

> > for the Peritonitious I had was teh wrong antibiotics.

> >

> > Friday, im sat there in the hospital when this nice

> > doctor comes over and tells me ive got 'the killer

> > bug' 'the flesh eating virus' MRSA... (his words not

> > mine) needles to say I started to erm poo my pants and

> > thought I was about to be eaten alive by this evil

> > bug..

> >

> > The nice nurse was talking to me an hour or so later

> > after they put me on a drip and saw that I was a

> > little worried well a lot worried, she called the head

> > virus control officer for the hospital asking her to

> > have a chat with me. Control officer appears an hour

> > or so later and nicely puts my mind at rest and

> > managed to convince me I wasnt about to become bug

> > food

> >

> > Starting with monday night ater my first day of

> > exchanges I got little sleep because of pain in my

> > chest only relieved a little if i sat up. Tuesday my

> > exit site is infected so I start with antibiotice and

> > I cant see my hand through the bag its that cloudy-

> > ive also got peritonotious.

> >

> > Friday morning for a few hours I really thought I was

> > going to die, so ive had a really bad start to life on

> > PD but there is a little bit of good news, i'm no

> > longer in pain when I fill and drain (well not much)

> > and my bags are starting to clear.... I CAN NOW SEE MY

> > HAND THROUGH THE BAG HOOORAY!!!!

> >

> > Mark

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ___________________________________________________________

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Internet

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[Guest guest]

Hello all. It is terrible what you went through Mark. One thing to

say about the first antibiotic which turned out to be erroneous. The

common practice in medicine is that when an infection of any kind is

suspected, the doc prescribes an antibiotic on an empirical basis.

He or she has no way of knowing with certainty what the microbe is.

They prescribe based on a " best guess " because if they are correct

and the microbe is sensitive to that antibiotic...great. They got an

early start on it. Meanwhile, they run a culture to find out what

the infection actually is. It normally takes a couple days to get

the results. I suspect that this is what happened in your case. The

results came back and the initial " guess " was wrong. Regarding the

methicillin-resistant staph. aureus [MRSA]. It is unfortunate that

it is often contacted in a medical setting (nosocomially). It is

often transfered from one patient to another thru poor precautionary

measures of the healthcare workers.

Marty

> Oh Mark,

> You're wracking up points for the ironic humor award of the week.

I am so

> sorry you had to go through all this. Between the infection, the

hospital

> screw-up on antibiotics, the doc with the great bedside manner and

the

> following chest pain it's sounds like it's been a bear of a week.

The one

> thing that really scares me about PD is the risk of infection. I

hate to

> think the worry that was going through your mind with that killer

bug and

> flesh eating virus. Don't those docs know that for some of us,

real life is

> difficult enough by itself thank you without further fantasies???

In any

> event, I'm sorry your introduction to PD was - uh - less than

ideal. I am

> extremely glad that the infection is clearing.

>

> Cy

> RE: Re: peritoneal dialysis canula insertion

>

>

> > Well what a fun week thats been. Last monday I started

> > my pd training, by Tuesday I was on anti biotics for

> > an infected exit site, come thursday after I had come

> > home for the weekend and looking forward to a W/E off

> > I get a call from the Hospital to say I need to come

> > in Friday because the antibiotics they had put me on

> > for the Peritonitious I had was teh wrong antibiotics.

> >

> > Friday, im sat there in the hospital when this nice

> > doctor comes over and tells me ive got 'the killer

> > bug' 'the flesh eating virus' MRSA... (his words not

> > mine) needles to say I started to erm poo my pants and

> > thought I was about to be eaten alive by this evil

> > bug..

> >

> > The nice nurse was talking to me an hour or so later

> > after they put me on a drip and saw that I was a

> > little worried well a lot worried, she called the head

> > virus control officer for the hospital asking her to

> > have a chat with me. Control officer appears an hour

> > or so later and nicely puts my mind at rest and

> > managed to convince me I wasnt about to become bug

> > food

> >

> > Starting with monday night ater my first day of

> > exchanges I got little sleep because of pain in my

> > chest only relieved a little if i sat up. Tuesday my

> > exit site is infected so I start with antibiotice and

> > I cant see my hand through the bag its that cloudy-

> > ive also got peritonotious.

