how is dialysis different from pre-dialysis diet
Brenda – I know it’s been a long road, but I think you will really like home dialysis. With home hemodialysis, you don’t have a lot of restrictions to the diet because you dialyze every day – usually. If you are just starting to train, it will be about 4 weeks before you are on your own but I hear from people all the time that they love it.
As far as regular dialysis, in a center, you are fluid restricted (based on what your doctor says) and get additional protein. About 1.2 times the kilograms of body weight. Here is an article I wrote about fluid restriction – even though it says pre-dialysis fluid restriction there is a link to a cheat sheet so you know what fluids are – http://www.renaldiethq.com/what-is-th...
My favorite dialysis cookbook is Cooking for David – you can find it on Amazon.
I am also still interested in your opinion on my caregiver book that I am working on to release in March. By then, you will be an old pro at dialysis. I hope you are doing well. Mathea
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