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Re: Cramps after dialysis
From: mrLookout@yahoo.com (Lookout)
On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 21:51:16 -0500, "DR" <dr@invalid.com> wrote:
"Lookout" <mrLookout@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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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.
I'm having the opposite problem. I'm LOSING weight (about 30lbs in 2+
months) and they haven't established a dry weight yet. As such when I
put on FAT over the course of a week (not fluid) they try to take off
to much. I'm going to home hemodialysis and yes, at that point I'll be
able to regulate this myself. I have a good background in medicine so
I'm confident I can take care of myself. The hard part is convincing
the nurses that I know what's best is the hard part.
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