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Questions about Rules for Transplant Caregivers while at Mayo Clinic

Caregivers | Last Active: Feb 23, 2022 | Replies (24)
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@boomer88

They are scheduled to put a port in me and I know how he feels because you feel so helpless and lose your independance

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Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | Jan 5, 2022

@boomer88, I want to drop in for a short visit and ask you how you are getting along. As a patient, I understand how different our emoti0ns and view of a procedure is from that of our loved ones. Both are good, don't get me wrong, but there is an emotional uncertainty and fear that was hard for me to explain to my husband when I was undergoing my own dialysis treatment. When I was scheduled for a procedure to replace my emergency neck dialysis line with a more durable temporary line into my chest, I was really bothered by the insertion of a 'foreign' thing into my own body. He never understood that.

How are you getting along as you proceed toward your scheduled procedure?

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