Kidney Patient Guide

Hi Jen, Your employer pays the premium, not you. :D I came to the US with an E-1 visa (work permit) and got coverage from the first day. All I had to pay was a few dollars co-pay for meds. I was eligible for transplant, but the waiting list here is about 5 years, depends where you live. You have to ...

Hi everyone, Good idea jenejen. I think that the purpose of opt-out should be to make people think and talk about organ donation. We shouldn't make people think that the government is going to steal their organs or that we are waiting for their death. We need their sympathy, not their antagonism. No...

I am "lucky" to have PKD (well, I HAD, because my kidneys with the PKD are long gone). No one ever suspected that I was on dialysis unless I told them, and I always wear long sleeves, winter and summer alike. Many were surprised to learn that I had a transplant, but now they think that I a...

Welcome Laurie,

PKD here too.
If you are "entitled" to kidney failure then PKD is your best bet.
I got a Latino kidney and now instead of Oyyy I say Caramba!

Gil

Nelly, I don't want to spoil your party but 3.1 is too low, and surely it was below 3 yesterday. The low limit for K is 3.5 and low K is as dangerous as high K. One time after my transplant I came to the clinic with K 2.6. They looked at me as if I was going to drop dead any second. :shock: They imm...

I am almost 5 years post tx and take 20 mg furosemide every day, plus 2.5 mg zaroxolyn every 3-5 days. With that I can drink 6 cups a day. If I drink more it stays. :( I used to take 40 mg but then I started to hear beeps and whistles.... (Tinnitus). For 10 months after tx I couldn't put on my shoes...

Hello my friends, The question doesn't say what kind of dialysis. Pure water will do a better job of absorbing waste and electrolytes. So much better that the patient will die of low potassium or sodium or calcium. To avoid that, the dialysate contains these electrolytes in the desired concentration...

Hi James, If the kidney removes it you have to refill it.... :D The transplanted kidney works by its own rules. If you drink too little you'll be dehydrated and if you drink too much you'll retain it. :( My advice: buy yourself an accurate digital scale. Like Ruth I drink about 1.5 liter a day and I...

Link to Nephro:

http://www.rosslabs.com/productHandbook/adultNut.asp
and scroll down to Nepro.

This stuff cost about $3 a can.

Gil

Rachel and Krystyl,

It is still Happy Anniversary- 2 years and 2 days.
{{{{HUGS}}}}
Gil and Peenut.

Hello Rachel, This is Gil, Rachel, It's so nice to have you back where you belong... [sung in a raspy voice :D ] Rachel, the US Supreme Court has just issued a permanent restraining order against you: You are hereby notified that you are not allowed to come within 100 feet of any hospital/medical fa...

I Cannot drink more than 2-2.5 liters a day, and even that with diuretics. During the day my ankles get swollen and I sleep with a pillow under my legs, so they are okay in the morning. I take 20-30 mg lasix a day and zaroxolyn occasionally. I write down everything I drink and check my weight a few ...

Well, I have never forgotten completely a dose, but I missed a few when my neph told me to do so because of severe upset stomach :( I take 1x2 mg rapamune and 3x500 mg cellcept. I have never missed my morning pills, which I take with breakfast. A couple of times I forgot my lunch cellcept so I took ...

Two men went on a business trip. On the day they were coming back, one wife spent the day in a beauty salon and the other wife spent the day cleaning the house and it was indeed spotless. When the men returned to their homes, one man spat on the floor and kissed his wife. The other man spat on his w...

LadySycamore,

Check the nutrition info:

http://www.vitamite100.com/nutritionalinfo.html

Is says - Phosphorus 150mg (per 8 floz) which is a little higher than soy-milk, but the potassium is about 50%.
Gil