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Fistula is knackered given up the ghost so was in hospital for 10 days getting new line in my chest I went 9 days without dialysis amazing really and I felt ok got a bit tired at the end but blood results were good , physio well that’s once a week but I missed first one due to hospital visit...

A guy in our dialysis unit just had a transplant and he’s in his mid to late 70s , I don’t think it’s age it if you well / fit enough h to go through the op , I know I had to have various tests and scans including a heart stress check before I could go on transplant list .

I just lied ooops me bad

Latest up date had op to try and clear my fistula yesterday (Thursday)) unfortunately it wasn’t successful so they are thinking of putting a temporary line in my neck which is basically a cannula in the main vein in my neck. I think the plan is now to try on last till Tuesday where they have...

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Well I’m in hospital as we speak , went to dialysis on Monday and they couldn’t use my fistula so I ended up in the main hospital in Glasgow, I had a scan this morning and there is a large blood clot in my fistula. They are going to try and remove it tomorrow so I’ll be in theatre tomorrow...

Hi not yet unfortunately my stump is too big (first time I’ve been told something is too hehehe) I’m in hospital. Have problems with. My fistula ( it’s a connection between an artery and a vein they did for my dialysis ) I got dehydrated in the recent weather making a decking ramp , I know I...

This is a common thread , personally I wear mine on the inside of my tricep but I’ve probably put my sensor anywhere than Abbot recommend, I check it occasionally with a finger prick I know its never going to be the same but if its acceptable I’m happy. As far as when ringing Abbot is concerned...

I’ve been using BD needles for years only problem I get is them getting blocked as I don’t change them every time I inject.

Thanks @Antje77 for the nomination, unfortunately, I will have to decline got a little bit going on at the moment, things are good and progressing well. Should be up on my feet in the near future.

To be honest if it’s got carbs I count it unless is negligible , beans personally I would count as long term carbs so would take insulin at a different time than the 20 mins before .

Personally I think it depends on many things , sometimes I can inject 20 mins before and I’m fine sometimes I can take it 20 mins after and 3 hours after if I eat spag bog too many variables to actually give an accurate diagnosis but that’s just the things we have to do what was it Forest Gump...

They offers me disposables I said no the boxes of cartridges take up far less room than the pens

Very true I keep forgetting, there use to be a saying “ the camera never lies” these days a camera could be an elephant serving cream teas in a mini skirt……… hmm or is that my warped mind

If it looks like a fish and smells like a fish it’s a fish

They make a plaster cast of your stump put resin type material around it let set then connect it to a pole and a false foot that then fits over your stump and viola a prosthetic , it’s a little bit more complicate than that I think

Not yet as it’s only just over two weeks after my surgery , they have to wait for the stitches to dissolve (2weeks) then they have to wait for swelling to reduce, so then they have to take a plaster cast of my stump. I am going for a casting next Thursday, then the new prosthetic can be made...

One thing I will say is your diabetes is not your fault and taking more than 2 injections a day is definetly not the reason for your skin infections, in fact I’ve had diabetes that long I can remember the 2 insulins a day , and that wasn’t a good experience.Like many T1 diabetics have been...

I’ve had loads of scans and procedures lately to be honest for me the easiest thing is to leave my sugars run higher than normal , it’s not like is going to be for a long time , and it’s easy enough to drop your blood sugar after you’ve had your procedure .running blood sugars high for a day or...

your first hypo can always be a scary thing , but every cloud as they say , now you know what to look out for. I can definetly vouch that number that you get a hypos at related how high you run your sugars even though the medical value of a hypo is below 4. If you don’t already have one I...