I know I just checked my setup. NOW CHECK AGAIN.I don't remember if I checked my setup. NOW CHECK AGAIN.Checking HD lines is what saves you from causing real problems for yourself if you're doing HD. Setting up the machine and the bloodlines takes about an hour and is very complex. My hunch that you perform about a thousand separate physical actions in this setting up. I can't remember a thousands things, can you? That's why you need to take every opportunity to check what you've done. It's funny how you can get a sense of knowing something is wrong but you can't put your finger on it. Checking will help you identify what it is that's causing that nagging feeling and allow you to fix it.
Last night I set up my machine and had some spare moments. I just sat staring at it in general. It was then, after gazing at it for about a minute I realised I hadn't placed a hypo full of anticoagulant in the place where I grab it after an hour of treatment. Seems minor but if it wasn't in the right place I would be squirming all over my bed praying that the cap doesn't come off and the hypo stab me. I put things right and last night's session went smoothly.
If you're doing HD then you've been trained in the process in a group of people that are skilled in training HD patients. It's the habits you have to learn and checking is one of them. Check you later.
