Usenet Newsgroups Re: Cramps after dialysis From: dr@invalid.com (DR) "Lookout" <mrLookout@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:0toh75dhsrupvmq5h7u9qmjtac11cvos3r@4ax.com... It's usually in my hand and it can last into night. Short of drinking a gallon of water and waiting until for my electrolytes to normalize what can be done? I am on PD now. When I did hemo at the center I would often get leg cramps. I'm told that it's because they are trying to get too much fluid out of my blood. In the beginning it seems my doctor would not allow me to gain any weight. And I was pretty skinny. But they would suck all the fluid they could get during dialysis. If I was 2 pounds heavier the next visit they insisted on removing 2 pounds of fluid. That just the way they did it. Notice that if you complain of cramps during dialysis they will add some saline but my doctor didn't like that because it's adding fluid after you've sat there for so long to remove fluid. On PD I pretty much decide on my dialysis recipe and if I check out OK by my nurse and doctor all is well. (quiet lungs, firm flesh and blood) Look into Gatorade for electrolytes. Subject  Cramps after dialysis  Re: Cramps after dialysis  Re: Cramps after dialysis  Re: Cramps after dialysis  Re: Cramps after dialysis  Re: Cramps after dialysis  Re: Cramps after dialysis  Re: Cramps after dialysis