On dialysis days I take 2 in the am and 1 at night, and on non-dialysis days I take 1 in the am and 2 at night. Ive had to keep upping the dosage every couple of weeks. Im so damn frustrated. Cant sleep, have a hard time sitting for 4 hours while on dialysis. Im sooo tired. I'll go to bed, not feel the RLS kicking in, but when I lie down my wrists start up.
our father who is 78 is starting to hallucinate he was hospitalized about a month ago for pneumonia.he was also taking requip for his restless legs,the doc. took him off of requip because of side affects 4 days ago. we dont know if that could be the cause of his condition or not,he also had a cat scan of the brain, it was normal.he sees people that are not there, he realizes later that it is not real. he is getting depressed and scared,we dont know what to do anymore.
This result met with little concern. After diagnosis RLS 10/07 started Requip. Worked like magic from first .Actual RLS symptoms abated, bad wakings CEASED. Was at 2 mg nightly. End 1/08 small weight gain, minor edema. Short of breath. Suddenly symptoms increased.Gained more than 25 lbs in 10 weeks.Feet/ ankles/ fingers/abdomen terribly swollen. All sorts of tests including kidney,liver,congestive heart failure. No answers. Back to neuro.
Hi,
My dad (78 years old) is on dialysis since last year due to kidney failure, on top of that he has a Coronary Heart Disease since 2000, so he is on meds. He does 3x a week then reduce to 2x week dialysis. Since last July of this year my dad has been experiencing too much weakness than normal. He can barely walk anymore. Then, he started having too low BP after each dialysis to the point that he passes out & sometimes get stiff.
Kidney dialysis can lower the blood pressure causing problems with the heart. If the blood pressure drops too far, the liver shuts down due to the heart not pumping properly. If the kidney dialysis is not started, the failing kidneys will make the heart worse. If the kidney dialysis is started, it could prove fatal. Kidney dialysis can do done in hope that it will not drop the blood pressure down too far. If the kidney dialysis is not done, the heart will suffer.
i want him to live longer,is it possible for him to live longer if he will not undergo dialysis?how long?or if he will undergo dialysis,what will happen if he decided to stop after 5-6 sessions of dialysis?i'm confused,i'm worried about my father's situation but i cannot do anything because i don't know what actions will i take.please help me!thanks....
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My husband has been on dialysis for the past .8 months and his health has been fine. But now his last test showed a creatinine level of 16. What could this be from? I am really worried.
I'm sure you are worried. Trust your doctors. I don't think dialysis hurts. My niece has been on dialysis for nearly 10 years now. She is on a transplant list, but she has a rare blood and it is taking awhile to get a kidney, but she has a job, she has 4 kids, a husband, and her spirits are high. Dialysis does not need to interupt your life. Just don't let it. I asked my niece how she feels after she has dialysis and she said it gives her energy, takes away the tiredness.
You probably have done nothing to cause the positive Hep C antibodies ther than kidney dialysis. . The dialysis machines can cross infect people with the Hep C virus. About 15% of kidney dialysis patients have Hep C.
"Dialysis, also known as kidney dialysis or hemodialysis, is a medical procedure where a machine acts like a kidney and filters and cleans the blood. People who are on long-term dialysis (about 350,000 in the U.S.
My friend Nory needs help to pay for her dialysis 2X a week. I have been paying it for her in hopes of some charity helping; but so far only PSC has offered any assistance & it is minimal. I have written 100's of letters to many religious & charitable organizations and no luck so far. If anyone knows of a charity that has helped please let us know. I haven't the finances to keep doing this uch longer & she will die. :(
Please Help Save Nory's Life!!!
My niece (her daughter) said that as the time got closer to her needing dialysis, she became more and more confused and then after dialysis, became clear headed again. We do understand this is due to the toxins building and then dialysis cleaning the blood.
Approximately 10 days ago, she decided to discontinue dialysis and went home with hospice. Her last dialysis was 2 weeks ago today. My niece says that she’s been extremely confused and making no sense at all.
Besides Mirapex, the other medications that are approved to treat Restless Legs Syndrome are Neurontin, Requip and Neupro. I recommend speaking to your doctor about these medications to see if one may be appropriate for you.
I've got severe RLS 24/7 and have been taking Requip for the past several years, Mirapex before that. It's gotten worse lately so the doctor had me go cold turkey 5 days ago. He gave me Klonopin to take at night, but it doesn't do anything other than make me even more tired. I managed to get 6 hours sleep on day 4, but that's it for the whole week. The doctor says that I can't go back on the dopamines (Requip) since they have started augmentation (making the RLS worse).
It would depend on how fast the progression of your disease is to know when what will happen but as far as dialysis there are the options of Peritoneal Dialysis (which uses Dextrose and requires good eye sight to do it for yourself at home) or Hemo Dialysis where you would go in center 3 times a week and they would do dialysis on you through a perm catheter in the clavical area or through an AV Fistula which would be made in your arm but would need time to form.
The main 2 categories are Peritoneal Dialysis and Hemo Dialysis. I have been on both. Yes you can live a long time on dialysis as long as you know how to abide by certain diet restrictions (because dialysis can't do everything that kidneys can). It is amazing how much kidneys do and we don't fully appreciate them until we lose them.
I was on dialysis this time around for 6 1/2 years before getting a kidney transplant. I have had 2 transplants so far in my life. I am 34.
My dad is a dialysis patient from last 2 years.but suddenly he had a stomach infection yesterday.my question to you is will it get cured very fast and what are the measures to be taken in order that such things does not happen in the future.
7 within 24 hrs. my doctor suggested to undergo dialysis an dafter 3 dialysis my potassium level is normal and i have a creatinine level of 3.4 it was maintained the same creatinine for 3 days after stopping dialysis.. so i am worried abt the dialysis and how can i keep myself the creatinine level and the K level low in the blood . any suggestions plz..
Now he had no prob with pacemaker and his pulse was always around 80 until last week when at dialysis his pulse rate fell to 43 on the monitor (lower rate was set at 50) he immediately came off dialysis and now this is his third dialysis and during dialysis his heart rate falls into 40s and post dialysis it improves. Doctors checked the pace maker n they say its ok and the x-rays also show initial positioning of the pacemaker.
We are really worried abt him.
Sorry to hear but I am not familiar with any financial support for dialysis patients in the Philippines. I feel for your uncle. I was first on dialysis when I was 16. Then again at the age of 28 after my first transplant. Now I got a 2nd transplant after 7 years on dialysis so am happy again but the new kidney is not working fully. There is no such thing as being too young for this life time disease.
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