Dialysis: What type of dialysis are you on?

@cehunt57, thanks for the support, encouragement, and info!

Since I have dentition issues in addition to CKD, diabetes, GP, etc., I have had to try to design a liquid-to-soft diet plan which is low-fiber (opposite the diabetic diet's higher fiber!) and which does not conflict too much with a renal diet.

Kidney function so far remains stable just below 30. . .

However, since I'm currently not on dialysis, I'm not getting enough protein since the veggies on a vegetarian/vegan kidney friendly diet which have complete proteins (corn, squash, beans) either have too much fiber also and/or too much potassium. Either that or the higher protein foods I need also have too much fat for a GP diet. (Sigh!)

As a fellow diabetic, I'm sure you understand when I say I cannot do 6 small meals a day because it would involve 7 needle sticks of insulin a day, one short acting lower-dose insulin shot with each of the 6 meals and a long-acting insulin injection at bedtime. Have had to compromise and eat 3 slightly larger than small meals (taking insulin only for those and one long acting dose at night) plus 3 snack meals (less than a small meal.)

I also take one 500+ mg ginger capsule with the 3 larger meals (to reduce nausea and promote gastric motility) but not with the snacks. My ginger intake is much lower than the recommended upper limit; right now this fairly low dosage is helping a lot and all in all I've been having three or even four good days a week lately instead of one or none.

I'm one of those CKD patients whose potassium levels have fairly recently become too low; I suspect this is related to malabsorption from GP rather than a kidney deciding suddenly to filter potassium better (that's my version of a sick joke, sorry.) As a result, since I use no added salt whatsoever, not even in cooking, I have been using 1/16 to 1/8 tsp of the salt substitute potassium chloride, aka Nu-Salt, on days I know my potassium intake will be too low for that day. I ran this idea by my Neph before doing it, of course, and she approved. She's also the one who reminded me I could take ginger to see if it helped with nausea and so far she's been right on both counts.

If I could just find a way to take in more protein and less fat I'd be a happy camper!

So good to hear from you. Hang in there!

Hi - I just pop in now and then, but it was so nice to see your name. You’re so knowledgeable that I’m sure you’ve thought of this, but do you have a particular problem with, adding protein powder to your food? All the best, Vicki.

Hi - I just pop in now and then, but it was so nice to see your name. You’re so knowledgeable that I’m sure you’ve thought of this, but do you have a particular problem with, adding protein powder to your food? All the best, Vicki.