[acb-diabetics] kidney failure

[barbieann519]

will b thinking of u.

barb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Patricia LaFrance-Wolf
To: blind diabetics of the Blind ; Acb-Diabetics at Acb. Org
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 7:02 PM
Subject: [acb-diabetics] kidney failure


Well the kidneys are going.  When I wen to see the nephrologis, he said I 
needed to make an appointment with dialysis nurse educator.  I did that and 
talked aobut peritoneal dialysis vx. Hemodialysis.  As my vascular system is 
so bad, the doc thnks  I will do better with the peritoneal type.  It 
actually sounds better than the hemo as the diet is less constricting and 
over-all the person feels better.  It is done daily.  My husband can see 
well enough to do the contecting and disconnecting that is necessary with 
the "beer tap" they will insert in my lower abdomen.  I will see him again 
on Dec. 1 and I suppose he will send me to a vascular surgeon to talk about 
having  that done soon.  Don't know if they will do anything else at the 
same time.  If the peritoneal dialysis does not wrk for some reason, they 
will then do the other.
Rather depressing, but my docs have kep me off dialysis for a long time, so 
I appreciate that.



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