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Flu Information7 tips to support your fluid down on dialysis
by:
Stuart Drew
As any chemical analysis patient will tell you, keeping your fluid gain between chemical analysis sessions in check is not only important to your long term health, it is a major factor in your immediate well-being.
Keeping fluid level gains as low as possible between chemical analysis treatments will minimize the risk of symptom
heart failure, pneumonic oedema, and hypertension. Cramps, headaches and breathing difficulties are short term side-effects of fluid overload, and whilst not as dangerous as the long term effects, these should be heeded as a pointer to fluid overload in chemical analysis patients.
Whilst every chemical analysis patient has their own special know-how
of keeping their fluid levels in check, I thought it mightiness be pertinent to explain several of the methods that I have found (relatively) successful.
1/ Buy a bag of ice. I have a large chest deep-freeze in my kitchen, I buy a 5kg (approx 11lb) bag of ice chips from the service (gas) station, place it in the freezer, and suck on ice chips throughout the day. Do sure the deep-freeze is in a convenient place, so you can reach it quickly to grab a few small pieces of ice, so you can avoid the temptation to fill a glass with ice. (In which case you mightiness as well have that mug of coffee you wanted in the 1st place!)
2/ Get a Nice set of digital scales. I have a set which measures with an accuracy of 200grams (don’t we all will we could afford the scales at the chemical analysis unit which measure to 50grams?!?), which is accurate enough to get a nice idea of wherever
you are at with your fluid gain. Activity out the difference between your chemical analysis centre scales, and your house scales, so you can get an accurate reflection of your fluid gain. I weigh myself 1st thing once
I get up in the morning (you’d be amazed how more weight you lose over a warm night!), as shortly as I get house from work, and whenever I have a drink.
This know-how
is great in two ways: 1)You ne'er
(well, rarely, anyway!) get a nasty surprise once
you arrive at chemical analysis and jump on the scales. And 2) You don’t get the opposite surprise of acquiring to chemical analysis with only 1kg of fluid on, thinking: “Damn, I will I’d drank more!” (I often find myself in the ridiculous situation of forcing myself to have another cup of coffee before I leave for dialysis, as there’s no bank for fluid, once you’ve had that dialysis, the chance to have that drink is gone forever!)
3/ Save up your drinks if you’re going to need them. If you cognize you are going to an event wherever
the temptation to drink more fluid that you should will be strong, save up your drinks beforehand. For example – if you get off chemical analysis at lunch period on Wed (meaning that you go back to chemical analysis on Fri Morning), and you have a function to attend on Th night, try to drink as little as possible between Wed lunch period and Th evening, telling yourself that your reward will be the fact that you will be able to drink (nearly) as more as a “normal” person at the function.
4/ Support yourself busy! Any chemical analysis patient will tell you that once
they’re busy, they’re not thinking just about drinking. It could be a gentle walk, send an email to a friend, jump on the phone, or play with your kids. It doesn’t matter, as long as it keeps your mind occupied.
5/ Frozen water. Freeze a bottle of water, containing the figure you have allowed yourself to drink that day, and drink it as it defrosts. This has the benefit of the drink being ice-cold, as well. The down-side of this is that if your bottle melts too quickly, you could find yourself at 3pm, with all your water gone!
6/ Spray bottle. Get yourself a spray bottle, and fill it with water (maybe with a little lemon juice or mint flavouring), and spray it into your mouth once
you feel the urge to have a drink. Whilst this won’t wholly satiate your desire for fluids, it may help you wait a little longer before indulging!
7/ Mints and toothpaste. Try suck a strong mint, or even as brushing your teeth. The feeling of a clean, fresh mouth will often lessen the desire to blow your fluid limit. (This know-how
will do you nicer to kiss, too!)
I hope that these suggestion will help you in the chemical analysis patient’s eternal quest to support their fluid gain under control. But remember, life is for living too, and we, as chemical analysis patients more than most need to adhere to this edict. So whilst keeping your fluid gain under control is important for several your immediate and long term health, remember that if you’ve blown your fluid this time, there is always next time, so support trying!
Just just about the author:
Just just about the author: Stuart Actor is a 34 year old chemical analysis patient from Adelaide, Australia. He has a wilfe, a son (with another on the way), and two miniature schnauzers. He is a part time web geek, and runs the website http://www.therenalunit.com- a news service for all issues relating to excretory organ illness and dialysis. He can be contacted at mailto:stuart@stuartdrew.com
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