I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: Brightsky69 on May 01, 2009, 05:53:32 AM
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One positive thing about dialysis.....I don't have to use nasty public restrooms half the time when I go out. :2thumbsup; :thumbup;
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I still have to visit public restrooms. I haven't stopped urinating, and I've been on dialysis 7 months.
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RightSide I would think it would be a good thing that you still pee
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That's right!! And I don't have to get up in the middle of the night to pee!!
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I celebrate every trip to the bathroom as a blessing from God. After five months or more of dialysis it is happening more often.
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I thank God for every little drop of urine that comes out -
and it gets less and less - >:(
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loooool true :2thumbsup; hmm I got my own room to do my dialysis because I got hepatitis B. it sucks :( because it's hard for me to interact with other young children oustide the ward.
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Hehe after 5 years on dialysis ..i still go !!!
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two weeks on d and I p less but often during the day. Don't get up at night anymore. That's good. Been years since I slept all the way through the night (insomnia plus bathroom ). Dialysis seems to have taken care of both.
I don't know how much I pee. I was told to drink 32 oz of fluid plus the amount I pee. I have no intenstion of cathing it in a cup and measuring it. I'll just guess.
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Yes, I had the same issue with being up every two hours (without fail!) to pee prior to starting dialysis. After I started... full nights of sleep!! One of the few things to be thankful for!! LOL. Actually it is a godsend because that was driving me absolutely bonkers (and my cat was not too impressed either with the constant interuptions to her sleep pattern :rofl;).
nearly 3 years in and I still output a bit.. probably only 100ml a day. yeah 32 oz is around 1 litre a day - that's what I keep my intake to. I usually keep my fluid gain to just around 2kg between treatments which seems to work well for me.
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Richard, its been a while since I saw you. How's things? Any new women in your life? Wish you were in Houston cause I'm trying to fix my D nurse Tan up with a man.
They are still working on my "dry weight". They said it takes at least ten times.
All the dietician said about my labs was "eat" more. I'm low in protein and phosperous. Everything else shows to be in rante. So I'm trying to eat. And drying to drink enough.
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lol Dan still out here. still having computer issues so my access is not as good as usual... oh and I may be chatting to a lady friend hmm... but shhhh don't tell the Women of IHD!!! :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
It's good if your labs are doing OK. My primary nurse is always telling me to eat more too! "Oh your urea is so low you're not eating enugh!" blah blah blah. hey I figure if I eat enough to not be hungry and my labs are doing OK and I feel reasonable well the urea can do what it likes :) Having said that said lady friend IS a chef..... this could come in handy down the track ! :rofl;
Hey I've been to Houston! Well about 15 years ago. I had a blast with a friend we wound up at some biker bar somewhere that looked a bit dodgy. I was a bit worried at first but it was really cool in the end. Someone had their little dog there and these big tough bikers were all over the dog!! It was so funny. Of course they loved that I was from Australia so that helped too. Good times!
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lol Dan still out here. still having computer issues so my access is not as good as usual... oh and I may be chatting to a lady friend hmm... but shhhh don't tell the Women of IHD!!! :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
When you were you going to tell us about this lady/chef "friend"?? There are many hearts fluttering right now or maybe just breaking. :'( :rofl;
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:'( sob :'(
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LL LOL LOL LOL
oh Paris well since AB never made it here I had to find my own entertainment.. you know how it is...
but you ladies know I love you all!! (yes wenchie dear, that absolutely includes you!!!) :grouphug; :grouphug; :grouphug; :grouphug;
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Is she cute RM? Will we like her? Where'd ya meet her? Would she like us? Does she know how cool and caring you are? Do you want us to tell her? Does she live nearby? Oh sorry...I've been trying so hard to mind my own business but just got carried away with excitement for you. Way to go RM. Chat away young man. :cuddle;
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Richard, a new lady? a Chef? Wow.
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I still pee abt a cup a day. I've been on dialysis since September 6, 2002. It's always in the morning.
A plus for me abt dialysis: I can drive to Montana without stopping at the rest stops!
