I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
November 25, 2024, 07:36:45 AM

Login with username, password and session length
Search:     Advanced search
532606 Posts in 33561 Topics by 12678 Members
Latest Member: astrobridge
* Home Help Search Login Register
+  I Hate Dialysis Message Board
|-+  Dialysis Discussion
| |-+  Dialysis: General Discussion
| | |-+  I Find Myself Dehydrated...		 0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. « previous next »
Pages: [1] Go Down Print
Author Topic: I Find Myself Dehydrated...  (Read 1765 times)
joyfulmother
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 116


Becky

WWW
« on: May 06, 2009, 10:15:30 AM »
My blood pressure is 84/69 and I feel crappy.  My nurse has me taking it easy and drinking lots of fluids and eating salty foods.  At what point do we do something else?  I had a can of chicken noodle soup for breakfast and it got up to 89/65 this morning.

Just a little bit nervous...
« Last Edit: May 06, 2009, 11:00:03 AM by joyfulmother » Logged
Becky
44 years old, Christian, homeschooling mom to my boys, ages 7 & 9.
- PD Patient beginning 12/31/08
- Listed on September, 2009
- Transplant on March 28, 2010
Rerun
Member for Life
******
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 12242


Going through life tied to a chair!
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2009, 11:51:50 AM »
Call your Nephrologist he/she can give you something.

I hate that wiped out feeling.
Logged
KICKSTART
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 2786


In da House.
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2009, 11:58:56 AM »
i know you are feeling rubbish , but i cant help but think you lucky person .. being told to drink !!!  Most days i feel like im in the desert!
Logged
OH NO!!! I have Furniture Disease as well ! My chest has dropped into my drawers !
MandaMe1986
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 2464
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2009, 01:15:13 PM »
Have you tried drinking gateraid? That is what my dad drinks when he feels like that.
Logged
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theres is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land.
Blessed are they whohunger and thirst for righteousness, for theywill be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

Matthew 5:3-9
RichardMEL
Member for Life
******
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 6154
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2009, 06:38:37 AM »
You need to be careful to not get too dehydrated. Just this week a friend of mine was vomiting quite a bit and was warned todrink more ... a few hours later her fistula stopped (blocked)... she's now miserable with a chest cath and they're not sure if they can fix her fistula or not.
Logged


3/1993: Diagnosed with Kidney Failure (FSGS)
25/7/2006: Started hemo 3x/week 5 hour sessions :(
27/11/2010: Cadaveric kidney transplant from my wonderful donor!!! "Danny" currently settling in and working better every day!!! :)

BE POSITIVE * BE INFORMED * BE PROACTIVE * BE IN CONTROL * LIVE LIFE!
G-Ma
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 2191
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2009, 05:49:01 PM »
I was told that is what happened to my graft in 2007...dehydrated and low BP...didn't pump the blood through it fast enough.  My BP is constantly 98/58 etc so I still worry about it happening again.
Logged
Lost vision due to retinopathy 12/2005, 30 Laser Surg 2006
ESRD diagnosed 12/2006
03/2007 Fantastic Eye Surgeon in ND got my sight back and implanted lenses in both eyes, great distance & low reading.
Gortex 4/07.  Started dialysis in ND 5/4/2007
Gortex clotted off Thanksgiving Week of 2007, was unclotted and promptly clotted off 1/2 hour later so Permacath Rt chest.
3/2008 move to NC to be close to children.
2 Step fistula, 05/08-elevated 06/08, using mid August.
Aug 5, 08, trained NxStage and Home on 9/3/2008.
Fistulagram 09/2008. In hospital 10/30/08, Bowel Obstruction.
Back to RAI-Latrobe In Center. No home hemo at this time.
GOD IS GOOD
BigSky
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 2380
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2009, 04:39:19 PM »
Could be that you have gained some weight and your dry weight should be a bit higher.  Some people can go several kilos below what is their actual weight and the only symptom is low bp.

Try raising your dry weight up a kilo or two and wait a week to see if you bp corrects itself, that is what my doctor did when my bp dropped down like that even before I was put on the machine.
Logged
Pages: [1] Go Up Print 
« previous next »
 
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP SMF 2.0.17 | SMF © 2019, Simple Machines | Terms and Policies Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!