Who can eat at your clinic while dialyzing?

[TynyWonder]

I use my D time to get the remaining hours of sleep (and to kill time).

I sooooo wish I could sleep!!!!  I use to be able to sleep when I was taking Xanax but I no longer take them (which is a GOOD thing) but now I can't sleep during dialysis. 





EDITED:Fixed quote tag error-kitkatz,Moderator

[monrein]

I try NOT to sleep during D because I'd be up all night if I did.  I'm still awake quite a bit at nights.

[mikey07840]

I can now eat while dialyzing! Queen Ruth lets me do whatever I want in her palace. (I do home CCPD.)

Queen Ruth sends all of you her royal love. 

[kitkatz]

I was told by the nocturnal nurse that of course we let you eat here. It is dinner time for most of these people.  So my cup and ice and snack still are tagging along to dialysis.

[pamster42000]

My daughter's unit allowed food and drinks. I even brought her Long John's Silvers  and Burger King meals sometimes for a special treat. I was always told whatever you eat at dialysis will be clean out. I brought the food early in the treatment. The nurses never said anything and I would assume they would if they had a concern. Sarah usually just chewed on ice and didn't have a drink. She was always good about her fluid intake.

[RichardMEL]

Our unit has a staff tea room so they do their eating away from us mostly.. though often they drink at the nurses station, that's ok - they're human and work 8 or 12 hour shifts! I have no problem with them grabbing a coffee or drinking from a water bottle.

Sometimes people will bring in cake for a birthday or something and they OK chocolate or whatever - specially in the first hours of a run given the machine will leach out the extra potassium, so that's sweet.

I can't think the last time anyone had greasy food or something extra smelly in. Sometimes an in patient will have their hot dinner delivered and it smells good (well it is hospital food so the smell is probably the only good thing about it!!  ) but sometimes gets me going.

Of course while waiting for lunch I often play a video of Iron Chef and the nurses come watch, so I guess I'm kind of guilty too!!! 

[dwcrawford]

Patients can eat anything or anytime.  Staff cannot eat except in their break room.  Crazy Roy's mom brings donuts.  She passes them out to patients nearby and takes the rest to the nurses lounge.  It the only way she stops people from exterminating Roy.  Oh yea, the ambulance people dropped him beside his chair when they were trying to lift him.  That's awful.

[YLGuy]

My last center (RAI) let people eat just about anything.  I just switched to a DaVita center today.  I saw someone eating a protein bar and drinking a Nepro.  I had my little bottle of water and pack of chewing gum sitting next to me and nobody said anything. 

[kidneyless_In_PA]

My clinic told us we are the only ones in Pennsylvania that allows the patients to eat while on the machine. Medicare is trying to make all dialysis units in Pennsylvania non eating ones but our Dr.s thank Goodness is letting us till Medicare makes them stop us. A lot of us are Diabetics and have to eat.. I know I am diabetic and have problems with my sugar going to low like 30. So I for one am gonna have a problem. Now I bring my diet a & w rootbeer and usually a sandwich and some crackers. I guess it will go non eating soon enough though.

[Wayne]

At my center, there are more people eating and drinking than aren't.  I always have a water or mountain dew + lunch with me.

[mikey07840]

I am back to in center hemodialysis. This means no eating on the treatment floor. This is a rule from the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services, not my center. The rule applies everywhere in the state. I make sure to eat before I do my run.

[twirl]

when I taught school I had to be at dialysis 30 minutes after I left school and I was in treatment until after 9 pm -- we could eat then --- I don't think it is fair for patients who work all day and stay there so late --- the time on dialysis crawls by and being hungry makes the time longer

[Rerun]

I'll say it again ---- The reason people choke is because they are trying to hide and sneek food.  I see nothing wrong with a snack.

[dwcrawford]

They are in the process of changing a bunch of rules in my center.  Food hasn't been mentioned so far.  I just wish people wouldn't bring food with strong odors.  Fried chicken from Popeyes can smell good at times but the grease smell doesn't go too well with my blood.

[billybags]

My husband dialysis's ( is that spelt right)first thing in the morning,7.45am he is always offered toast and 2 cups of tea.

Just wondering how many people here can eat while they are dialyzing. This is a prickly issue with me. My clinic is strictly anti-eat, anti-hard candy, anti-gum. I'm not talking about eating a 3 course dinner. I'd just luv to be able to chew a little gum or suck on a root beer barrell.

Please give me some input here.



EDITED: Topic moved to proper section "Dialysis: Centers" - Epoman, Admin/Owner

[kitkatz]

I bring a snack, but have not been eating it lately.  I usually have eaten before I arrive at D.

[dwcrawford]

I can eat anything I can find.  Tomorrow I'm taking a can of "Mac and cheese and spam"

[kitkatz]

DW--- EWWWWWWW!

[sico]

When i was on dialysis in centre i cant remember anybody taking food in. I think because we got good food there, nice sandwiches, sweet biscuts, tea, coffee, juice or flavoured milk. The sandwiches were great, i used to love the egg and lettuce.

[jpearce]

I used to bring grapes with me. Our Clinic gives us tea or juice and social cookies (yuck) They will give us a sandwich if we have low BP after the run. However I was told not to eat on a run b/c it makes the blood rush to your belly and it'll cause you to be sick ( whether it's true beats me) They used to have ice delivered to the unit but they stopped that about a year ago. We have to bring our own ice.

[monrein]

jp, would the NB Kidney Foundation buy an ice machine for your unit?  Just wondering? 

[jpearce]

I wrote to them today, hopefully they will get back to me.

[dwcrawford]

anybody who has food or who has a bud who'll share his food...

[del]

Hubby always had a snack when he was in center. Never had a problem with blood pressure.  Actually he found that it would keep his B/P from dropping.  Personally I think it is cruel to expect a person to sit for 3 or 4 hours and have nothing to eat or drink if they want it as long as it is something renal friendly.

[nick]

in my clinic they allow eating while in dialysis i kknow everyone on dialysis after 2 1/2 hrs we feel so hungry the biscuit is not enough so i ask the janitor to buy me a a sandwich from mcdonalds, and a cup of ice only thats all i feel okay, on my 2nd clinic befor i saw just like they are on picnic they bring there bag full of food most of the clinic here in philippines they allow food,