by wagolynn » Tue Nov 01, 2016 4:35 pm
Hi Sparky35man,
Potassium should be OK at 5.2 mmol/l - under 6 mmol/l is said to be OK.
You do not mention Calcium, if Calcium is too low it can cause twitching and tingling, Phosphate level will influence Calcium level but I would have expected your kidney consultant to have checked these.
Phosphate range is 1.1 - 1.7 mmol/l. Calcium, 2.1 - 2.5 mmol/l.
Your Haemoglobin is fine, low haemoglobin would make you feel tired, if very low perhaps breathless, and tired.
Some exercise would help, nothing drastic a brisk 20 -30 min walk say 4 days per week should get your heart going. By brisk I mean walking quickly enough to discourage talking.
On the food front, the closer you can get to five portions a day of fruit, and vegetables, the better, fruit juice does not count as one. If you are not retaining water, drink at least 2l per day or as instructed by your consultant.
Should the above make significant changes to fluid intake or food, remember to tell your consultant.
You may read about the dialysis diet, ignore this until you are on dialysis. The dialysis diet is required because dialysis is not good at removing Potassium and Phosphate, and as most of our foods contains various amounts of both, we have to reduce the amount of these we eat to control the levels, healthy kidneys normally do this for us.
Good luck.