> >

> > Friday morning for a few hours I really thought I was

> > going to die, so ive had a really bad start to life on

> > PD but there is a little bit of good news, i'm no

> > longer in pain when I fill and drain (well not much)

> > and my bags are starting to clear.... I CAN NOW SEE MY

> > HAND THROUGH THE BAG HOOORAY!!!!

> >

> > Mark

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ___________________________________________________________

> > WIN FREE WORLDWIDE FLIGHTS - nominate a cafe in the Yahoo! Mail

Internet

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> >

> >

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> >

[Guest guest]

Hello all. It is terrible what you went through Mark. One thing to

say about the first antibiotic which turned out to be erroneous. The

common practice in medicine is that when an infection of any kind is

suspected, the doc prescribes an antibiotic on an empirical basis.

He or she has no way of knowing with certainty what the microbe is.

They prescribe based on a " best guess " because if they are correct

and the microbe is sensitive to that antibiotic...great. They got an

early start on it. Meanwhile, they run a culture to find out what

the infection actually is. It normally takes a couple days to get

the results. I suspect that this is what happened in your case. The

results came back and the initial " guess " was wrong. Regarding the

methicillin-resistant staph. aureus [MRSA]. It is unfortunate that

it is often contacted in a medical setting (nosocomially). It is

often transfered from one patient to another thru poor precautionary

measures of the healthcare workers.

Marty

> Oh Mark,

> You're wracking up points for the ironic humor award of the week.

I am so

> sorry you had to go through all this. Between the infection, the

hospital

> screw-up on antibiotics, the doc with the great bedside manner and

the

> following chest pain it's sounds like it's been a bear of a week.

The one

> thing that really scares me about PD is the risk of infection. I

hate to

> think the worry that was going through your mind with that killer

bug and

> flesh eating virus. Don't those docs know that for some of us,

real life is

> difficult enough by itself thank you without further fantasies???

In any

> event, I'm sorry your introduction to PD was - uh - less than

ideal. I am

> extremely glad that the infection is clearing.

>

> Cy

> RE: Re: peritoneal dialysis canula insertion

>

>

> > Well what a fun week thats been. Last monday I started

> > my pd training, by Tuesday I was on anti biotics for

> > an infected exit site, come thursday after I had come

> > home for the weekend and looking forward to a W/E off

> > I get a call from the Hospital to say I need to come

> > in Friday because the antibiotics they had put me on

> > for the Peritonitious I had was teh wrong antibiotics.

> >

> > Friday, im sat there in the hospital when this nice

> > doctor comes over and tells me ive got 'the killer

> > bug' 'the flesh eating virus' MRSA... (his words not

> > mine) needles to say I started to erm poo my pants and

> > thought I was about to be eaten alive by this evil

> > bug..

> >

> > The nice nurse was talking to me an hour or so later

> > after they put me on a drip and saw that I was a

> > little worried well a lot worried, she called the head

> > virus control officer for the hospital asking her to

> > have a chat with me. Control officer appears an hour

> > or so later and nicely puts my mind at rest and

> > managed to convince me I wasnt about to become bug

> > food

> >

> > Starting with monday night ater my first day of

> > exchanges I got little sleep because of pain in my

> > chest only relieved a little if i sat up. Tuesday my

> > exit site is infected so I start with antibiotice and

> > I cant see my hand through the bag its that cloudy-

> > ive also got peritonotious.

> >

> > Friday morning for a few hours I really thought I was

> > going to die, so ive had a really bad start to life on

> > PD but there is a little bit of good news, i'm no

> > longer in pain when I fill and drain (well not much)

> > and my bags are starting to clear.... I CAN NOW SEE MY

> > HAND THROUGH THE BAG HOOORAY!!!!

> >

> > Mark

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ___________________________________________________________

> > WIN FREE WORLDWIDE FLIGHTS - nominate a cafe in the Yahoo! Mail

Internet

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[Guest guest]

Hi Mark,

Your story of starting PD sounds like a nightmare! What an ordeal. I hope

your fluid is completely clear now, and that you are feeling better. I can't

even imagine how terrifying that all must have been. You are due for some

smooth sailing here Mark!

