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CatontheRoof
Member
Username: Catontheroof
Post Number: 59
Registered: 04-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 12:03 pm: | 
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Hey there again  I'm very glad to tell everyone that my ANCA results came negative, so in total the cause for the rapid progressive thing I suffered will remain unknown.
I would like to ask if any of you ever had a temporal hemo dialysis catheter. And if so, after removing the catheter, did the hole eventually disappeared by its own after some time? or you need a esthetic procedure? |
Alinds
Member
Username: Alinds
Post Number: 295
Registered: 09-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 12:56 pm: |
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I have a slight scar where mine used to be, but barely noticeable at all. My catheter was removed in August of 2010. I never really had a hole though. It was just a scab that turned into a scar. |
nish
Member
Username: Rickysyfee
Post Number: 144
Registered: 06-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 07:15 pm: |
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I have several little dents-
over time I learned to embrace it - havent you heard?
"scars are like tattoos, but with better stories!"
check out the shirts!
http://www.rockscarlove.com/
Besides you could tell people " see this scar - without this I would be dead!" |
Alaskagal
Member
Username: Cheathers
Post Number: 67
Registered: 06-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 07:36 pm: |
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Gosh, I still have a little hole from the picc line in my neck during my transplant surgery in August. I was rather surprised, but at this point, that's the least of my worries. I don't know how you could fix it, other than plastic surgery.
| Kidney tx Aug. 23, 2011 Seattle Swedish Hospital. |
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Cora
Member
Username: Cora
Post Number: 449
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 07:50 pm: |
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I had some holes, but they filled in leaving scars. I look like I've been bitten by a vampire on both sides of my neck. It could make a great halloween costume. lol.
Like all others, the scars fade.
Cora
Dx with T1 in 1966
Kidney tx in Minneapolis 2002
Pancreas tx in 2008 |
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Sarah
Member
Username: Sarahbear
Post Number: 186
Registered: 06-2009
| | Posted on Friday, February 17, 2012 - 09:32 am: |
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I tell people it is a vampire bite scar. I also have a thyroidectomy scar across my throat/neck. People used to ask me if I had my throat slashed. I would just look at them blankly and say yes. That shut them up real fast!
I am covered with scars. When I met my husband, I told him the stories behind all of them. It's like having a diary with you at all times.
Sarah
1st Kidney Transplant @ Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville
June 22, 1999
2nd Kidney Transplant @ Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta
June 18, 2010 |
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CatontheRoof
Member
Username: Catontheroof
Post Number: 61
Registered: 04-2011
| | Posted on Friday, February 17, 2012 - 11:27 am: |
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lol I also tell to the people it was vampire bite. If you think about it, in a simbolical way it could actually be like if we had bitten by vampires since our blood got corrupted, we got cold (the anemia) and we could have died :D |
CatontheRoof
Member
Username: Catontheroof
Post Number: 62
Registered: 04-2011
| | Posted on Friday, February 17, 2012 - 11:30 am: |
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lol I also tell to the people it was vampire bite. If you think about it, in a simbolical way it could actually be like if we had bitten by vampires since our blood got corrupted, we got cold (the anemia) and we could have died :D |
Kidneyboy
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Username: Kidneyboy
Post Number: 12
Registered: 01-2012
| | Posted on Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 08:03 pm: |
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Hi Cat,
I think I have more scar tissue than regular skin. All the nicks and cuts are like a diary, each with it's own story and something to be proud of. Some you can relay to those , who don;t have a clue what you have been through, just to survive. It makes sitting in traffic or everyday frustrations a bit of a private joke. |
