Dialyzin' Dar

Dialyzin' Dar

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  1. question for dialysis/renal care nurses

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am a former transplant patient-- my kidney rejected after 3 years. I have MPGN, and the disease attacked the transplant. The kidney also had a weak spot in the artery, and when it rejected, it blew...

  2. Unruly Patients

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to tmitch's topic in General Nursing

    We had a dialysis patient at my unit who was full of conspiracy theories-- all the nurses were out to kill him, they deliberately messed with his machine, they set his goal too high, you name it. I...

  3. Hypoglycemia after dialysis

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to Dialyzin' Dar's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thank you, Jnette! I'm familiar with ikidney, but have never been to hdcn. I have bookmarked it-- lots of stuff to read there. :) I wish I could get the other patients interested in their care-- I...

  4. Reduced lifespan for kidney donor?

    Dialyzin' Dar posted a topic in General Nursing

    My mother donated a kidney to me in 1989. It lasted 3 years, and now I'm back on hemo. My mother just saw a new doctor, and supposedly he told her that since she had donated a kidney, her lifespan...

  5. Reduced lifespan for kidney donor?

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to Dialyzin' Dar's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Shar, Dialysis is going ok-- actually, I feel 'healthier' on dialysis than I did with the transplant. (Prednisone made me psychotic.) I don't work anymore because I was a factory employee before...

  6. Reduced lifespan for kidney donor?

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to Dialyzin' Dar's topic in General Nursing

    It reminds me of the claims made by smoking-cessation programs that each cigarette smoked takes 9 minutes off of your life-- how in the heck can they know that? Personally, I think this whole...

  7. Hypoglycemia after dialysis

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to Dialyzin' Dar's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I already asked about that, and neither my nephrologist nor the dietician feel I am at a risk for developing diabetes. I feel I dodged a bullet by not developing diabetes from 3 years of taking...

  8. Reduced lifespan for kidney donor?

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to Dialyzin' Dar's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just looking for info that can either support or disprove the 3-month thing... our transplant surgeon certainly never mentioned it, because that probably would have been enough to stop my mother...

  9. Woman refuses CS, charged with murder

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to crankyasanoldma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ... why wasn't she being followed up as a high-risk pregnancy? Wasn't she taking some sort of medication? Personally, I think somebody like that shouldn't be allowed to keep a baby. We have a...

  10. Hypoglycemia after dialysis

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to Dialyzin' Dar's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thanks, Jnette. Today I went out and bought some Zebra pens-- my nephrologist will get a kick out of that, because I am a 'medical zebra'-- somebody who always ends up with the oddball disease or...

  11. I have to have A Colposcopy

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to Darchild77's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ... my colposcopy was a nightmare! I switched GYNs because of it. I have to have another one next month and am already freaking out, even though my new GYN promised to take it

  12. According to Nursing Wisdom...

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

    Jnette, where is that cartoon from? It would be great to hang up next to the scale in my dialysis unit! We still have a lot of patients who think it's "healthy" to drink water all

  13. Ever Wonder?

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to unknown99's topic in Nursing Humor

    How come Saturday is a day of the week, but it's not a

  14. Why a Philadelphia hospital gave in to a racist demand?

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We had a Jewish patient who refused to let a Lebanese PCT hook him up... the PCT didn't make an issue of it. He was the nicest guy. The Jewish patient ended up looking like an idiot when it became...