In a message dated 4/3/2004 5:10:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

mrowe1962@... writes:

> Friday morning for a few hours I really thought I was

> going to die, so ive had a really bad start to life on

> PD but there is a little bit of good news, i'm no

> longer in pain when I fill and drain (well not much)

> and my bags are starting to clear.... I CAN NOW SEE MY

> HAND THROUGH THE BAG HOOORAY!!!!

>

> Mark

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Mark,

Your story of starting PD sounds like a nightmare! What an ordeal. I hope

your fluid is completely clear now, and that you are feeling better. I can't

even imagine how terrifying that all must have been. You are due for some

smooth sailing here Mark!

In a message dated 4/3/2004 5:10:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

mrowe1962@... writes:

> Friday morning for a few hours I really thought I was

> going to die, so ive had a really bad start to life on

> PD but there is a little bit of good news, i'm no

> longer in pain when I fill and drain (well not much)

> and my bags are starting to clear.... I CAN NOW SEE MY

> HAND THROUGH THE BAG HOOORAY!!!!

>

> Mark

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Mark,

Your story of starting PD sounds like a nightmare! What an ordeal. I hope

your fluid is completely clear now, and that you are feeling better. I can't

even imagine how terrifying that all must have been. You are due for some

smooth sailing here Mark!

In a message dated 4/3/2004 5:10:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

mrowe1962@... writes:

> Friday morning for a few hours I really thought I was

> going to die, so ive had a really bad start to life on

> PD but there is a little bit of good news, i'm no

> longer in pain when I fill and drain (well not much)

> and my bags are starting to clear.... I CAN NOW SEE MY

> HAND THROUGH THE BAG HOOORAY!!!!

>

> Mark

>

[Guest guest]

Wow Mark,

You've had your share of problems. This would be a very scary event. I'm

very glad that the nurse helped you get a grip on the situation by bringing

in reinforcements to talk to you. She deserves a metal for being so in

touch with her patients.

Are you still doing OK so far this week? They say that once you have

peritonitis you don't want it again! I hear that it is the worst! Keep us

in the loop on how your progressing with your exchanges. Will you

eventually go on the cycler for some of the exchanges? You are in my

thoughts and prayers. Good Luck to you.

Connie

RE: Re: peritoneal dialysis canula insertion

Well what a fun week thats been. Last monday I started

my pd training, by Tuesday I was on anti biotics for

an infected exit site, come thursday after I had come

home for the weekend and looking forward to a W/E off

I get a call from the Hospital to say I need to come

in Friday because the antibiotics they had put me on

for the Peritonitious I had was teh wrong antibiotics.

Friday, im sat there in the hospital when this nice

doctor comes over and tells me ive got 'the killer

bug' 'the flesh eating virus' MRSA... (his words not

mine) needles to say I started to erm poo my pants and

thought I was about to be eaten alive by this evil

bug..

The nice nurse was talking to me an hour or so later

after they put me on a drip and saw that I was a

little worried well a lot worried, she called the head

virus control officer for the hospital asking her to

have a chat with me. Control officer appears an hour

or so later and nicely puts my mind at rest and

managed to convince me I wasnt about to become bug

food

Starting with monday night ater my first day of

exchanges I got little sleep because of pain in my

chest only relieved a little if i sat up. Tuesday my

exit site is infected so I start with antibiotice and

I cant see my hand through the bag its that cloudy-

ive also got peritonotious.

Friday morning for a few hours I really thought I was

going to die, so ive had a really bad start to life on

PD but there is a little bit of good news, i'm no

longer in pain when I fill and drain (well not much)

and my bags are starting to clear.... I CAN NOW SEE MY

HAND THROUGH THE BAG HOOORAY!!!!

Mark

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[Guest guest]

Wow Mark,

You've had your share of problems. This would be a very scary event. I'm

very glad that the nurse helped you get a grip on the situation by bringing

in reinforcements to talk to you. She deserves a metal for being so in

touch with her patients.

Are you still doing OK so far this week? They say that once you have

peritonitis you don't want it again! I hear that it is the worst! Keep us

in the loop on how your progressing with your exchanges. Will you

eventually go on the cycler for some of the exchanges? You are in my

thoughts and prayers. Good Luck to you.

