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« on: August 30, 2013, 07:51:00 AM »
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?

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« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2013, 09:33:01 AM »
Could it be fluid?
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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2013, 04:16:28 PM »
No, my fluids are under control and my BP reflects that.
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« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2013, 05:39:18 PM »
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. 
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