feeling weird between treatments?

[gkcoley]

Ive noticed lately i feel weird the night before a treatment.  I dialyze on mon, wed, fri and on tues, thurs and sunday nights i feel weird, tingling feeling, dizzy, trouble breathing, cold sweats and an overall weird feeling.  Any idea what this could be?

[Cordelia]

Trouble breathing I would imagne would be related to fluid?

Best to ask your unit/your nurses and see what they say. I hope it goes away for you.

[sullidog]

could be a few things, fluid, needing longer dialysis, not clearing well etc. Are you fallowing you  diet? what is your labs like?

[gkcoley]

low fluid gain, getting great dialysis, they like you to get 65% of toxins removed per tretment, im getting 76% removed

[tyefly]

what is your hemoglobin level.....what is your sat iron level.....look at those too...even if you are getting pretty good dialysis clearances you can still be rather anemic .... low RBC  hemoglobin and sat iron...this can make you feel out of breath and tired..

[jbeany]

Any new meds? Any change in dialyzers?  Allergies are always a concern - and side effects from new meds.

[tbarrett2533]

I am wondering how long have you been on dialysis?
When I first started the first 6 months I felt like crap, shoot I felt like crap right on up until I started PD!
Hemo effects everyone differently, some can tolerate it better than others.... me I was sick more often than not

I say if you can do PD, do it 

[gkcoley]

I am wondering how long have you been on dialysis?
When I first started the first 6 months I felt like crap, shoot I felt like crap right on up until I started PD!
Hemo effects everyone differently, some can tolerate it better than others.... me I was sick more often than not

I say if you can do PD, do it 

i was on PD for 4-5 years but got paretinitis that kept recurring and they made we switch to hemo, that was 12 years ago, been on dialysis a total of around 16 years

[Riki]

I'd say that if it's new, I'd check the labs, and make sure there's nothing weird going on. When I was on PD as a kid, I had one night off a week, usually Saturday nights.  By Sunday afternoon, I would be in weird moods, I sometimes felt tingly, and I was tired.  I was told that it was the buildup of toxins between treatments.  It doesn't happen to me now, but then, I'm on hemo and it affects you differently than PD

[texasstyle]

I too am thinking that maybe you're building up with toxins. Since you've been feeling "better" on dialysis, you are probably more awre of how your body feels now too.

[tbarrett2533]

I am wondering how long have you been on dialysis?
When I first started the first 6 months I felt like crap, shoot I felt like crap right on up until I started PD!
Hemo effects everyone differently, some can tolerate it better than others.... me I was sick more often than not

I say if you can do PD, do it 

i was on PD for 4-5 years but got paretinitis that kept recurring and they made we switch to hemo, that was 12 years ago, been on dialysis a total of around 16 years

Geez I am so sorry that you can't do PD anymore 
I suggest that you get everything really checked out (labs) get your fluild intake in check (if you don't already), stick to your diet (if you don't already)
then after all is said and done and you are still not feeling very well then you could be one of those lucky people like I was who just plain feel like crap while on hemo..... whatever the case I really hope everything works out in your favor