Connie

RE: Re: peritoneal dialysis canula insertion

Well what a fun week thats been. Last monday I started

my pd training, by Tuesday I was on anti biotics for

an infected exit site, come thursday after I had come

home for the weekend and looking forward to a W/E off

I get a call from the Hospital to say I need to come

in Friday because the antibiotics they had put me on

for the Peritonitious I had was teh wrong antibiotics.

Friday, im sat there in the hospital when this nice

doctor comes over and tells me ive got 'the killer

bug' 'the flesh eating virus' MRSA... (his words not

mine) needles to say I started to erm poo my pants and

thought I was about to be eaten alive by this evil

bug..

The nice nurse was talking to me an hour or so later

after they put me on a drip and saw that I was a

little worried well a lot worried, she called the head

virus control officer for the hospital asking her to

have a chat with me. Control officer appears an hour

or so later and nicely puts my mind at rest and

managed to convince me I wasnt about to become bug

food

Starting with monday night ater my first day of

exchanges I got little sleep because of pain in my

chest only relieved a little if i sat up. Tuesday my

exit site is infected so I start with antibiotice and

I cant see my hand through the bag its that cloudy-

ive also got peritonotious.

Friday morning for a few hours I really thought I was

going to die, so ive had a really bad start to life on

PD but there is a little bit of good news, i'm no

longer in pain when I fill and drain (well not much)

and my bags are starting to clear.... I CAN NOW SEE MY

HAND THROUGH THE BAG HOOORAY!!!!

Mark

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Wow Mark,

You've had your share of problems. This would be a very scary event. I'm

very glad that the nurse helped you get a grip on the situation by bringing

in reinforcements to talk to you. She deserves a metal for being so in

touch with her patients.

Are you still doing OK so far this week? They say that once you have

peritonitis you don't want it again! I hear that it is the worst! Keep us

in the loop on how your progressing with your exchanges. Will you

eventually go on the cycler for some of the exchanges? You are in my

thoughts and prayers. Good Luck to you.

Connie

RE: Re: peritoneal dialysis canula insertion

Well what a fun week thats been. Last monday I started

my pd training, by Tuesday I was on anti biotics for

an infected exit site, come thursday after I had come

home for the weekend and looking forward to a W/E off

I get a call from the Hospital to say I need to come

in Friday because the antibiotics they had put me on

for the Peritonitious I had was teh wrong antibiotics.

Friday, im sat there in the hospital when this nice

doctor comes over and tells me ive got 'the killer

bug' 'the flesh eating virus' MRSA... (his words not

mine) needles to say I started to erm poo my pants and

thought I was about to be eaten alive by this evil

bug..

The nice nurse was talking to me an hour or so later

after they put me on a drip and saw that I was a

little worried well a lot worried, she called the head

virus control officer for the hospital asking her to

have a chat with me. Control officer appears an hour

or so later and nicely puts my mind at rest and

managed to convince me I wasnt about to become bug

food

Starting with monday night ater my first day of

exchanges I got little sleep because of pain in my

chest only relieved a little if i sat up. Tuesday my

exit site is infected so I start with antibiotice and

I cant see my hand through the bag its that cloudy-

ive also got peritonotious.

Friday morning for a few hours I really thought I was

going to die, so ive had a really bad start to life on

PD but there is a little bit of good news, i'm no

longer in pain when I fill and drain (well not much)

and my bags are starting to clear.... I CAN NOW SEE MY

HAND THROUGH THE BAG HOOORAY!!!!

Mark

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[Guest guest]

Hi Mark,

I am glad you are on the downward side of your ordeal and that things are

looking up. Getting good sleep and enough rest are essential for feeling good

too, so I am happy you are not feeling as much pain and able to sleep.

[Guest guest]

Hi Mark,

I am glad you are on the downward side of your ordeal and that things are

looking up. Getting good sleep and enough rest are essential for feeling good

too, so I am happy you are not feeling as much pain and able to sleep.

