doing cap .... not dwetting at night???!?

[honeysuckle417]

My husband is on CAPD, diabetic and his weights and blood work is good. Could he NOT DWELL overnight?
He feels great unfilled, and fears dextrose absorption thus a higher blood sugar. High blood sugars are dangerous too.
What is any takes on this?
I know, I know ... ask the PD nurse, but, I want to ask CAPD patients as well
 

[cassandra]

Hi Honey, so I'm not a CAPDer at the moment, but I was years ago, and I think I remember that Extraneal fluid was used for diabetics.

Love, Cas

[honeysuckle417]

Thank you. Wow, you have been going for awhile! The best of happiness to you!
 
 
 

[Charlie B53]

Is your Husband doing all manual exchanges?

I used to do 4 manuals daily with the last one using Icodextrin, a 'different' type of sugar that doesn't jack or blood sugar readings up.  I kept the Ico in overnight and drained it first thing in the morning as I started my first fill of the day.

Now that I am an the cycler my 'last' fill in the morning from the machine is Ico and I keep it in all day so it is the first drain out when I hook up every evening.  There is NO blood sugar rise from the Ico.   HOWEVER< you MUST BE CAREFUL when using ICO as some sugar meters will read Ico and give a FALSE high sugar.  I was given an Ultra One Touch Meter and told it is one of the few that will read correctly witih Ico in my system.  This is critical as a false reading can cause an insulin overdose and crash his sugar causing serious problems, possibly death.

I've been doing this for two years with never a problem.

I usually see about a 30 point rise in my sugars from the nighttime exchanges on the machine.  I try to be sure my sugar is in the very low 100's as I first start my connections to the machine.  That way I don't have to worry about my sugar rising to much, nor do I take any more insulin as I would be afraid of my sugar bottoming out before it rose from the exchanges.

But I have tested a LOT to learn how MY sugars respond to the dialysis solutions.  You need to test your Husband very regularly, before, during, and after exchanges until you KNOW for sure how his sugars respond.   Verify all your numbers with both his PD Nurse and his Endo Dr's and make sure they agree and together you can decide if, or when, he needs any additional insulin.

[honeysuckle417]

I want to post a quesion but cannot find a "Post New Question" button HELP!!

[cassandra]

Dear honeysuckle, if you go in the homepage, than go to where you want to post: pre dialysis, transplant etc, when you click them you get all the threads in that subject, on top of the threads you'll get 'new topic'. That's where you go


Good luck, love, Cas

[honeysuckle417]

Thank you all for your replies!  <3