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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Home Dialysis => Topic started by: darkpixie08 on May 15, 2012, 06:37:11 AM
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Silly question. Is it possible to eat or drink something while doing a PD exchange on a cycler, if you accounted for it with your fluids/weight? Not a big meal, but a small snack?
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I don't think you'd very comfortable if you ate a big honkin' meal, but a sandwich or something light would not hurt in my opinion. Besides, one usually hooks up well after their evening meal.
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I ate all the time. I would keep a bag of Cheerios nearby in case I got hungry and didn't want to hook up. No big deal. Just don't pick something too salty so that you want a lot to drink.
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i eat all the time, sometimes my huibby drings home breakfast in the morning on my last dwell
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I also have been known to have a snack when I'm cycling. Doesn't seem to affect anything as far as I've seen.
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I do it all the time. I keep small snacks or water by my bed just in case I get hungry. I have never had a problem with it.
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Back when I used to use a cycler I did enjoy snacks when on it. As some have said, a large meal would be a bit uncomfortable, and may even get painful to an extent.
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My SO eats ALL the time on the cycler. Sandwiches, snack foods, protein shakes. Whatever he's in the mood for. The only trouble he has is that he feels hungry, and starts eating and then he feels too full and gets uncomfortable. I tell him to graze but he doesn't listen :)
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My SO eats ALL the time on the cycler. Sandwiches, snack foods, protein shakes. Whatever he's in the mood for. The only trouble he has is that he feels hungry, and starts eating and then he feels too full and gets uncomfortable. I tell him to graze but he doesn't listen :)
It's a guy thing... :rofl;
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When I did PD, I personally never ate while on cycler or right before getting on the machine because it made me incredibly uncomfortable. But I would drink fluids. Eating I dont think would be an issue if you can tolerate it.
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What a great question and I LOVE the answers. I am planning to go PD when the Big D falls upon me and I'm thrilled to hear I can "graze" even during hook up. Thanks for the question and thanks for the answers.
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No problem although you may feel bloated just as you tend to do after a big meal while doing pd anyway. I did pd for about nine years.
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My dad loves to snack on junk food (sigh...) after I connect him to the Liberty cycler, and in most cases he's ok except when he eats food that seems to "expand" in his stomach, like:
a) popcorn
b) fluffy bread
One night he'd eaten a bowl of popcorn and complained an hour later, saying he could hardly breathe! He panicked and I drained him right away. Instant relief, smaller fills and a well-learned lesson was earned, albeit painfully.
There might be other foods that have the same effect...
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Laurie eats dinner while on the machine as he goes on about midday and finishes about 10pm because of the alarm issue . He only has a small appetite at the moment though .
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I've never had a problem with eating while on the cycler. Snacks, or a meal. For a meal, I just don't eat very much (in volume) but that seems to be the normal for me now. I use to eat a lot per meal, but over the last couple years of D, I can't eat as much as I used to. The wife and I now share a dinner if we go out. That portion or volume of food seems to be just enough for both of us. Not to mention it is about half the cost as two full dinners. Grumpy