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WHAT IS HEMODIALYSIS?

Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket I thought I would write this blog in order for my friends to really understand what I am going thru and what happens to a person that has to be on Hemodialysis in order to stay alive until the transplant if that is what route they want to travel. So thank you for taking the time to read this and have a good one, feel free to share this with your friends here, because so many do not understand how or why one has to live on the dialyzer. Hemodialysis uses a machine to clean your blood. The dialysis machine has a filter on it called a hemodialyzer or dialyzer. The dialyzer works like an artificial kidney and removes the waste and the extra fluid that builds up when your kidneys are no longer working. In my case, I was born with Polycistic Kidney Disease and was only born with one, which was small. Hemodialysis can't do all the work kidneys do. Healthy kidneys work all day and everyday. Hemodialysis usually occurs three times a week for about 4 hours each time. Your time is based on your needs. Your kidney doctor orders the length of your treatment in order to help meet your body's need. Right now I only have to be on the machine for 3 hours each day and go three times a week. Doing a hemodialysis treatment, your blood is carried through plastic tubes to the dialyzer to be cleaned. Once your blood is cleaned, it's returned from the dialyzer to your body through another plastic tube. Only about one cup of blood travels through the dialysis machine at a time. For hemodialysis you need a way for your blood to be safely removed and returned to your body. Most blood vessels are not strong enough or big enough to carry blood to and from the dialysis machine. To do this I had to have surgery to create a pathway called an access. An access can be in your arm, leg, chest, or neck. There are three kinds of access-Fistula (which is what I have), Graft, and Catheter. A fistula (which is what I will tell you about seeing it is the most safe and effective access) sugically connects an artery and a vein. A fistula needs weeks to months to heal and to "mature" before it can be used. When matured it becomes larger and stronger and better for dialysis. Its considered the best access because it last longer, has fewer problems, gives better dialysis results. I had mine done in Feb. 2007 because I knew it needed to heal and mature before I was to be put on dialysis, then I would be ready, set, and go. For each dialysis treatment, two needles are put into your access, and yes it does hurt, I am now using 15 gauge needles, and man are they big to me, lol, hell my belly peircing isnt even that big. One line pulls the blood out and the other puts it back into you. I have enclosed pics of me on my machine during pj day at the center, yes I am a goober, that way you have a better understanding as to what the machine looks like and how it works. I hope you have enjoyed this blog and have a little more understanding as to what kidney failure is all about and the treatment options that are out there, I am currently working on dental now so that I may get on the National Kidney Transplant List, dental is all I have to do left. I am hoping on getting on the list by the end of Feb. 2008. I have enjoyed writing this as much as I have enjoyed educating you as to how dialysis does work and why its done to make one survive until their transplant, if thats what the individual wants. I may not look sick or act sick nor will you hear me complain about my health. I am in End State Renal Failure, so therefore to stay alive I must live and depend on my machine for now, until then have a good one and stay safe, and thank you for reading my blogs. If you do have any questions for me then please dont hesitate asking for my shout box is open for business, lol. Hugs and Kisses to all my friends that I have meet on here, for you are why I keep going and for the reason I am on here, for support and for people to understand and make the public aware of this disease. Blessed Be.
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