There's two times to do this.....

Pureflow

I still am not able to use my pureflow yet. This is about 4 weeks that I have not been able to ng use my pureflow. MY effluent pressures are high even when I am not using it. But I didn't get upset. I just went with it.

The first thing I did was I called nxstage. I learned my lesson last time. See, the last time I got an alarm 51, I didn't know to release the pressure and they say that I burst a valve in the pf. So, this time, I called as soon as I got the alarm. I stayed on the phone with them for a bout 30-40 mins. They told me to release the pressure numerous times, turn the machine on and off numerous time. I did it but the alarm didn't go away. When the guy suggested that it was the sak that was faulty I disagreed with him, but I changed it anyway and guess what. NO problems. I was able to make a sak. I did realize one thing though. I realized that I probaly shouldn't do that little trick where I hold those two lines when I am starting to make a sak. I think most of my problems with pf really started once I began doing that regularly. so, when I began this sak I didn't do that and I didn't have any problems with the batch at all.

Another problem I'm having is that Davita has not gotten back mywater cultures yet. I mean this is taking way too long.

Pureflow

This week I learned that taking the renavite might be important...Hahaha.

I think the renavite may have something to do with my fingertips hurting. According to something I read, neuropathy pain can be helped by using a multivitamin and folate and a B vitamin.

I had not been taking my renavites regularly. I am taking twice the dose now. But only for a few days. I think I am going to increase my folic acid also.

I am also using capsaisin. I have not used it in a couple of days though. On Sunday I did not have to do a tx but I realized something on Saturday..... unscrewing and screwing those lines hurts my fingers a lot. So, what I have decided to do is use my tools whenever necessary. On Thrs or Frid I decided that I would no longer be "tapping" taht kidney on my palm the way I was taught to. I fugured that over time that would cause too much damage to an already fragile area. So, now I "tap" the kidney on the machine.

So, today I am not having any pain or tingling in my left thumb or index finger. I am hoping that I can soon find out what works.

I also realize that I have not been taking my benadryl as diligently as I was when I first started HHD. I write that for two reasons, One is because my inflammation(the crackling) is not acting up too much without it. But Two, I think that my arm is more swollen up without it. So, I am back to taking Benadryl again. The reason I stopped taking it was because it made me so sleepy. I would take it before I began my treatment in the past. But it would make me so sleepy during txt. that I didn't really like taking it. See, once I would finish with my txt I couldn't go back to sleep. So, I stopped taking it.

But now I realize that I still need to take it, if not for the crackling, at least for the swelling in my arm that I am suffering with. (I noticed that since I stopped the Benadryl, I was having a lot of pain in my arm, during txt and even after txt was over.)
So, I figure that I had better start taking it again. This time, though, I am going to take it after I am finished with txt. and before I go to my other bed. This way I can get some sleep when I really need it.