Hella Painful. They used two needles today. This was the second time I've had two needles. There was a lot of adjusting, and moving going on. After about an hour, I couldn't stand it any longer and asked them to remove one of the needles. The pain continued. My fistula is still small, so any movement of my arm caused me more pain and caused the machine to go nuts. Now, the pain wasn't very intense, but it was constant. My blood pressure is high and the dialysis machine is stupid, so it would run the pressure up and start back down. When it realized it didn't go high enough, it would restart, bumping the pressure up another 20 psi. Rinse and Repeat...It felt like I had a tourniquet on for 5 minutes at a time. The pain was making me angry and of course, my blood pressure went up even further. I think I need to rethink this whole dialysis thing...
"Tonight Was..."
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