My sister Silvia's crossmatch results came back as a 100% match. Hector had only been a 50% match. The crossmatch took a long time because the transplant clinic is so slow, it took them 2 weeks to get the kit to her. She is coming up to visit on the 16th, for her all day evaluation and testing. I had a blood test Mon., saw my primary physician on Wed., and I called the dialysis clinic on Thursday to tell them I want to start dialysis. My ankles have become swollen, my ammonia breath is back, I can't sleep, my blood pressure is out of control (even with extra medication, usually 160/110), my potassium still gets too high sometimes, my phosphorous is very high (even with medication) and for 2 days, my fast heart beat would wake me and I would see red flashes when I opened my eyes. My doctor doesn't know what the flashes mean. The dialysis lady said she'd call me back in 1 1/2 weeks to schedule me. I thought she was joking. They've been begging me to do dialysis for months and now that I finally decided I need to do it, they are going to make me wait. I'll probably change my mind by the time they call me back. I called my doctor to tell her and she says she will try to find another place for me to do dialysis.
