Urine output

[tiredandthirsty]

hi all,

hope you all are doing great and keep on doing great forever.

back with another question.  for those of you who were still peeing (a little or a lot) when starting dialysis, did it eventually peter out?  what does it all depend on?  does it increase and decrease in frequency and amount randomly? any tips/advice/suggestions/stories are appreciated.

thank you in advance for your responses.

[Cordelia]

I have been doing hemo dialysis for 2. 5 years and I still urinate. I must say in the last few months though it has decreased somewhat.   Sometimes when I go to the bathroom, the "urge" is there but only a dribble comes out.

But, I am still peeing though. It's better if you still pee, apparently it's labelled as gold when you're on dialysis if you still pee     

[Joe]

When I do my adequacy tests, I consistently produce 500 ml in a 24 hour period. That said, I did notice that when we went to Florida for vacation I was urinating much more often. My Neph didn't seem to be surprised at that and attributed it to my drinking more in the heat. Not sure what that is telling him, but he wasn't concerned. I guess that's one of the advantages of PD.

[jeannea]

I kept peeing on dialysis staying at about 300 mL per day on PD.  But I think it depends on your disease. Some underlying diseases seem to make you stop peeing sooner.

[tiredandthirsty]

i go to the bathroom once or twice during the day currently.  the maximum being when i wake up in the morning.  but i have noticed a output seems to have decreased a little bit lately.  so i was concerned a little bit.  does it amount fluctuate at all? as in it might lessen for a few days but then it might come back up?  has anyone experienced this?

[Cordelia]

I notice after dialysis on my dialysis days i'm a little drier than usual. My day off in between there is usually more urine output. I guess that can depend on how much fluid is removed at the treatments.

[amanda100wilson]

I no longer pee.  I peed throughout the 18 months that I was on dialysis the first time around.  Once my transplant failed, I had residual function for some time ( approx. 4 years)..  After that it dwindled to the pint that I now wee a tsp. or two only about once a week, maybe a little more if I am fluid overloaded.  Once residual function decreases, PD 's ability to do it's job can become insufficient since even with low residual function, it is removing some fluid and toxins.

[cdwbrooklyn]

It depends on your situation; I’ve been on D for 14 years and I still use the bathroom.  I noticed that when I drink a lot of fluid, I use the bathroom a lot.  However, if I’m not drinking a lot, I barely use the bathroom.  So for me, it all depends on how much fluid I drink.  Since I dialyze five times a week for 3 hours, I take of most of my fluid.  Some days, I will leave a ½ pound on so I don’t get dehydrated.     

[Poppylicious]

Blokey began haemoD in the June of 2009 and pee'd LOTS (he could have won copious gold medals for his early morning peeing capabilities) until one day in September 2009 when he was given a bottle so he could do a 24 hour test and he hasn't pee'd since!  That probably doesn't help you, but it was his experience.

 

[Lexxtech18]

After my first transplant failed and I started HD, I would still urinate. About a cup a day or so. Then after my second transplant failed and I was put back on HD I didn't urinate at all. When I was put on PD for a little while I actually started to urinate a little bit each day, I'm not sure if it was from the pressure of the fluid or what? But as soon as I went back to HD it stopped and I haven't pee'd in the last 2 years or so. I still get the sensation every now and then, but when I try to go nothing comes out. :/

[Mr Pink]

I've been on dialysis for 3 months and have reduced my fluid intake to abut a litre a day, although I have days when I do drink more. On a hot day, for example, I'll drink around 2 litres. In terms of output, I'll pee first thing in the morning, and produce a cup full. I'll have a couple of trickles during the day, including one before and after dialysis, and another before going to bed. I've been told that my output may stop all together. This is in stark contrast to what it was like before dialysis, when I would get up three times during the night to pee, which irritated the crap out of me and my then significant other. In fact it would be fair to say that before dialysis, I was a pi$$ing machine. Not so much these days.

[Joe]

Before my kidneys failed, I would produce 3L+ in a 24 hour period. My Neph would send home 2 jugs for a 24 hour test because one just wasn't enough.

[tiredandthirsty]

thanks a lot ladies and gentlemen for your responses and sharing your stories.  i guess it is different for everyone.  i have ascites in my abdomen so i was told PD is not an option for me. so i am HD with no choice :-(.  the doc said the ascites might get infected or something like that. 

Hope you are all doing great and keep on doing great forever. 

thank you once again.