Like I posted earlier, I didn’t sleep very much or at all this morning. I arrived at dialysis super tired. I usually watch videos or play games, but today I put on some music and was out during the first song. I thought the senior nurse wanted to try and stick my arm again but when I woke up the first time at 6:55 am (about an hour into the session), there was nothing. I don’t know if she decided to skip today since I was asleep? I was going to do something else but fell back asleep again, waking up at around 9:00 am. That’s three hours of napping, during what felt like the shortest dialysis session ever. I usually can’t sleep on planes, which is murder during long Transpacific flights to Asia. I would be overjoyed on the rare occasion that I did fall asleep on a flight. Yeah, this felt like that.
My blood pressure was still weird. Since I only measured 150’s in the morning, I only took the Olmesartan as recommended by my nephrologist. However, the BP readings went up a bit at the beginning of dialysis so I took the Metoprolol as well. It started in the 150’s, even with both pills, and ended up in the 180’s. When I took the final standing reading, it was still 162/90. Usually I would take an extra 10 mg of NIFEdipine but did not do so today. I’m still at a loss with what to do with the mostly high, but wildly erratic blood pressure readings.
I did leave dialysis at 86.5 kg. You would think my blood pressure would be a bit lower with all that fluid removed.
Life with chronic diseases 