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Title: Do you still urinate?
Post by: shay_pcb on February 17, 2007, 12:39:06 AM
Every time I go to the bathroom I wonder how long it will be until I stop going. I was just wondering how many still go and how long it took the others to stop? Funny topic, huh?  ;D
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: angieskidney on February 17, 2007, 01:39:21 AM
Every time I go to the bathroom I wonder how long it will be until I stop going. I was just wondering how many still go and how long it took the others to stop? Funny topic, huh?  ;D
I stopped after 3 years on PD. I haven't peed now for the last 3 years.
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: Epoman on February 17, 2007, 02:00:02 AM
Every time I go to the bathroom I wonder how long it will be until I stop going. I was just wondering how many still go and how long it took the others to stop? Funny topic, huh?  ;D

Here's another tread on this subject: http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=1006.0 But good idea creating a thread with a POLL. We needed a poll for this subject.  :thumbup;

- Epoman
Owner/Admin
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: thegrammalady on February 17, 2007, 04:23:23 AM
yes, yes, yes! which means i get to drink more!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: Rerun on February 17, 2007, 04:47:57 AM
Mine came to a HALT after they did my heart catheter.  That dye is hard on the kidneys and I could not drink all the water the other patients were getting to flush the dye out.
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: KICKSTART on February 17, 2007, 05:00:27 AM
Yes i still go , 2 yrs on capd, mostly every other hour during the night  :-\  I have often wondered though when/if you do stop , do you still feel like you want to go and nothing happens?
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: kimcanada on February 17, 2007, 05:04:08 AM
I still go, I have been on hemo for a month and a half, but it has slowed to a trickle  :-\

I blame it on the fact that I drink so little

I don't like this part of KD

Kim
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: del on February 17, 2007, 05:52:41 AM
Hubby peed when he was on PD but when he stared hemo it stopped completely.
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: boxman55 on February 17, 2007, 07:23:09 AM
I still do maybe once a day sometimes twice. I will try to go right before dialysis I weighed myself before and after going and dropped 0.1 It all helps-Boxman55
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: Amanda From OZ on February 17, 2007, 07:34:11 AM
Well i have been on dialysis nearly 3 years and i go to the bathroom at least everyone 1 to 2 hours! which is great most the time, but it is very annoying having to recirculate 2-3 times while on dialysis to go wee!
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: kitkatz on February 17, 2007, 09:23:26 AM
It has slowed own to almost nothing over the last two years, after eight years on dialysis.
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: glitter on February 17, 2007, 09:28:05 AM
my husband has no kidneys-no pee...however he did get about 6 drops a month ago-with no kidneys in his body we wondered where it came from? LOL and it was just the one time-I was hoping he was a miracle and grew another kidney!! Oh if you all only could.. ;)
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: jedimaster on February 17, 2007, 01:20:57 PM
yes....I do....6 months in hemo.
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: angela515 on February 17, 2007, 01:29:50 PM
While I was on dialysis for 2 1/2 years I peed very little, maybe a teaspoon a day.. on a good day maybe a tablespoon.
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: BigSky on February 17, 2007, 03:11:58 PM
It stopped shortly after starting dialysis.
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: Triker on February 17, 2007, 07:02:42 PM
While I was on PD, I went daily, although not as much as normal. (about 5 1/2 years) On hemo, it droped to maybe a teaspoon over a weekend, after 6 months. I'm been on hemo over a year 1/2.
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: shay_pcb on February 17, 2007, 11:19:26 PM
So it seems that if you are on hemo, then you stop peeing sooner than those on PD.

I've only been on PD for 9 months, and I still go just as much as before I started dialysis.
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: Epoman on February 18, 2007, 12:10:24 AM
So it seems that if you are on hemo, then you stop peeing sooner than those on PD.

I've only been on PD for 9 months, and I still go just as much as before I started dialysis.

I don't think that is the case, I believe it has to do with the persons level of CKD. However I may be wrong, but I am sure in this thread we will find the correct answer. :thumbup;

- Epoman
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: tamara on February 18, 2007, 01:05:45 AM
I've been on  haemo a few years now, but find that my urination levels change.

Sometimes its a few drops, sometimes it like I am "normal".
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: angieskidney on February 18, 2007, 06:55:27 AM
So it seems that if you are on hemo, then you stop peeing sooner than those on PD.

I've only been on PD for 9 months, and I still go just as much as before I started dialysis.

I don't think that is the case, I believe it has to do with the persons level of CKD. However I may be wrong, but I am sure in this thread we will find the correct answer. :thumbup;

- Epoman
I agree to a certain extent. Basically everyone is different and they tell you that at the hospital at times. Everyone's health effects them differently. Different functions of the kidney go at different times. Some people pee for a long time while others lose that function pretty fast.
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: goofynina on February 20, 2007, 05:16:51 PM
what is this word urinate you are all talking about?  ::)  is it somthing we are supposed to do?  ??? it sounds familiar i just cant put my finger on it though  :o (ew, that was an ugly thought) :P :P
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: Sluff on February 20, 2007, 05:23:33 PM
I pee.
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: goofynina on February 20, 2007, 05:26:28 PM
Allright, allright,  quit braggin already :P :P

(says the jealous one)  ::)
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: Sluff on February 20, 2007, 05:34:48 PM
Allright, allright,  quit braggin already :P :P

(says the jealous one)  ::)



 :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: angieskidney on February 20, 2007, 10:18:14 PM
what is this word urinate you are all talking about?  ::)  is it somthing we are supposed to do?  ??? it sounds familiar i just cant put my finger on it though  :o (ew, that was an ugly thought) :P :P
Yeah been so long ago I am not sure myself :P
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: shay_pcb on February 21, 2007, 02:06:02 AM
haha! You no-pee-ers are funny!! lmao
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: Wattle on February 21, 2007, 02:08:09 AM
I pee.