Another good thing is that is such a thing as dialysis. My great great grandmother died of kidney failure!
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I celebrate every trip to the bathroom as a blessing from God. After five months or more of dialysis it is happening more often.
Me too and I have been on dialysis over 2 years now! :waving;
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Well had to put my :twocents; in.
Richie still goes just a wee bit (pardon the pun) in the morning usually. But our running joke for me (I always have to go, about every two hours like clock work.) so he always teases me whenever we are at a store or something and I say I have to go - 'what your kidney's working again?!' So now when were are out and about I just tell him "my kidney's are working I'll be right back." It's funny to see the looks on some peoples faces... ???
For having about 1% gfr Richies doctors are always amazed when we tell them that he still goes... about 1/3 cup or so every few days...
Tiffany Jean
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On hemo I still pee quite a bit. On PD I was down to about a tablespoon a day. When someone in my renal support group asked me how I knew it was about a tablespoon, I said, "Well, when you're used to going tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, and all of a sudden you just go tink, somehow you know!" The whole room cracked up!
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I Pee for Europe. Won't let them take off any UF.
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One good thing about dialysis is that at 46, I'm the "hot young thing" at the dialysis center, hehehe
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hehe.... at 68 I'm the only one in my bay who can sit up...
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Hehe the whole convo switched to RMs potential lady there for a minute! LOL
I pee like 3 drops a day if i'm lucky...
And at 22, I'm called the baby at my old clinic..but I'm back at my original clinic with people closer to my age now!
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Eventually everything switches to Richard women.....
Hey Jess21, Old guys rock!
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There's something unsettling about discussing my love life in a thread devoted to people's pee.....
but I shan't go there :p
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I still go but usualy it's in the morning and mabe twice during the day.
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One more good thing. Not long ago kidney failure was a death sentence. Hard times. Limited water. Limited food. Hours spent on the machine. Still we all can celebrate the fact that dialysis keeps us alive. Every day is gift. A gift we earn with hard work and tough unpleasant times, but a gift none the less.
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As I no longer pee any more I now have immunity from my wife's rants about not putting the toilet seat down or the suspicious dribbles on the floor, the grandchildren now take the rap.
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hmm wherever you go with friends you don't need to go to tolite?
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I keep thinking as I'm getting older I don't have to worry about accidents or need to look for outhouses falling out of the sky or Depends.
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It is nice not to have frequent trips to bathroom in middle of the night! But lately I have started having to get up once, even twice but I do take 40 mg of Lasix now. Nothing special going on with the kidneys. On my last 24 hour urine draw the doctory said I produced quite a bit but blood was not being filtered. He said it was almost clean enough to drink. I told him fine by me but you go first!
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Ok so the one good thing about being a dialysis/ESRD patient - when you are seeing the new STAR TREK movie (awesome btw) you dont have to get up half way through to run to the bathroom and almost knock over someone because they are just standing in the door way. and then run back and make sure that you didn't miss anything important. :P
ok so yes Richie and I are Trekies - we loved the movie - and yes I did apologizes to the woman I almost knocked over. Sometimes I wish I could just turn my kidneys off for an hour or so. Don't get me wrong I LOVE my kidneys just wish I could sit through a whole movie (in theaters)!
TJ
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My one positive thing about dialysis: Today is Sunday and I don't have to go.
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My one positive thing about dialysis: Today is Sunday and I don't have to go.
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Hi Zach... Brad wants to talk to you. Ever go in chat?
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Good one Dan! Yes, Sunday is my day of rest too.. although I do try and get out every week and go for a long walk and get some exercise happening.. not so much fun now that it's getting colder down here. Oh well I shall just think about the girls of IHD and that will keep me warm ! :rofl;
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All I have to do to get warm is walk out the door. It's hot here already. I've tried walking but I get sweaty and worry about the cath getting wet. 7 more weeks I hope.
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Hi Zach... Brad wants to talk to you. Ever go in chat?
Tonight perhaps?
Let's try at 10pm ET
All aboard!
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