PD and your appetite??

[goofynina]

How many of you on CCPD or CAPD still have an appetite?  I have none, i eat cuz i know i have to but i can hardly even finish what i serve.  I talked to my PD nurse today and she said those that dont have an appetite are usually carrying some fluid in their bellies during the day, where as, i am dry.  It is strange for me, hubby wanted to take me to a buffet for lunch/dinner and i had no desire to even eat.  I did manage to get 3/4 of a hotdog in but didnt settle too well.  Please let me know how you all are coping with your appetites... Thank You 

[KICKSTART]

Mine tends to vary , one week i can eat like a horse , the next i eat very little. One thing i find happening now is the amount is changing , i do have fluid in my stomach all the time , so find that i cant eat as big portions as i used to , plus i think my appetite has been affected because prior to dialysis i was an outdoor ,fresh air person , whereas now i dont have the energy , so tend not to be half as active!

[Chicken Little]

I haven't gotten my appetite back, although my pd nurse keeps saying it will happen.  I pretty much force every bite in.  I started going dry during the day because I would get heartburn or nauseous when I ate.  There just wasn't room for the solution and food too, but still the desire to eat just isn't there.

[carolyn77531]

Jessica does not have any disire to eat, i have to make her eat....i hate being such the bad guy...

[MyssAnne]

 I have found it's not only the fulid (I carry fuild during the day), it's
how you feel. Are you tired, depresed, geting a cold? That makes a big
difference in my appetite. When I feel well, I eat. When I don't, I don't.
At least I eat only the proteins they want me to eat, not much more.

It can be hard to be hungry when you have several pounds of fuild in you
begging to come out and it pushes on your rib cage! Just concentrate on
what is needed, for us, usually proteins.

[jbeany]

I'm not on PD, but I have noticed a few things in my labs that make a big difference in my appetite.  How are your hemoglobin and ferritin levels?  I have no appetite when I'm anemic, and it drops off to nearly nothing when my ferritin gets too low, too.  I supposed to be losing weight though, so I'm content with the little appetite I've got at the moment.  Susie, aren't you supposed to be getting iron soon?

[goofynina]

I'm not on PD, but I have noticed a few things in my labs that make a big difference in my appetite.  How are your hemoglobin and ferritin levels?  I have no appetite when I'm anemic, and it drops off to nearly nothing when my ferritin gets too low, too.  I supposed to be losing weight though, so I'm content with the little appetite I've got at the moment.  Susie, aren't you supposed to be getting iron soon?

I went and had my labs done yesterday and she gave me a fat syringe full of iron, i hope that is what i have to take, i would hate to have to get hooked up to an i.v, it's bad enough they cant find my veins for my labs     All i know right now is i am anemic but not too sure about my ferritin levels?  what the heck is that anyways?  I dont have a ferret?  

[Sluff]

Hey Susie just a link to the problems Boss was having with his Ferritin levels being too high.

http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=1187.0


Trying to help my sister.

[kitkatz]

Have you had your PTH checked recently? When mine was high I did not want to eat at all.  Food had a funny taste to it.

[goofynina]

Hey Susie just a link to the problems Boss was having with his Ferritin levels being too high.
http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=1187.0
Trying to help my sister.

Awwww, thank you "brother" you love me, you really love me (Sally Field when she won her Oscar)    See everyone, you can all stop talking crap about Sluff, he does have a heart  lol, j/k  Luv ya Sluff, thanks for caring not only for me but for everyone here on the site. You are a true friend  

[Chicken Little]

Goofynina get the iron IV if you need it.  I hate going, because mine is done in a chemo clinic and it's so sad to see the patients, but I feel 1000 times better afterwards.   

[KICKSTART]

I would second that ..get the IV iron , i have it on a regular basis ,usually a course of 3 over 3 weeks and i always feel better for it , in fact i can tell when its coming round to needing it ..sure does put a spring in your step !!! I also have invisible veins and always have bloods , iron etc done in the back of my hand , its supposed to hurt a whole lot more , but i find they usually get it first time and to me it seems better than 4 or 5 attempts in your arm !

[carolyn77531]

jessica, iron level was low...she had iv iron...yes, she feels alote better...i think i will talk to the nurses to see if she have once a month....