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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: KarenInWA on April 29, 2011, 10:34:49 AM
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Okay, so I am new to D, and my neph has not yet put me on any fluid restrictions yet. I am not going crazy drinking lots of water and juice, but I am not going crazy restricting it, either. I am finding my feet and ankles get so waterlogged I can only wear certain shoes on D days! Not happy about this! I still pee, but I am noticing a decline in the amount. How much longer do I have to bear water weight on my feet and (c)ankles? It feels weird to climb stairs when I get like this!
KarenInWA
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KarenInWA, Sounds like you are drinking too much and /or they are not pulling enough off you on D days. Try to cut down your fluid intake a bit.
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keep taking off fluid every D session.... over time you will get that water off your feet..... when I first start D I had alot of water on my feet and ankles..... couldnt wear shoes..... but over a few weeks my feet looked normal again..... it takes time to get all that fluid off from all those places..... Now I never get fluid around my feet... its nice to wear shoes......
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I'm going to go with a mixture of the above. qhile your bod clearoy has excess fluid spread around it the D us slowly takkng off yo cann aid the process yourself by reducing your fluid intake - specally on weekends when you have an extra day between sessions.
Might also want to discuss with neph something like lasix to help remove that extra a bit faster and/or a crit lune/BVM during d to try and establish just how wet you are to try to figure out a more accurate dry weight to aim for - keeping in mind to not try to do too much at once guven previous cramping and potential changes in real weight due to changed appetite patterns.
Good luck. :)
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How's your blood pressure? And are you watching you sodium?
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As with Bill's thought, are you putting restrictions on what types of food you eat? Your fluid restrictionn maybe different from the one I had, but I think I was allowed 8 or 12 oz of fluid a day total.
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Just before I started HD my feet were so swollen I stopped wearing socks because otherwise I would not have got my shoe on. Even so, I had to use a shoe horn. My odema problem had persisted for many years.
Delightfully, after only a dozen or so HD sessions I had lost all the swelling. Still don't wear socks. Got too used to not wearing them.