I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Centers => Topic started by: Swamp Gator on August 30, 2013, 07:51:00 AM
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I am on in center dialysis. I have been having a problem with my weight going up. The staff has made comments to me that maybe I am eating too much and just don't realize it. I didn't think so and wanted to get to the bottom of this situation. I went to a non-dialysis dietitian and she said I was not over eating. So I went to the leading kidney Dr in our state. He told me it was being caused by my insulin and there wasn't much I could do about it.
For the past 3 months I have been seeing the dietitians at the kidney transplant hospital. They told me my average calorie daily intake is 784. I gave my dialysis center a copy of my report and told them hopfully this will put an end to the comments about me eating too much. All of a sudden I am putting on weight a lot faster. My friend read about a lawsuit where some of the cleaning solutions used to clean the machines will make you gain weight. Since I am addressing the staffs issues and trying to force change, my friend thinks the unit is doing something to make me gain weight in retaliation.
Is this possible?
SG
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Could it be fluid?
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No, my fluids are under control and my BP reflects that.
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There is sugar in PD solutions that cause weight gain, but I've never heard of any issues with hemo. I lost 60 pounds while on dialysis and insulin, and I'm a lousy dieter.
784 seems like an impossibly low number for calories though. Anything under 1000 usually leads to extreme weight loss.