@ JohanneCPoirier

Wow what a great description of what happens in the human body during dialysis. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience

So this is why we advised dialysis patients to never have more then 4 litres to remove, if they keep fluids down to 1 litre per day, they will have only 2 L to remove, but unfortunately some patients came in with 5 (11 lbs) to 6 kg (13.2 lbs) to lose (hence knowing they over dranks fluids). Now fluids is not just what you drink, here are a few fluids you need to count in that 1 Litre per day : yogourt, soup, jello, ice cream, fruits and veggies also contain fluids, so one patient was eating water melons in huge quantities yet he could not figure out that water melons is that Water, so the juicier the fruit, the more water it contains. So dialysis patients require lots of supplements and some pills are huge, they need to swallow with fluids, so this fluid counts toward your 1 L per day also. It is not easy being a dialysis patient, especially because both diabetic and dialysis diet are total opposite and it makes it harder to manage diabetes, but the diet required for kidney failure is now the one they must follow, medications can regulate the diabetes if need be. I hope this helps answer a few questions abvout dialysis and why feelind so tired afterwards, most patient stated they had alternate good days and bad days, dialysis days they had to rest a lot, the next day some felt better and did chores or errands on those good days.

People make dialysis seem so easy, you go there and sit a few hrs, then leave, but for the body it is much more complicated then that, it is the before and after which is not easy, during neither, some patients require medications such as Gravol to be able to get through dialysis. For some few people they require a medication given in the hr preceeding dialysis to maintain their blood pressure just to be able to dialyse the fluids. 1 day at a time.

Hi my friend Pandapat... I have been meaning to write to you...my husband have been in dialysis for almost 6 weeks now...a double whammy after coming from TX with my daughter.
He is coming home this weekend, he has been between the hospital and Encompass Health Center facility; he will continue his dialysis 3 times a week and if needed blood transfusion, close to home.
At the moment I am overwhelmed with everything, but have to take a day at a time and knowing that God doesn't give you more than you can take in your lifetime... believe, trust, love and faith goes all the way 🙏. Have a blessed day 🙏.

Kidney is doing great.. next month will be 4 years😁

Oh sorry @A DiabetesTeam Member.how are you now?

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