PD Question

[beachbum]

I'm new to PD, I just started a few days ago. My PD nurses are starting me off slow because I also had a hernia repaired when I had my catheter placed. For now they have told me to use 1000cc of solution per exchange. The first couple of days I pulled some fluid off, a couple hundred cc at a time. The other day I wasn't pulling anything, I actually retained about 500cc. One exchange I waited for 8 hours so I know why I absorbed a lot. But last night I used a green bag and I absorbed 250cc even though I had only gone 4 hours between exchanges. My PD nurses have told me not to worry since I'm getting used to this.

My weight has stayed stable. I actually lost about a lb since yesterday. I still urinate although I feel like I'm going a lot less since I started the PD. I haven't been keeping track of my fliud intake. I'm using 3 green bags and 1 yellow at night, doing manual exchanges. Is this fairly normal? Will I start pulling more fluid after I start using more solution? The only reason I worry is I've had really bad edema in my ankles and I was hoping the PD would help pull that extra fluid off.

[kporter85db]

Hello beachbum, I've been doing pd for about 5 months now. In my limited experience I would say that you definitely will pull off more fluid when you start using more solution. PD has pretty much completely eliminated my edema. I hope you have super success with your pd experience.

[Henry P Snicklesnorter]

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[brandywine]

When you add more fluid volume and higher % solution, you should pull more off than you are now. I do the cycler at night and carry 1000 during the day and when I plug in at night, I usually drain that amount or less because some was absorbed.

[beachbum]

Thanks for the information. It helps me not worry so much. To go along with the same question I wa curious to what color the draining fluid look like? Mine has been a very pale yellow. I thought it would be a darker yellow. Maybe this has something to do with only doing small exchanges?

[billybags]

Pale yellow is good. A little darker when you are on the cycler.

[Joe]

Mine are pale yellow for both the manual (when I get some off) and the cycler.

[tbarrett2533]

Welcome to CAPD!!!! 

I hope you will love it as much as I do!!!

some advice...... allow yourself some time to adjust 

the more you put in the more you will pull off and the nurse's are right to start you off slow.... I started at 1500ml fill well to 2000ml fill then had to go back down to 1500ml then I went back to 2000ml fills where I remained.  The whole object of CAPD is to get off more than you put in. 

try to do your greens and stay within the 4 hour dwells.
 
(if you do a yellow drop your dwell time down to 3.5 hours~ I found that really helps me not to absorb)
do a red if you are worried about your fluid (but  be careful not to do to many )

keep track of your weight gain by weighing yourself Daily

Give yourself and your body time to get used to CAPD.......

CAPD is such an amazing treatment option for kidney failure!!!!

use this website as your source of support and come here often to ask questions and get answers

keep us posted!!!!!

good luck and welcome to PD!!!

 

[beachbum]

Thanks for the advice. It's sort of overwhelming at first. But I'm hoping to make it work.   

[Henry P Snicklesnorter]

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[Henry P Snicklesnorter]

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