Me too.   :clap;  But for how long? Is anyones guess   ::)
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: AlasdairUK on February 21, 2007, 02:30:49 AM
Nope, not for me.

Stop the car you say, you need to go. Sorry for you >:D
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: bluedove57 on February 21, 2007, 06:37:42 PM
I'm on dialysis 5.9 years...started slowing down on pee a year ago. Now in the morning about an 1/8th of a cup and sometimes a few drops at night. Makes me mad when I feel like I'm gonna have a great pea and only get a drop. Good point is we can do road trips with no pit stops  :clap;
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: SierraJim on February 21, 2007, 07:30:38 PM
Its happening less and less and its clearer and clearer.  Used to be three to five times daily, but now its more like once or twice.  Also, used to be amber, now its clear.  Since I'm retaining all the liquid I drink, I drink less.  This is to avoid having to loose too much during the dialysis.  The more I ask them to take off during dialysis, the greater the chance of ending up with a blood pressure crisis.  I had to be hospitalized once for that and don't relish ever doing it again.  Best wishes to everyone.
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: melshell on February 21, 2007, 08:27:17 PM
I've only been on PD since 12/06, and I had guesstimated that I was averaging about 300-500cc's three times a day...imagine my surprise when I collected 3300cc's of urine, and my KT/V was 7.46 !!Nope, no such luck! I asked about possibly stopping dialysis...response="it's working, and it's working well".  I was encouraged by the decrease in my bun and creatinine, and they haven't completely discounted the fact that I could be regaining function....transplant process due to start next month. I can't imagine what it will be like when I do stop urinating, I think I'm already mourning the possibility. Knowing that it can/could stop, I find that I do appreciate urinating alot more, and I've already begun the rough draft of "Ode to Pee", LMFAO!!
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: angieskidney on February 22, 2007, 03:23:48 AM
Its happening less and less and its clearer and clearer.  Used to be three to five times daily, but now its more like once or twice.  Also, used to be amber, now its clear.  Since I'm retaining all the liquid I drink, I drink less.  This is to avoid having to loose too much during the dialysis.  The more I ask them to take off during dialysis, the greater the chance of ending up with a blood pressure crisis.  I had to be hospitalized once for that and don't relish ever doing it again.  Best wishes to everyone.
Yeah exactly! Mine was clear for the longest time and they told me that I was only peeing out water and nothing was actually being filtered! So I definately needed dialysis. I miss peeing because I wasn't so heavy :(

I've only been on PD since 12/06, and I had guesstimated that I was averaging about 300-500cc's three times a day...imagine my surprise when I collected 3300cc's of urine, and my KT/V was 7.46 !!
Wow to be able to have that kind of KT/V!! Mine today was 1.6 lol
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: bolta72 on February 22, 2007, 04:32:43 AM
yes, i still go after 7 months on hemo, but not as much as before. sometimes my fluid gains are.6 and other days around 3.0 :wine;
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: Ken Shelmerdine on February 22, 2007, 05:16:56 AM
I still pee as far as I can tell as much as I've always done as I don't have a fluid restriction. I've been on ccpd for six months now and they said at clinic that my output would start to reduce but touch wood it hasn't done yet. It's very pale and frothy so I suspect there's not much in it except protein. I've got PKD and apparently you can still pass fluids for quite a while.
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: Triker on February 22, 2007, 06:48:26 AM
When I can, I sweat more than I pee. I remember when sweating was a bad thing. :2thumbsup; Not now!
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: AlasdairUK on February 22, 2007, 07:10:03 AM
When I can, I sweat more than I pee. I remember when sweating was a bad thing. :2thumbsup; Not now!

It is extreme, but desperate times call for drastic measures.  >:D
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: bluedove57 on March 02, 2007, 06:28:14 PM
I still urinate but not alot. Usually once or twice a day and no more that and 1/8 of a cup. Sometimes less. I've been doing dialysis for 5 years 8 months
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: joseph_towey on March 27, 2007, 10:21:26 PM
When I left the hospital at the end of January I was producing about 100cc's of urine/day.  But those numbers have consistently been increasing...yesterday I hit 1000cc's for the first time. 
I'm hoping that this is a good sign and an indication that we are seeing improved kidney function?
Title: Re: Do you still urinate?
Post by: okarol on March 27, 2007, 10:25:58 PM
The doctor told us that it's quality, not quantity. I don't think you can judge filtration ability by measuring volume.