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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: sullidog on June 05, 2011, 06:01:11 PM
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My monthlys came back. Surprisingly, my k was 5.8 but I think I know what did it, you know holiday cookouts. I don't seem to be having any symptems, and right now my doctors not concerned. They are going to do a redrawl next week. He said 5.8 is a bit hi, but it's not in danger yet. What is considered a danger catagory?
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What is considered a danger catagory?
6.5 and over.
5.0 to 6.0 is a bit high, but will be reduced after dialysis. You don't want to be as high as 6.5 even before dialysis.
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I got a phone call from my neph's nurse when my labs came back showing K of 6.0. My neph treated me with sodium bicarb tablets, and that brought my K down, although even now, it does creep above 5.4 occasionally.
(My transplant center decreed that I had to have my gallbladder removed before they'd list me. I went to the hospital for the pre-admission hoo-ha, and my K was 5.5. I was told by the anesthesiologist that was going to be assigned to me wouldn't put me to sleep with a K that high because the drugs they use tend to raise K levels, so for kidney patients, there is a bigger risk. I had to be retested the next day, so in the interim, I ate practically nothing and took an extra sodium bicarb tablet. Got my K down and my gallbladder out. Not too relevant in your case, but I thought it was interesting; I didn't know this little factoid about anesthetics.)
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Thanks mm, that is interesting to know, although that's why probably they refused to do my fistula surgery when my k was 2.0 a couple years ago.
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Thanks mm, that is interesting to know, although that's why probably they refused to do my fistula surgery when my k was 2.0 a couple years ago.
Oh my...that is low! Yeah, you're probably right.
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9.2 is fatal - I know that from texasstyle's husband's recent near-death experience.