Personal best today - longest dialysis bleed ever!

Today was a crazy day at our dialysis centre. The staff were kept on their toes. We had two emergencies. I won't elaborate except to say everything turned out okay in the end.

For me, I set a new personal best record. I usually have trouble with bleeding at the end when the needles come out. I have had to be moved into a 'special' area so the unit could still run a dialysis session/seat for the next person requiring treatment. This happens to me a bit. Today I took 1 hour and 45 mins to stop. I think that is my longest time.

I need a fistula intervention as I have a blockage/narrowing in it. It is getting worse by the week. Finally something is happening next Monday. This is a new reason as to why I'm bleeding a lot more. The other one is that I am on warfarin blood thinners as I have antiphospholipid syndrome (APS or Hughes syndrome) and have had several thrombotic events. Such a fun combination for a dialysis patient. Not.

Here is a picture of the front entrance of the dialysis clinic I attend 3 days a week, sometimes for as long as 7 hours! It's kind of like going to work. As explained in earlier post I tend to do online work while I do dialysis. One handed typing is slower but I'm fairly quick and pretty handy with keyboard shortcuts.

St Vincent's Community Dialysis Centre, Gertrude St, Fitzroy