[Guest guest]

Hi Mark,

I am glad you are on the downward side of your ordeal and that things are

looking up. Getting good sleep and enough rest are essential for feeling good

too, so I am happy you are not feeling as much pain and able to sleep.

[Guest guest]

Thank you all for your wonderful responses, you must be getting fed up with my

whinging mails

The latest news is good news, my peritonitious bugs are definately beeing

surrounded by the antibiotics and being pummeled into surrender, the pd pags are

very nearly clear...

I cannot give enough praise to the staff on 6pdu at the Liverpool Royal

Hospital, they are kind, listen to all my daft questions and your well being is

number 1 priority stuff the cost.. last week I did a silly thing and lightly

touched the end of my line, in my training I was told if that happens you need

to phone the ward and they will tell you to come in change the line as well as

start you on antibiotics..

I rang in and spoke to someone on another ward because it was evening and 6pdu

is not open 24hrs so the call is transferred. This man I spoke to told me to

wipe it with an alcoholic wipe and come in the nesxt day. I questioned him a

couple of times about this and in the end he said he was going to seek advice of

his superior, the superior said for me to get in asap. I came in and got my line

changed, crises over..

Next day I was in again on 6pdu and told this nurse what had happened in passing

and she took off, stormed out of the ward made a note of it in the ward

concerned book ensuring that the 1st individual would get his knuckles rapped

for telling me the wrong thing... these peaple do care..

Now i'm back at home I have a community nurse come visit me once a week to keep

an eye on things, these are specialist renal nurses btw and the things I have

learnt from these nurses is unbelievable, when she visits she has a cup of tea

and is in no rush to get off which is great, I ask questions and she answers, I

cant ask for more

I am sleeping normally now, no pains in my chest, no pains on drain and fill, my

exit site is clearing and the peritonitious is nearly gone, i still get stomach

cramps from the cocktail of antibiotics but these are less severe now and I only

have till saturday on them. So all in all things are looking up

Mark

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Thank you all for your wonderful responses, you must be getting fed up with my

whinging mails

The latest news is good news, my peritonitious bugs are definately beeing

surrounded by the antibiotics and being pummeled into surrender, the pd pags are

very nearly clear...

I cannot give enough praise to the staff on 6pdu at the Liverpool Royal

Hospital, they are kind, listen to all my daft questions and your well being is

number 1 priority stuff the cost.. last week I did a silly thing and lightly

touched the end of my line, in my training I was told if that happens you need

to phone the ward and they will tell you to come in change the line as well as

start you on antibiotics..

I rang in and spoke to someone on another ward because it was evening and 6pdu

is not open 24hrs so the call is transferred. This man I spoke to told me to

wipe it with an alcoholic wipe and come in the nesxt day. I questioned him a

couple of times about this and in the end he said he was going to seek advice of

his superior, the superior said for me to get in asap. I came in and got my line

changed, crises over..

Next day I was in again on 6pdu and told this nurse what had happened in passing

and she took off, stormed out of the ward made a note of it in the ward

concerned book ensuring that the 1st individual would get his knuckles rapped

for telling me the wrong thing... these peaple do care..

Now i'm back at home I have a community nurse come visit me once a week to keep

an eye on things, these are specialist renal nurses btw and the things I have

learnt from these nurses is unbelievable, when she visits she has a cup of tea

and is in no rush to get off which is great, I ask questions and she answers, I

cant ask for more

I am sleeping normally now, no pains in my chest, no pains on drain and fill, my

exit site is clearing and the peritonitious is nearly gone, i still get stomach

cramps from the cocktail of antibiotics but these are less severe now and I only

have till saturday on them. So all in all things are looking up

Mark

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[Guest guest]

Thank you all for your wonderful responses, you must be getting fed up with my

whinging mails

The latest news is good news, my peritonitious bugs are definately beeing

surrounded by the antibiotics and being pummeled into surrender, the pd pags are

very nearly clear...

I cannot give enough praise to the staff on 6pdu at the Liverpool Royal

Hospital, they are kind, listen to all my daft questions and your well being is

number 1 priority stuff the cost.. last week I did a silly thing and lightly

touched the end of my line, in my training I was told if that happens you need

to phone the ward and they will tell you to come in change the line as well as

start you on antibiotics..

