I found the culprit on why I lost so much body mass over the years and I don't know if I can ever gain some of it back again
I had lost so much weigh over the course of being a dialysis patient for more than two decades, well twenty-five years if God wills it that I am to last this year's month of December. At fist I was weighing at around 52 Kg, however it turns out that I was actually weighing at around 48 Kg after most of the extra fluids were taken out.
Then my weight dwindled down to 44 Kg, 42 Kg, 38 Kg, and now I am weighing at around 33.5 to 35+ Kg. I never had gained weight ever since I was just a teenager, it just stopped the moment I reached my full height of a little more than 5'6". I guess that the long time that I had been anemic had taken a toll on my body mass.
After being a dialysis patient I took some effort to support my hemoglobin levels and with a little research and reading, I found out that the digestive system can absorb more iron if you will take some vitamin C with it which was one reason I took vitamin C everyday from that moment onward.
I also noticed that vitamin C prevented my skin from getting too dark. It is because dialysis patient's skin does become too dark particularly those with brown skin. It is one of the reason why I took vitamin C on a regular basis.
Also, vitamin C prevented me from catching colds and flu which is why I recommended my parents and my siblings to regularly take it so that they can benefit as well from its preventive effect from catching colds if not recovering from it faster. Now I do not see my folks catching colds and the flu anymore.
Vitamin C is also known to be an anti-oxidant which is one of the reason why I was taking it regularly because my body is full of toxins and I just wanted to be protected from these toxins where some accumulated substances cannot really be cleaned-out by the dialysis process.
But being a dialysis patient, we are susceptible from having an acidic blood which causes muscle wasting. Unfortunately my years of using ascorbic acid had made muscle wasting worse in my case and I actually had learned about it just yesterday, after being a dialysis patient for almost two and a half decades, after suffering from losing weight all those years I was only able to learn the cause of my muscle wasting issue.
However, the solution was to just take sodium bicarbonate everyday so that my blood will not get that too acidic anymore. That is why I was able to improve my appetite and not being so anorectic anymore, I can now tolerate eating my meals although I am just eating twice a day because I still have to control my fluid intake otherwise it will be very difficult for me to maintain my dry weight, the body weight which not much extra fluids is in my body.
Anyway, suing sodium bicarbonate every day will definitely raise my blood pressure if I will take the recommended dose of two 650 mg tablets three times daily. I guess that it will be too much to take that amount because I might suffer from hypertension because sometimes my blood pressure gets to 140 and even higher before I my blood gets dialyzed ins some treatment sessions.
Hypertension for dialysis patients is common but it is a no-no because it will eventually get higher which will be the cause of death. In fact most death is caused by heart failure in dialysis patients. Fortunately I am able to control my blood pressure and most of the time it is in the normal range of 120/80 thanks be to the mercy and grace of God.
Now because I can't perform a normal exercise like lifting weights in order for me to add real body mass, it will be very difficult to gain weight as I can't even walk normally because my knees and feet will just start to hurt. I already tried doing some lifting exercises using my big calcium carbonate bottle but it just strained my elbows and hand in the process which is why I already resigned from doing similar exercises anymore.
My life is full of dilemma, it is like balancing a triangle structure on its head and so it is hard to manage but I was still thankful to discover the cause and effects of the things that had made my life difficult before and because of that I am taking steps to eliminate these causes so that I can be able to solve my former and current health complications for being a chronic dialysis patient, so I am still thankful to God for showing me many ways to improve my well-being until God decides to take away my spirit and hopefully live where God resides, where there will be nor more of these things which I am fighting for more than the time I've spent existing here in this world.
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Flipping through new pages of your story truly touches my heart.
I celebrate your strength to push through life on dialysis for more than two decades.
Your post about your health is not a mere post. From the observation of your body to searching for answers to improving your health condition and providing answers here for people speaks of a remarkable care you possess. Indeed, you are a hero. Fighting for your life and also struggling to serve and save others with this information.
With such a positive spirit you carry, despite the complications and your daily limitations, your continuity in being grateful to God, fighting and adapting is quite inspiring. I'm certain people with the same problem who read your story would be encouraged and given reasons to live.
I'm praying for you that the health improvements you hope for will come speedily. May you continue to find solutions and comforts each day.
