What do you crave...?

[Zach]

Now wait a minute, that chocolate has to be digested and then it goes into the bloodstream.  It takes a couple of hours for all of that to happen, so eating chocolate while on dialysis is like prepoisoning yourself. 

I think Kitkatz is right, unless you do nocturnal dialysis.  An orange drink, maybe in 3 or 4 hours.  But something solid needs more time to digest in the stomach and travel down the small intestines.

Some things are absorbed fast, like salt from soup or sugar from orange juice.  It also depends on have fast or slow your stomach empties.  Probably best to try your treats an hour or two before treatment.  But you could be taking a bit of a risk if you weren't keeping track of what you ate since the last dialysis treatment.

[AlasdairUK]

I eat a chocolate on a regular basis as I start dialysis, I run off a 1k tank and my pre and post K numbers are good. You do need to know your numbers and be aware of what you are eating. I do not recommend this across the board for everyone.

[mymoonring]

Double cheese Pizzas, Hot Fudge sundies, Rootbeer floats, and Taco bell, Cheese, cheese salted pretzels and BEER OH and is Pringles realy a made from ya know that   P  word?

[okarol]

mmmmmmmm hot fudge sundae

[bolta72]

McDonalds, pizza, beer, milk, china food, bananas, pepsi, nuts,

[angela515]

This thread can make a person hungry. 

[ILOVEFLUID]

I crave fluid, fluid and more fluid.  I dream daily about 7-11 Big Gulp Slurpees, fresco, diet Pepsi, chocolate milk, orange juice, sunny D, beer, beer and more beer. grape juice, perrier, milkshakes, diet sprite, rootbeer floats, gstorade, ice cold water by the litre, beer shandy, crystal light, koolaid, XL coffees. Chao lattes, iced tea. lemonade...oh i could go on forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[George Jung]

Are oysters okay to eat?

[carson]

movie popcorn with extra butter....chocolate milkshakes....banana splits....black cherry ice cream...tea, not just one day but whenever I want it!!

[glitter]

6 medium farmed raw oysters


Iron, Fe  mg 4.86
Phosphorus, P  mg 78
Potassium, K  mg 104
Sodium, Na  mg 150


so they dont look too bad.......but what about the fact that they are raw? Can kidney patients take the risk of contamination? I would like to know this too.....anyone?

[goofynina]

what do i crave huh?  are you ready for this.............................. pickled pigs feet 

[kitkatz]

Bananas.

[Jill D.]

what do i crave huh?  are you ready for this.............................. pickled pigs feet 

With a margarita?

[Chicken Little]

Chocolate.    I had a chocolate croissant today.  I heated it up, so the chocolate oozed all over it.  My bad.   

[goofynina]

what do i crave huh?  are you ready for this.............................. pickled pigs feet 

With a margarita?

OH DAMN, now my mouth is really watering, lol, THANKS JILL

[Jill D.]

  Sorry Susie...I couldn't resist cuz I know what you're REALLY craving girlfriend! Don't forget the salt on the rim! 

[jbeany]

Lime chips

[ILOVEFLUID]

mangos, oranges, strawberry banana smoothies,  bananas and lots of them, yogurt, pepsi slurpees, Thai mango salads..etc

[Amanda From OZ]

EXTRA large hot chips (fries) with EXTRA chicken salt. Yummy. 

[Sluff]

A strawberry sundae with mile high whipped Creme.

[RichardMEL]

I'm with ILOVEFLUID... I have been dreaming about endless glasses of icy cold water, drinking large hot chocolates with whipped cream during winter, mocha frappacinos in summer... and yes evil coke....

oh and of course BEER!!! I went to drinks with workmates last week... the place had $2 pots.. OMG!!!! I was dying there sipping on my ONE vodka and orange...

[carson]

Lately I've been craving sweets. I NEVER crave sweets - EVER!!
I don't know if it's because I've been using Extaneal, which doesn't have the dextrose in it and maybe my body is so used to having all the sweetness in my blood and saliva that I notice when it's not there? (By the way, the extraneal doesn't seem to work for me - in fact I think I may have an allergy to it as I wheeze by the time bed rolls around).
Anyway, I've been buying marshmallow peanuts, jujubes, sponge toffee, and licorice. Not bad, except it's all just crap!!

[keefer51]

You know what i crave?? a big, huge, freaking sloppy cheese steak!!! Since i have move back to pennsylvania and i am a philly boy through and through. I would like that and some curly fries with a mocha milk shake. Finishing it off with a ice cold birch beer. Oh,well guess i'll eat my pop tart take my phoslo.

[Amanda From OZ]

Lots and lots of lemons..... they are a little high in potassium so i limit myself to one every 2nd day. 

[angela515]

I been craving nacho's... but i'm trying (key word, trying) to eat healthy... so I haven't had any... but I swear, net time I cheat on eating good.. i'm having nachos