I rang in and spoke to someone on another ward because it was evening and 6pdu

is not open 24hrs so the call is transferred. This man I spoke to told me to

wipe it with an alcoholic wipe and come in the nesxt day. I questioned him a

couple of times about this and in the end he said he was going to seek advice of

his superior, the superior said for me to get in asap. I came in and got my line

changed, crises over..

Next day I was in again on 6pdu and told this nurse what had happened in passing

and she took off, stormed out of the ward made a note of it in the ward

concerned book ensuring that the 1st individual would get his knuckles rapped

for telling me the wrong thing... these peaple do care..

Now i'm back at home I have a community nurse come visit me once a week to keep

an eye on things, these are specialist renal nurses btw and the things I have

learnt from these nurses is unbelievable, when she visits she has a cup of tea

and is in no rush to get off which is great, I ask questions and she answers, I

cant ask for more

I am sleeping normally now, no pains in my chest, no pains on drain and fill, my

exit site is clearing and the peritonitious is nearly gone, i still get stomach

cramps from the cocktail of antibiotics but these are less severe now and I only

have till saturday on them. So all in all things are looking up

Mark

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Thanks Marty for your well thought our reply, all that

you say is correct and is what happened. Its just

unlucky I guess that they chose to give me the wrong

antibiotic for my particular case. The good thing

about the UK NHS is that medical insurance is not a

concern so whilst they do there best to cut costs

swapping medicines and esp expensive antibiotics, cost

isnt the issue as it is in other countrys. So well

done the UK NHS.

Mark

--- mrbluize2003 wrote: >

Hello all. It is terrible what you went through

> Mark. One thing to

> say about the first antibiotic which turned out to

> be erroneous. The

> common practice in medicine is that when an

> infection of any kind is

> suspected, the doc prescribes an antibiotic on an

> empirical basis.

> He or she has no way of knowing with certainty what

> the microbe is.

> They prescribe based on a " best guess " because if

> they are correct

> and the microbe is sensitive to that

> antibiotic...great. They got an

> early start on it. Meanwhile, they run a culture to

> find out what

> the infection actually is. It normally takes a

> couple days to get

> the results. I suspect that this is what happened in

> your case. The

> results came back and the initial " guess " was wrong.

> Regarding the

> methicillin-resistant staph. aureus [MRSA]. It is

> unfortunate that

> it is often contacted in a medical setting

> (nosocomially). It is

> often transfered from one patient to another thru

> poor precautionary

> measures of the healthcare workers.

>

> Marty

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Thanks Marty for your well thought our reply, all that

you say is correct and is what happened. Its just

unlucky I guess that they chose to give me the wrong

antibiotic for my particular case. The good thing

about the UK NHS is that medical insurance is not a

concern so whilst they do there best to cut costs

swapping medicines and esp expensive antibiotics, cost

isnt the issue as it is in other countrys. So well

done the UK NHS.

Mark

--- mrbluize2003 wrote: >

Hello all. It is terrible what you went through

> Mark. One thing to

> say about the first antibiotic which turned out to

> be erroneous. The

> common practice in medicine is that when an

> infection of any kind is

> suspected, the doc prescribes an antibiotic on an

> empirical basis.

> He or she has no way of knowing with certainty what

> the microbe is.

> They prescribe based on a " best guess " because if

> they are correct

> and the microbe is sensitive to that

> antibiotic...great. They got an

> early start on it. Meanwhile, they run a culture to

> find out what

> the infection actually is. It normally takes a

> couple days to get

> the results. I suspect that this is what happened in

> your case. The

> results came back and the initial " guess " was wrong.

> Regarding the

> methicillin-resistant staph. aureus [MRSA]. It is

> unfortunate that

> it is often contacted in a medical setting

> (nosocomially). It is

> often transfered from one patient to another thru

> poor precautionary

> measures of the healthcare workers.

>

> Marty

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Thanks Marty for your well thought our reply, all that

you say is correct and is what happened. Its just

unlucky I guess that they chose to give me the wrong

antibiotic for my particular case. The good thing

about the UK NHS is that medical insurance is not a

concern so whilst they do there best to cut costs

swapping medicines and esp expensive antibiotics, cost

isnt the issue as it is in other countrys. So well

done the UK NHS.

