RECENTLY ON DIALYSIS
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RECENTLY ON DIALYSIS
HAVEHAD MANY DIFFICULTIES SINCE DIALYSIS IN JANUARY, TAKE EACH DAY AT A TIME. FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO WALK LEGS VERY WEAK.CAN ANYONE GIVE ME ADVICE ABOUT RESTLESS LEGS, ARMS ETC I FEEL I AM GOING MAD SOMETIMES WITH IT. HELP PLEASE. FIRST LOG TODAY AND I HOPE I GET SOME FEEDBACK
I AM AT THE STAGE OF HAVING A FISTULA COMPLETED WHICH IS GROWING AND THROBBING!! CREATANINE LEVEL JUST UNDER 400. HAVING EPO WEEKLY INJECTIONS, AND IRON BY INJECTION ON 6 WEEKLY BASIS. FEELING FINE AT PRESENT, LONG MAY IT CONTINUE
Tamazepam works for me for a few weeks at a time. 20 mg. At the moment I am trying Gabapentin as I get virtually no sleep because of RLS. It seems things work for a few weeks and then stop working.So now I rotate drugs and things are fine. When one stops working I use another and then back to the original. It works for me.
Hope you get it sorted soon but do get your consultant to do something about it - there is no need to suffer like that. I know how it feels when RLS is a severe problem! Good luck.
Marion.
Hope you get it sorted soon but do get your consultant to do something about it - there is no need to suffer like that. I know how it feels when RLS is a severe problem! Good luck.
Marion.