Calling all Caregivers!!! This section is for you to discuss what it is like to be a Caregiver of a loved one.
My husband and I have just completed our training (we "graduated" early) and completed the course in two weeks. Tomorrow is our last class and I...
Hi everyone I wouldn't change giving my dad in home dialyis but is it normal for a caregiver to feel exhausted after a treatment I think I am more...
The hard part of being Ron's partner is my medical training. I am a retired LPN and, well its hard to change old habits. I do everything outside of...
Rich asked me to post my article when it became available, so here is a link to the May 2010 Dialysis and Transplantation. Obviously, I am an...
The same diabetes that caused Michael's kidney failure has now claimed his toe. Yesterday they had to amputate his big toe due to osteomyelitis...
My husband has been in kidney failure for a while and just recently the decision was made to go on dialysis. We started training Aug. 4. We are...
Has anyone had experience with the fluid detection sensor going off in the middle of the night? We finished a Tx around 9 pm and around 1 am we...
Hello, I am the cargiver to my b/f who is on home hemo 6 days a week. I work full time and I am also very busy through out the day. I'm always...
I've always worried what would happen if I were to get sick and now I know! After a bout with chest pains I was hospitalized for a heart...
My B/f is on short home hemo and gets cold quite often..i recently got him a snuggie (indianapolis colts for him)..the cover with arms in it..it...
Hello, My B/F is currently on short home hemo. He has a fistula is his left upper arm that is working pretty good far. He is currently using 15...
I have noticed there are two ways patients are trained for learning how to put the needles in. They are either trained in the center with sharp...
Hello..My b/f is currently doing home hemo 6 days a week. He is for the time being still urinating frequently, He hardly ever takes off any weight...
My father had a massive heart attack a month ago and he is going to be released in two weeks. He will require aid around the house to do his daily...
I am a new caregiver as my husband and I started our training the 1st week in April and we came home with the equipment on May 1st, so it's only a...
My husband, Michael has only been on dialysis since June but he actually felt like playing golf last Saturday. He loves golf, we live in a golf...
Hi nxstagers out there Those of you who do nocturnal--what is your end of tx processed blood? I assume most of you do 25-30 liters and run a 250...
My son does short daily as of now but I would like him to do nocturnal. I cannulate and monitor treatments. How do you handle nocturnal? Do you...
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