Mark

--- mrbluize2003 wrote: >

Hello all. It is terrible what you went through

> Mark. One thing to

> say about the first antibiotic which turned out to

> be erroneous. The

> common practice in medicine is that when an

> infection of any kind is

> suspected, the doc prescribes an antibiotic on an

> empirical basis.

> He or she has no way of knowing with certainty what

> the microbe is.

> They prescribe based on a " best guess " because if

> they are correct

> and the microbe is sensitive to that

> antibiotic...great. They got an

> early start on it. Meanwhile, they run a culture to

> find out what

> the infection actually is. It normally takes a

> couple days to get

> the results. I suspect that this is what happened in

> your case. The

> results came back and the initial " guess " was wrong.

> Regarding the

> methicillin-resistant staph. aureus [MRSA]. It is

> unfortunate that

> it is often contacted in a medical setting

> (nosocomially). It is

> often transfered from one patient to another thru

> poor precautionary

> measures of the healthcare workers.

>

> Marty

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I like to think its just the Dr not thinking straight.

He was a jovial chap and perhaps it was just his way

of making light of the situation. He probably didnt

know that I am an utter newbie of this and every

change in my circumstances is a new experiance for me.

For me what I knew about MRSA is whats been banded

around in the press and on TV ie peaple die from this

or have to have limbs amputated to cut out the

infection etc, I know differant know and feel silly

that I was thinking I was about to be measured up for

my coffin size..

Its true what I have heard Knowledge is power, dont

you agree

Mark

--- Cy Webb

wrote: > Oh Mark,

> You're wracking up points for the ironic humor award

> of the week. I am so

> sorry you had to go through all this. Between the

> infection, the hospital

> screw-up on antibiotics, the doc with the great

> bedside manner and the

> following chest pain it's sounds like it's been a

> bear of a week. The one

> thing that really scares me about PD is the risk of

> infection. I hate to

> think the worry that was going through your mind

> with that killer bug and

> flesh eating virus. Don't those docs know that for

> some of us, real life is

> difficult enough by itself thank you without further

> fantasies??? In any

> event, I'm sorry your introduction to PD was - uh -

> less than ideal. I am

> extremely glad that the infection is clearing.

>

> Cy

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Hi , everything is looking up now thankyou, I

will just have to put it all down to teething problems

Mark

--- W4JC@... wrote: > Hi Mark,

>

> Your story of starting PD sounds like a nightmare!

> What an ordeal. I hope

> your fluid is completely clear now, and that you are

> feeling better. I can't

> even imagine how terrifying that all must have been.

> You are due for some

> smooth sailing here Mark!

>

>

>

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Hi , everything is looking up now thankyou, I

will just have to put it all down to teething problems

Mark

--- W4JC@... wrote: > Hi Mark,

>

> Your story of starting PD sounds like a nightmare!

> What an ordeal. I hope

> your fluid is completely clear now, and that you are

> feeling better. I can't

> even imagine how terrifying that all must have been.

> You are due for some

> smooth sailing here Mark!

>

>

>

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Hi Connie, I hope that my experiance doesnt put you

off, I have learnt that in my case that the procedure

was only just succesful. All the problems I have had

can be put down to the extended time I was having

surgery 2 hrs in total and the fact that they could

not find a good placement for the canuala. Its a new

procedure at this hospital and I was one of the first

recipiants so it seems they havnt got it down to fine

art yet and I payed the price

I hope things are diferant for you, I am sure it will

be. For me things are greatly improved now..

Mark

--- Connie Sink wrote: > Hi

Mark,

> I enjoyed reading about your canula insertion. I'm

> sorry that the

> experience was painful though. Ouch, something that

> I don't really like to

> hear since this is the direction I am considering

> when the time comes. I

> wasn't really sure though if the surgery was more

> painful or the sexy string

> underpants.

>

> When using the gas to extend your abdomen it does

> and can be painful. It

> many times is more painful than the after-pain from

> the actual surgery.

>

> Keep us posted on your training and how you're

> doing. You're in my

> thoughts...

>

> Connie

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