At the same point you were when you made this comment, doing training at a hospital. How long did it take you to learn all the steps and how is it going for you?
I’m on CAPD here in the UK and I tell you it’s a totally different set up here altogether I don’t do the ‘7 step washing’ every 2 minutes. Only the once. Maybe the US has a different way or it changed when I started almost 3 Years ago
@@__.carolyn No fire away Well for me the dialysis machine kept me awake during the night with the silly low drain mode alarm and I went back to solo bags Apparently a lot of machine patients have that issue It depends on your lifestyle really more than anything
It's not preventable for everybody. Yes many people but, some people were born with kidney malformations, other people like my husband went into acute kidney failure due to an illness and didn't recover.
Correct, kidney disease is no joke. But my kidney disease was not caused by my lifestyle or diet, I have small kidneys which were scarred by a medication I needed to treat a life long condition. That condition is no longer under control due to stopping that medication AND I have CKD on top of it. All I ever did was look after my body.
Ive had 20 surgeries and have heart failure. My kidney disease is due to that.....nothing I did or did not do could prevent it. Look after your body but dont kick yourself if somehow that effort fails, down that road is depression and a struggle to deal with your conditions.
Anybody got any tips to make the "drain pain" a bit less painful? Just had my first night on the machine, woke up every time the drain cycle started, any advice would be appreciated 🙏
@@jastinep.3659 If there is no other way we'll go. I was hoping in a suggestion from someone that had the same problem. The thing is, the dialisate goes in but seems unable to come out.
It depends on how much dialysis you need. For example, some people will do up to 2 or 4 manual daily exchanges, 6 to 7 days a week. The dialysate comes in varying strengths too.
In this CAPD Dialysis...u don't have any need to went hospital....but in hemodialysis you need to go hospital twice a week... And CAPD is one of the best method for CKD patients
3:54 & 5:15 It’s Counterclockwise Not Anticlockwise Theres No Such Thing As Anticlockwise The Correct Way Its Called Counterclockwise And It’s Called Expiration Date Not Expiry Date
I am assuming to prevent contamination. Like imagine if a bird flew in and landed on the table. Or maybe a big gust of wind blowing everything onto the floor.
@@ericabyrdlong502 How are you doing on your machine now? I've been on mine nearly 14 nights and still haven't slept through due to the dreaded drain pains that i know are coming, is that the same for you?