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| Larry B 2005-12-28, 1:05 am |
| My mother is on hemo 3x/wk and being in L.A., a good shaker is always around
the corner.
How does one prepare for the possibility of an extended power failure if you
are on dialysis?
Thanks, Lar
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| Larry Krzewinski 2005-12-28, 1:05 am |
| On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 05:34:53 GMT, "Larry B" <hatespam@hatespam.gov>
wrote:
>My mother is on hemo 3x/wk and being in L.A., a good shaker is always around
>the corner.
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>How does one prepare for the possibility of an extended power failure if you
>are on dialysis?
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>Thanks, Lar
I was on hemodialysis in the LA area for almost nine years prior to my
kidney transplant. All she really needs to do is keep at least a one
week supply of medications on hand and if the big one hits drink as
little as possible until she can be moved to a place where dialysis
can be provided. One can normally live for a at least a week or
longer without dialysis.
You need to remember that while earthquakes make great headlines, they
rarely cause much damage outside of the epicenter area. I've lived in
the LA area since 1981 and have never had any damage at all due to an
earthquake and we've had our share of shakers over the past 25 years.
Larry
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| In article <1upsf.671$Hl6.192@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"Larry B" <hatespam@hatespam.gov> wrote:
> My mother is on hemo 3x/wk and being in L.A., a good shaker is always around
> the corner.
>
> How does one prepare for the possibility of an extended power failure if you
> are on dialysis?
Write to the National Kidney Foundation and ask for their disaster
guide. They have a handbook with supplies lists and menus for dialysis
patients with and without diabetes.
--
"Did Father shoot him? I will eat Grandfather for dinner."
- Helen Keller, on learning of the death of her grandfather
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| Larry B 2005-12-28, 10:58 am |
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"Larry Krzewinski" <Feerless_Freep@madmagazine.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 05:34:53 GMT, "Larry B" <hatespam@hatespam.gov>
> wrote:
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around[vbcol=seagreen]
you[vbcol=seagreen]
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> I was on hemodialysis in the LA area for almost nine years prior to my
> kidney transplant. All she really needs to do is keep at least a one
> week supply of medications on hand and if the big one hits drink as
> little as possible until she can be moved to a place where dialysis
> can be provided. One can normally live for a at least a week or
> longer without dialysis.
>
> You need to remember that while earthquakes make great headlines, they
> rarely cause much damage outside of the epicenter area. I've lived in
> the LA area since 1981 and have never had any damage at all due to an
> earthquake and we've had our share of shakers over the past 25 years.
>
> Larry
If you remember L.A., then the words "epicenter" and "San Fernando Valley"
are synonymous. She lives in Chatsworth. Her doctor also told me to just cut
down on fluids but it just seems that there should be more that one could
do. The dialysis centers are crowded now, imagine what they would be like
after a quake-initiated accessability/availability delay!
I also wonder how the dialysis centers are set up for emergency power
generation. Knowing the politicians, there are no laws requiring such a
provision.
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| Larry B 2005-12-28, 10:58 am |
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"REP" <rep@inanna.com> wrote in message
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> In article <1upsf.671$Hl6.192@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> "Larry B" <hatespam@hatespam.gov> wrote:
>
around[vbcol=seagreen]
you[vbcol=seagreen]
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> Write to the National Kidney Foundation and ask for their disaster
> guide. They have a handbook with supplies lists and menus for dialysis
> patients with and without diabetes.
>
> --
> "Did Father shoot him? I will eat Grandfather for dinner."
> - Helen Keller, on learning of the death of her grandfather
Thanks REP, I will ck that out. However, the Helen Keller quote is,
well,..... interesting.
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| Larry Krzewinski 2005-12-28, 12:54 pm |
| On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 15:03:19 GMT, "Larry B" <hatespam@hatespam.gov>
wrote:
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>If you remember L.A., then the words "epicenter" and "San Fernando Valley"
>are synonymous. She lives in Chatsworth. Her doctor also told me to just cut
>down on fluids but it just seems that there should be more that one could
>do. The dialysis centers are crowded now, imagine what they would be like
>after a quake-initiated accessability/availability delay!
I still live just outside LA so I do remember it pretty well.
>I also wonder how the dialysis centers are set up for emergency power
>generation. Knowing the politicians, there are no laws requiring such a
>provision.
Patients and nurses can hand crank the dialysis machines themselves if
necessary. You are worrying too much about this. I'm trying to be
supportive but I doubt anything I say will convince you to worry less.
She could also get hit by a bus tomorrow. Let me just say that the
odds are against her being deprived of dialysis long enough to cause
her death.
Larry
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| Pierre 2005-12-28, 6:01 pm |
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> Patients and nurses can hand crank the dialysis machines themselves if
> necessary. You are worrying too much about this. I'm trying to be
> supportive but I doubt anything I say will convince you to worry less.
> She could also get hit by a bus tomorrow. Let me just say that the
> odds are against her being deprived of dialysis long enough to cause
> her death.
>
> Larry
Dialysis machines are cranked by hand only to provide a means of rinsing
back patients' blood before discontinuing. It just pumps the blood.
Everything else stops.
Most people have the misconception that if they miss one treatment, they
will die. This is just not the case. Treatments are 3 times per week because
any less doesn't provide enough treatment for the longer term. Anything can
happen, but your life does not usually depend on any one treatment. If you
have to miss a treatment because of an emergency, you simply go into extra
careful mode to watch fluid intake (and for this, salt intake) and
potassium. People who live a good distance away from a dialysis center and
who might be snowed in or something are prescribed Kayexalate to have on
hand when needed - like when more than one day might be missed. This is used
to eliminate some of the potassium from the body.
Of course, if you're already way overweight before your next treatment and
you end up having to miss it, you could be in some discomfort.
Pierre
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| In article <tPxsf.760$Hl6.498@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"Larry B" <hatespam@hatespam.gov> wrote:
> "REP" <rep@inanna.com> wrote in message
> news:lFrsf.37964$dO2.3625@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
> around
> you
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> Thanks REP, I will ck that out. However, the Helen Keller quote is,
> well,..... interesting.
It's also real. It's in her autiobiography.
--
"Did Father shoot him? I will eat Grandfather for dinner."
- Helen Keller, on learning of the death of her grandfather
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