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cassandra
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« Reply #25 on: January 24, 2017, 04:57:47 AM »
Hi PT the clinic should give him a lower K+ bath cos this way it will take a long time before he's back to 'base'. Just one mistake will take him over the edge (I mean feeling really b....y awful) and why wait for that?

Good luck to you and hubby, love and strength, Cas
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I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left

1983 high proteinloss in urine, chemo, stroke,coma, dialysis
1984 double nephrectomy
1985 transplant from dad
1998 lost dads kidney, start PD
2003 peritineum burst, back to hemo
2012 start Nxstage home hemo
2020 start Gambro AK96

       still on waitinglist, still ok I think
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« Reply #26 on: January 24, 2017, 09:58:18 AM »
Relief! Hubby is down to 5.4 now!   :cheer:   His neph is pleased that he brought it down so fast. Scary what a few sunflower seeds and oatmeal can do to him. Lesson learned. Of course if we were still on home-hemo and 5x a week this probably wouldn't have happened so I feel bad for that. We're paying attention to diet a lot more now. I'm glad we are between grocery shopping days, the fridge and cupboards are near empty. Will be restocked with low potassium foods for sure!

Cassandra: He's on a K-1 bath. Don't know if there is anything lower than that. ??
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« Reply #27 on: January 24, 2017, 01:55:07 PM »
Hello PrimeTimer and thanks for the update.
I am so glad for you both that your husband's potassium has come down to 5.4 !!!
Good luck tomorrow at the grocery shopping  ...
... I have noticed that my potassium-readings have become much better
since I have started to cook all vegetables in lots (I really mean lots) of water,
because the water "washes out" lots of potassium.
It also helps to change the cooking water a few times ...
This may sound like lots of work but after a little while it all becomes routine...
Good luck to you both from Kristina. :grouphug;
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