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8 p.m.

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Irene’s local vascular specialist believes that the dialysis discomfort is primarily due to poor circulation in her arm. He will consult with her nephrology team in the coming days. If his observation is validated he is recommending an angiogram http://www.vascularweb.org/vascularhealth/Pages/angiogram.aspx to increase the size of the vein in her arm.

Irene has a 3.5 hour dialysis session scheduled for tomorrow to make up for lost time on Monday. Hopefully she can complete the entire session!

On Thursday she is seeing Dr. Charles M. Eichler @ UCSF, the specialist who performed original the FISTULA surgery, in 2008.

Thanks for caring,
Dave

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3 p.m.

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Irene’s had growing challenges at dialysis related to the fistula function.

On several occasions over the last few weeks she was sent home early without completing the sessions. She had dialysis 4 days last week because the challenge is escalating. She came home early again today with an incomplete session.

She has an appointment tomorrow with a vascular surgeon.

Stay tuned and thanks for caring,
Dave

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6.30 p.m.

Irene’s recovering from 2.5 hours of dialysis treatment today. The medical team iced the region throughout the treatment because the pain was intense. It’s a typical evening…raging nausea and chronic fatique.

She gets to return tomorrow for more of the same…

Thanks for caring,
Dave

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