New Fistula

Well, what can I say about last night, it was an experience to say the least. After much deliberation I decided to have a fistula formulation whic is now 5 weeks old and as I did not dialyze very well at all through my tesio line on Saturday, we decided to go for it and use the fistula for the first time. I was ok with this because it meant I didn't have time to get worked up about being needled for the first time. Well I had some aneasthetic put in and the first needle went in without me even feeling it...but the second one was a different matter all together! It blew straight away and the pain was inmense. So we decided to take the blood from the first needle and put it back through my tesio, which was fine but the pain for the full four hours was unbearable, like nothing I have felt before. I'm really hoping it was just because of what happened and won't be that painful all the time. I can't believe it is for one minute unless I'm just being a wimp! Anyway watch this space to find out!