heart and renal failure

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By doug

Re: heart and renal failure
Mon 14 Apr 2008 15:42

hi stacy i know how you feel my wife has a stoma
for peritonitis but unfortunatly she cant be helped
that way i was told exactly what you were told
2003 she spent the whole year in hospital i nearly lost her of and on thankfully she is still here
best thing for you to do is talk to your doctor
they wil be able to help sorry cant help but if you want advice on your husbands stoma i would be
glad to help

By EL

Re: heart and renal failure
Mon 14 Apr 2008 15:46

Hello mrs mike, welcome to carers i joined just last week.
im Elaine 46 and care for my 13year old son Adam. Small piece of advice but i dont want to sound patronizing, you are way way too young to take on the role as a carer without some kind of help or assistance from somewhere You make sure you ask for help when you need it actually not just you but hubby too ok?. Both of you visit live chat cause i gorra tell ya the people on there (no matter what problems thay have) will soon have you in stitches as well as give the odd bit of advice. To be honest this site will change something in you, coming here is better than a night out with the girls cause everyone is in a similar position to you and knows how quick things can change day to day. Hope to see you there

By doug

Re: heart and renal failure
Mon 14 Apr 2008 17:27

EL go to chat room

By mrs mike

Re: heart and renal failure
Wed 16 Apr 2008 14:50

thank you for your advice we have an appointment with his consultant today at 5 about the morphine and as for getting help the only real help we get is from stoma nurses that visit 1ce a month unless we need them before they are due we used to have district nurses but they dont come and only have been once

i no im young an it is getting a bit to much for me i feel like im banging my head against a brick wall about the morphine but we will see at 5 o clock today what the consultant says

thanks

By polly56

Re: heart and renal failure
Fri 16 May 2008 16:54

Hello Mrs Mike I feel that I moan you are only 20 and have to look after your husband, I thought I had a lot to put up with my Husband is 40 and I am 52 he went blind 6 years ago at 34 years old he is diabetic and also has last stage renal failure but it makes you think there is always someone worse off than yourself I am sorry for you and sympathise without being patronising how did you go on on wednesday I understand how you feel worried, tired, angry. keep your chin up all the best polly56

By mrs mike

Re: heart and renal failure
Mon 19 May 2008 14:21

well when the consultant came he told her that he didnt want to have it again but didnt explain why he has been perscribed kapake now and has 2 tablets each dialysis thats all hes doing really well hes in the middle of being transferd to our local hospital (tameside general) from hope hospital because at the moment we travel 20 miles to hope hospital and 20 miles back 3 times a week for dialysis i have to go with him as he cant walk very well but hes not allowed visiters while dialising so i have to sit in the waiting room for him for 5 hours at a time so i cant wait for the transfer to happen least i will be in a place i no eh

polly to me it dosnt matter how old you are everyone needs suport thank you for your nice thoughtful coments its words like yours that keeps us going my uncle was a blind diabetic renal patient he died 10 years ago he was 32 he still lived at home with my gran so i no that its hard work for you i just want to say thanks for the support and all the best to you aswell xxx