For some reason, the numbness in my hands and feet started to intensify near the end of dialysis. It kind of reminded me of how I felt when I was sent to the ER from dialysis. After being disconnected from the machine, my parents and I went to eat lunch at a Vietnamese pho place. Typically pho is pretty salty. My bowl of noodles was not too bad, and I only sipped the broth sparingly. Even still, an hour after lunch I’m kind of thirsty and my mouth is dry. I’m not sure if that’s the pho, or if they took too much fluid out of me again. My dry weight is supposed to be 92.5 kg but I left the dialysis center at 92.2 kg. The absolute number doesn’t mean anything since I’m wearing clothes and shoes. I did notice twice before when my weight goes down, the numbness seems to intensify. I did tell my nephrologist this and they raised my dry weight by 0.5 kg. I would really like to know the triggers for this since it bothers me a lot, and if it’s not related to the amiodarone prescription, I’m afraid it will still be here after any potential kidney transplant.
Ugh, I just want to be free of all this at some point in the future but that’s probably not likely. The stupidity of my youth has caught up with me and is ruining my future life. I’m going to go out and walk to see if that will provide some temporary relief.
Life with chronic diseases 