Speed of transfusion

i used to have it flushesd but they dont do it at my hospital now because they say all the stuff from the filter gets flushed out and into your body so then there is no point in having a filter and wyou will get some bad blood.

i dont get how all you guys have so much blood so quickly, the quickest i have had 1 bag is 1.30 hours and my stomach gets so full i feel so bloated and find it hard to breath. and i get pain in m legs, so dori i think the pain could be due to a reaction or speed. Because i am like u, i always ask for 2 hour bags because thats the quickest they give it and i can feel myself getting a temp so i sneak in some paractamol becuase if ht enurses pick up my high temp they have to stop the blood and that menas im there longer, so i know how u feel.

But i relally think all u guys need to be careful the rates u have it and the fact that you have two bags at once is dangerous.

I agree with the colour of hte blood the dark one takes longer as it seems oto be thicker, but really dont go faster thatn 1.30 hrs per bag.

Hey ya !
I usually have my units for 2 hours. never less than 1hour and 40 mins . I dont use any Lasix even though sometimes I have 3 units , which means staying in the hospital more than 7 hours- very annoying : ))

It is annoying. Especiality when there is no tv. I wished we got have treatments together
I plan to increase my speed again. (Dont laugh) We went from 90 to 100, but I plan to go to 120-150. I also plan to go back to 2 bags every 4 weeks and maintain a hgb of 5.5 - 5.7 (8.8 - 9.1) I know what the national standards saying but I do not know how to achieve that.
Do you think it has a clever job to have a tanking up before I meet my doc. I wonder of I should change that date. On the other hand i do not want to spill three days on hospital stuff. Though question b/c I do not feel the greatest after tanking up...dilemma! Someone has a clever suggestion?

Dore,

About your dilemma... I would rather talk to the doctor in a different day. I mean, it is easier to talk about something like this when you feel ok. At least it is easier for me. I always talk to my doctor while I'm tanking up and that makes me be a little easily influenced so she convinces me of everything she wants but when I talk to her and I'm ok, I can think properly and so I can remember and express everything I want to say.

Hope everything will be ok.

Kisses,

Laura.

Laura,

all problems are solved.