Today I did managed to complete my dialysis session but this time around my dialysis machine went into several alarms which should be just routine but the nurse approached it and uttered "I thought that Patrick (The DM technician) already had fixed this" in which she refers to my dialysis machine. That alone made me worry that I might get some kind of trouble with my session.
The machine had alarmed a few times so nothing that I could really do but to put myself into their mercy and the mercy of the hospital because for certain if the machine always would show signs of being broken of course the quality of the cleaning for my blood will get affected.
True enough after my session today I went home too far from my intended weight that I wanted to achieve which is about 800 mL short from a supposedly still heavy weight that I should be going with.
I should be going home with 54.4-54.5 Kg (with the wheelchair weight included) but I went home with 55.3 Kg so it is just frustrating. But it could be just the dialyzer being old because it is already past one month of usage but the difference this time is big which is why I should now get three times dialysis per week next week so that my blood can get adequately cleaned-up.
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My blood pressure had remained stable possibly because I am not getting the quality of blood cleaning that I needed which maybe my Caffeine seemed to not get washed-off entirely in the process as my BP remained high which should not be the case because it is unusual.
Well what I do not like really was the dialysis machine getting a malfunction because it should not be the case since I am also a paying costumer from that dialysis center and even my dialysis chair is damaged. That is why if only I have a more option to get a better treatment for myself I would have really transferred. It is just other dialysis centers are far if not charging the patients with more money considering that it is all covered by the health insurance.
Anyway I am still thankful that I had my needed blood-cleaning needs, better than nothing because my case now is just a matter of surviving really and I just pray to God to never let me in a more difficult situation than what I am experiencing already in these times of my life.