Kidney working overtime!??

[Teepo18]

Ok guys just a quick one, everything is great creatine is now 103 but my kidney is working overtime. I'm constantly going to the toilet. Docs have told me to keep drinking as much as possible. Is this normal and how long will it take to settle down?

[Rerun]

My Neph told me to drink when I'm thirsty.  Maybe start the morning out with a huge glass of water and keep water with you at all times so when you are thirsty you have immediate access.  You know it is working everytime you see the liquid gold.

                   

[Marina]

I  was  told  to  drink   2-3liters  of    of  h2o  on  a daily  basis.

If  we're  drinking  that  much  water  it's  the kidney's  job  to  remove  excess  amounts.
The  more  water  we  drink  the  lower  the  chances of having  prograf   (or  any  other drug  for that  matter)  toxicity.


If you feel you  are   peeing  way  too much,  having  urgency  or  burning  sensation, then  call your  Dr  it  could  be  an  UTI.

Take  care! 

Marina 

[paris]

I was told 75-100 oz. a day  or more if I could get it down.   Peeing a lot during the day is a good thing.  At night, right after transplant, I would get up a couple of times.  Now, 1 year post, I still get up once a night and the daytime is 8 +.    If you don't drink enough, you may see a rise in your creatinine.      Everything else going well?  Are you healing ok?    I've been thinking about you.

[tyefly]

 Ok ..... I admit it.....    I kind of liked it when I didnt have to pee so much..... LOL     I am drinking about 64 oz water a day...... I guess I could drink more.....  pee more....  I do get up in the middle of the night but then I did that too when I was do dialysis at night.... still know where all the bathrooms are at all the stores.....
I am not complaining.....  it just that I dont seem to hold it like I use to.....must be a sign of the times as we get older...... life is still good.....LOL

I hope that it settles down....next spring when I am sitting in the kayak.... looking for bank access just to go pee....well....  I am thinking I am going to have to make a funnel thing or something to accommodate this frequent flow problem.....LOL

[Teepo18]

Ahh well that's put my mind at rest. I'm actually just waiting for my uncle to come pick me up. Not bad eh for just 6 days in hospital I'm still very sore and it's very painful to walk but I'll be better once home. More sleep will help along eh. Thankgod I'm not on prednisolone wooo. So happy that was the one med I didn't want.

[Deanne]

If it's really that constant/seems abnormal, it might be worth getting your blood sugar checked, too. Prednisone made me diabetic. One of my symptoms was that I was constantly peeing.

[coravh]

Part of the problem, especially at the beginning for most of us is that our bladders shrank when we were producing less urine (if any) while on dialysis. I know that I was getting up 2 and 3 times during the night to pee initially. Eventually my bladder stretched back to normal and I was able to hold it longer and not have to get up.

Cora

[willowtreewren]

Another factor is that the stent may make you feel the urge to pee more often.

It does get better! 

Aleta

[Teepo18]

Well it seems to be calming down now. My
Bladder must be tiny because I didn't pass much before so hopefully will get better. Why do people stay on prednisone? I was only on it for 5 days an then they stopped it? I'm only on 2 other anti rejection drugs and they ate prograf and errr something else I can't remember lol myforrtic?

[C904]

I  was  told  to  drink   2-3liters  of    of  h2o  on  a daily  basis.

If  we're  drinking  that  much  water  it's  the kidney's  job  to  remove  excess  amounts.
The  more  water  we  drink  the  lower  the  chances of having  prograf   (or  any  other drug  for that  matter)  toxicity.


If you feel you  are   peeing  way  too much,  having  urgency  or  burning  sensation, then  call your  Dr  it  could  be  an  UTI.

Take  care! 

Marina

The part of the post about drinking enough water to try and avoid drug toxicity should be the mantra for anyone who has a transplant.  When I was in the hospital they really stressed this over and over.  It can be a pain because the water does tend to go through you very quickly, but it is so necessary to keep that kidney as healthy as possible.

[Poppylicious]

Thankgod I'm not on prednisolone wooo. So happy that was the one med I didn't want.

  ... This is the one med that Blokey is really fretting about being back on after transplant so this post has given me hope that maybe (just maybe!) he won't need to be on it.  I'm so pleased you're peeing lots!  Hope you're recovering well at home. 

[jbeany]

It does get easier - and at 2 years out, I usually sleep through the night.