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Introduction => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: jcanavera on September 30, 2014, 07:22:14 PM
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Hi my name is Jack and I'm the caregiver for my wife who is on PD. She's been on PD for about 11 weeks now. Prior to that she was on hemo since June. We just got a cycler about 5 weeks ago and she is doing well. Her last kinetics showed her at 2.2. She was 1.8 when we were doing manual exchanges. Her Dr. and our nurse had a goal of 1.7 for her, so 2.2 makes us and them pretty happy.
Biggest problem right now is trying to get her protein numbers up. She doesn't eat a lot of meat even though it is in our daily diet. She doesn't like the bars. Our nurse told us about Sunkist protein drinks, but it looks like that product has been discontinued.
I'm going to do some posts over in the PD area. I've done a lot of study on the Baxter cycler and have learned a lot from Baxter's technical support. Our PD nurse tells everyone that I know more about the cycler than him or our doc. At times I truly think I do.
Jack
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Hi there Jack, and welcome to IHD, great to have you with us. I also used the cycler for the 2.5 years I was on dialysis and really enjoyed the modality. I thought it gave me more freedom than going the hemo route and did a better job cleaning my system. Hope that you enjoy it here, there are a lot of folks that have great knowledge of the Baxter cycler as well as helping to get your wife's protein levels up.
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Welcome to the site Jack
:welcomesign;
Does your wife like cream cheese? Digestive biscuits (1 gr protein) with cream cheese (2-3 gr) does add up if you eat them as a snack when you don't feel like eating, and they are not too bad on phosphates.
Good luck, Cas
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:welcomesign; Jack!
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Hello Jack.... :welcomesign; to IHD...
Great that you've found us... I look forward to getting to know you better....
Darth... Moderator...
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Just curious. I've never heard of digestive biscuits. What are those and do you have some brand names?
Jack
Welcome to the site Jack
:welcomesign;
Does your wife like cream cheese? Digestive biscuits (1 gr protein) with cream cheese (2-3 gr) does add up if you eat them as a snack when you don't feel like eating, and they are not too bad on phosphates.
Good luck, Cas
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