rogerjd
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- Hi everyone. I am on dialysis and have no kidney function. My potassium levels have been 6.8 for last three months and my diest is severely restricted to cut out most if not all potassium. The nurses are obviously concerned and keep coming out to...
- Can anyone help me- I can't seem to get straigth answers from specialists.I have joined weightwatchers mainly to support my daughter but I do have weight to lose.I am on hemo dialysis but have no kidneys so do not pass any fluid. Each dialysis...
- Hello everyone. I am now into my home hemo dialysis sessions 5 days a week for 2.5 hours each time. They are going really well. I have not had any trouble getting my needles in and usually get a good arterial and venous pressure so the alarms on...
- Just a quick update aout my home traning sessions. I am now on week 6 and they have told me today that everything is being put into place so I can start home dialysing on 19th March. I can't wait- I am soooo excited!!!!! Once I'm doing my own I'll...
- Is anyone having a hard time on dialysis as I am?I have been on dialysis since early Niovember when I had both kidneys removed. The first few sessions were okay and as I had really bloated after my oeration it was relief to get the toxins and the...
- After undergoing major surgery on 2/11/2011 having both MY kidneys removed my husband was struggling to cope with my illness and wasn't being very supportive. We managed to sort this out and over past few weeks he has been as supportive as he can...
- Not been in touch lately as been having a few health issues with my recovery. I have been reading all your lovely messages and all the posts but more often than not I am too 'goosed' to reply. Please bear with me as I am getting stronger every day...
- Hello allAs most of you probably already know I had both kidneys removed a couple of weeks ago and now have hemo diallysis to clean blood and drain fluid. They are struggling to work out my baseline weight as fluid filled kidneys were neve rweighed...
- I apologise now for any typos because I ahve already taken sleeping meds and am a bit drowsy. Had my double nephrectomy on 2nd November due to problems experienced from size of kidneys and also suspicion of cancer. I am cancer free- tumors are not...
- Just a quick update to let you know that I have started dialysis and have now had 2 sessions. 1st one was 1.5 hours of cleansing -no fluid draining and 2nd one was 2 hours of blood cleansing - no fluid draining. I have felt fine and even sleop...
- Hi everyone - just a quick update for anyone that knows me - I've complained about my back pain a few times in recent weeks but my pain suddenly got 100 times worse on Tuesday morning (right under right ribcage). It was really severe and the usual...
- Hi - I am quite new to this forum and have read through quite a lot of the posts and added a couple of replies (which I hope help). My own situation appears to be different from most of you on this forum because although I am suspicious for renal...
- Hi I am new to this support group and usually join the polycystic kidney disease forum as that is he underlying disease that I have. I am in end stage renal failure with a kidney function of 10% and have recently had a significant bleeding episode...
- Hello to everyone out there who has read any of my posts recently. You may have noticed that I just ramble on and on. I have never opened up like this before and realise now how much I was bottling up and how much support/ advice I could give to...
- Has anyone experienced any side effects on endone.oxycodone?. I know that Cherry30 has experienced problems with this but I have just had it recommended by my nephrologist instead of Tramadol as they said it is kinder to your kidneys.Obviously I...