DawnT
Sous Chef
Update
Went to kidney Dr. yesterday and had meds changed. Jim's bp has been going up, headaches increasing and kidney pain. Dr. wants Jim to get the vascular ports put in as a backup so when he does have a transplant they don't have to go through the neckif they have a problem. Jim has definately decided to go with home dialysis as he wants to have some semblence of a normal lifestyle; tinkering with motocross bikes, working on the barns, going to the races,.... We now have been told to have him eat 40 - 59 grams of protien a day, low fruit as it is high in potassium so instead of an apple it is a half; no bananas, dried fruit, cantalope, honeydew, oranges. When I read the list, he asked "What fruit can I have?" I also had to tell him no nuts either, you would have thought I cut off his left arm. We go back in May to see how things stand. In the meantime, the kids are being tested as possible donors for thier father.
Went to kidney Dr. yesterday and had meds changed. Jim's bp has been going up, headaches increasing and kidney pain. Dr. wants Jim to get the vascular ports put in as a backup so when he does have a transplant they don't have to go through the neckif they have a problem. Jim has definately decided to go with home dialysis as he wants to have some semblence of a normal lifestyle; tinkering with motocross bikes, working on the barns, going to the races,.... We now have been told to have him eat 40 - 59 grams of protien a day, low fruit as it is high in potassium so instead of an apple it is a half; no bananas, dried fruit, cantalope, honeydew, oranges. When I read the list, he asked "What fruit can I have?" I also had to tell him no nuts either, you would have thought I cut off his left arm. We go back in May to see how things stand. In the meantime, the kids are being tested as possible donors for thier father.