APD in Hotel
Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 8:52 am
Hello Everybody,
I am about to change from CAPD to APD, and have had one trial day at the hospital. I have another training day next week, then I will switch to APD at home when the machine arrives.
I have 2 questions please. As this is a Bank Holiday weekend, I thought I would ask on here, as there is no-one to ask at the hospital until next Tuesday.
Firstly, on CAPD I am a quick drainer. On the Fresenius machine at the hospital, on the first drain, I drained the first half quickly, then it slowed down and stopped. The alarm went off. I jiggled about and eventually a lot more drained but there were 3 alarms. The nurse altered the flow. On the second drain the same thing happened. The nurse altered the flow again. On the final drain, I was sitting bolt upright, and drained slowly (because the flow had been slowed down by the nurse) but there were no alarms, and I drained out over 400 more than went in, so the machine had obviously "found" hidden fluid from the previous drains. My question is this. Is this normal for a first attempt? It took longer than anticipated because of the flow being altered, but that wouldn't matter overnight at home. But I can't sleep sitting up, and I can't keep jiggling about at night can I. This has made me rather apprehensive. Can anyone please tell me of their initial expereience and whether it got rectified?
My second question is about holidays. In about 3 months I have a UK holiday booked, and the plan is to have an overnight machine delivered to the hotel. But Fresenius don't deliver a trolley as well, saying "people" use the bedside table in the hotel room. Fine, but what if the table isn't big enough? And what do other FMs do in this situation about the 5 litre bags if there is no trolley and hooks to attach them to.
Any help/advice/reassurance would be gratefully received.
Thank You.
I am about to change from CAPD to APD, and have had one trial day at the hospital. I have another training day next week, then I will switch to APD at home when the machine arrives.
I have 2 questions please. As this is a Bank Holiday weekend, I thought I would ask on here, as there is no-one to ask at the hospital until next Tuesday.
Firstly, on CAPD I am a quick drainer. On the Fresenius machine at the hospital, on the first drain, I drained the first half quickly, then it slowed down and stopped. The alarm went off. I jiggled about and eventually a lot more drained but there were 3 alarms. The nurse altered the flow. On the second drain the same thing happened. The nurse altered the flow again. On the final drain, I was sitting bolt upright, and drained slowly (because the flow had been slowed down by the nurse) but there were no alarms, and I drained out over 400 more than went in, so the machine had obviously "found" hidden fluid from the previous drains. My question is this. Is this normal for a first attempt? It took longer than anticipated because of the flow being altered, but that wouldn't matter overnight at home. But I can't sleep sitting up, and I can't keep jiggling about at night can I. This has made me rather apprehensive. Can anyone please tell me of their initial expereience and whether it got rectified?
My second question is about holidays. In about 3 months I have a UK holiday booked, and the plan is to have an overnight machine delivered to the hotel. But Fresenius don't deliver a trolley as well, saying "people" use the bedside table in the hotel room. Fine, but what if the table isn't big enough? And what do other FMs do in this situation about the 5 litre bags if there is no trolley and hooks to attach them to.
Any help/advice/reassurance would be gratefully received.
Thank You.