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Try not to release the valve for 2 hours before your appointment. Please make sure that you have been opening your bowels regularly.
If at all possible, your surgeon will try to keep your knee joint. This can make it easier to function after your operation.
Mindfulness is not very easy to explain, and sometimes the best way to understand it is to try it.
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Try to find a sensible balance between rest and activity.
Try to take the tablets at the same time each day.
Sickness (nausea) To help prevent this, try taking your medicine with or just after a snack or meal.
You can expect to have some pain and discomfort after your operation, but try not to worry as strong pain relief is used to control this.
Please remember that you have had an operation on your eye and you should try to rest as much as possible for the rest of the day.
Then using your good hand to support your sore arm, try to bend then straighten your arm as pain allows.
If you miss, please try again. Press gently on the tear duct (inner corner of the eye) with one finger for a minute.
Minor Illness Try to stay in closed loop and change your cannula, infusion set and reservoir.
Try to think why you had a hypo, was there an obvious cause? If yes, can you make changes to prevent it happening again?
bend or pull at your dialysis catheter Use sharp objects, such as scissors, around your catheter Get your catheter wet, the dressing is waterproof but try
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Introduce sounds gradually - try recording the sounds they don't like, playing them back at a very low volume or have the sound in a different room.
Try not to squeeze your buttocks (pelvic thrusts) or tighten your thighs or tummy muscles.
Try not to blink to hard as this may pop the lens out.
Try to avoid contact sports such as rugby and any other sports which may cause injury or bruising while you are taking anticoagulants.