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Ginger, thank you for your response. I got really busy between my job and my husband care.
He’s having surgery again to fix the catheter since the surgeon doesn’t know exactly what the problem is. When he’s using the automatic cycler and starts draining, it stops draining about half way into it. They have ruled out other things like constipation. But the Dialysis Clinic found a way to do the manual PD at home. And that one is working much better. And he’ll continue to do it this way until his surgery on 3/26. So far, the manual is helping quite a bit. I was really concerned. We go back to Mayo for other evaluations the first week of April. I’m hoping he’ll be a candidate for a kidney transplant. Are you considering a transplant for yourself? Thank you for reaching out.
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@alicat60 I am glad to hear the manual method is working for him. I do the manual versus cycler, and have been for almost 3 years now. Doesn't it make you wonder if there is an issue with the cycler itself, since it stops draining halfway through? Has that been looked into, especially noting the manual method is working? I'd hate to see him go through unneeded surgery!
Unfortunately I cannot be considered for kidney transplant. I am also a blood cancer patient, under treatment for that. I need to get a stem cell transplant for my multiple myeloma, and show no evidence of disease, before even starting the process of evaluation for kidney transplant. We [my medical team, including me] have determined that I am not a good candidate for stem cell transplant, that I would very likely not recover from it. So, that takes kidney transplant out of the picture.
Keeping my fingers crossed for you and your husband!
Ginger