I worked in dialysis and I have never heard this before....when a "graft" goes bad they have to be replaced, sometimes they are even rejected and have to be removed....I will fire out some questions and let you know...debbie
-------------- Original message -------------- From: sol <[email protected]> > I have an aquaintance here who had the dialysis tube insertions done, as > she was about to have to start dialysis, at the last minute she got a > kidney though, and never did have to do any dialysis. I was amazed to > find out that the tubes cannot be removed once inserted, or so her > doctors claim, perhaps her insurance doesn't want to pay for that > surgery. This was about 10 years ago now at least. Last time I ran into > her about a year ago she still had the tubes in her arm, and they are > still causing her constant problems, lack of complete use of that > arm/hand, nerve pain, etc. > > sol > > M. G. Devour wrote: > > >The "lifesaving surgery" the mother was trying to protect him from was > >the precautionary insertion of tubes and fittings to allow him to > >undergo dialysis *if he needed it.* Despite news reports that the child > >was in iminent danger, the hospital said that he wasn't. A woman > >nephrologist on the case had to call in Child Protective Services > >*three times* before she got an agent that would support her assertion > >of medical neglect. The first two supported the mom. > > > > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour > >