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I am so thankful to God because of these sets of unusual events in my life from being so helpless to achieving goals which are unreachable to many much less to my health condition where even my doctor have given-up on me. But if there is a hope I always grab unto it which is why I stay to fight and try to survive rather than give-up like many people do and I am fortunate that God is always on my side.
I am just like I said, in a borrowed time, I borrowed so much time that I am indebted to God for giving me grace of time. I just hope and pray that I will get more better because I still wanted to do more good things at least for my family and of course for the works of God, i.e. doing good for other people.
I appreciate it very much for your kind thoughts and prayers, God listens to people which have a pure heart and intentions.
May God bless you and his face shine upon you always. 🤟
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Oh, I didn't know anything about you... you have serious health problems, forgive me for bothering you with this pressure last time.
Good health to you! God bless you!
Vitamin C really does support the immune system well. I don't take it, because I already have to take a handful of pills, and adding another one — well, I don't know...
I'm writing this comment now and I realize that I forgot to take my blood pressure and heart rate pills this morning. I'll go take them.
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Yes, being a dialysis patient with bone complications is not fun and I am just doing temporary fix which is why I am still surviving until this day and of course I will not live this world without the go signal from God.
God had been good to me because he had given me ways and means to battle my condition like I was able to ease the effects of Leontiasis due to my intake of certain Vitamins which actually reversed the enlargement of my face due to secondary Hyperparathyroid which I am still battling.
I think I am only the single case in this world suffering from leontiasis which use vitamin K2 MK-7 together with calcium carbonate, vitamin D3 and Magnesium to alleviate its symptoms including overall joint pains which is associated with secondary hyperparathyroidism which again causes Leontiasis and it saves me a considerable amount of money because the sole drug which is used to treat Hyperparathyroidism is very expensive.
I am living on a borrowed time with a lesser quality of life due to this hard to manage complications but at least I am not in so much pain anymore and that my Leontiasis condition is for now controlled and I thank God a million times for showing me this relatively cheaper way in treating my rare bone complications.
I hope that you can also control your blood pressure. My brother was diagnosed with a blockage in his heart's artery and was scheduled for a stent procedure but in the surgery table prior to his procedure the surgeon saw that there was nothing to stent in my brother's heart.
It is because my brother went into the OMAD diet, eating only once a day with proper foods, it cleared his heart's blockage.
When we discover the root cause of things, we can act appropriately to deal with it and we are able solve the problem after.
I hope that you will solve your health condition as well, may God bless you always. 🤟
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Are you in touch with other patients? You never know if you can share info or learn something new. Like we discussed before you can start an informative blog or site.
A friend told me he always gets sick if he takes vitamins and I gave up on it as well since it seems they don't benefit me and I don't feel any better if I take 6000 mg vitamin C or nothing, same for magnesium and the rest of the mix... Let's see how far I get without. At least it saves a lot of money.
If it comes to bloodpressure (what is proper food if you ask me it no longer exists and it depends on the body and it's way of digesting) here always salt is blamed. High... no salt, Low more salt. In most cases it turns out to be true. Next to that stress is a big factor as well.
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Hello Miss @wakeupkitty, I can't suggest for other patients to take what I am taking like for example the vitamin K2 MK-7 because it will affect the liver because it is a fat soluble vitamin.
That is why it is just my temporary fix for my weak bones with joint pains and eventually my liver will get affected because of my daily Vit K2 MK-7 although it improved my well-being with regards to my joint pains with its effects.
Taking vitamin C will not make you feel anything but it will make you resistant to colds and flu and possibly from other viruses as well. Now I am taking Calcium ascorbate so that my blood will not be acidic because acidosis apparently gave me lots of problems in the past and potentially weakened my bones in the process.
I am not fond of eating salty foods, it is the reason why my blood pressure remains to be in normal range if not corrected by dialysis when it gets high although the cause of my high blood pressure is extra volume (water) in my blood which when removed by dialysis will lower my blood pressure back to normal levels although sometimes it lowers too much like what happened last Friday.
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In a way it sounds to me you are fighting side effects as well, but you manage and always seem to find a new solution. Even if it's just temporary. I am sure you are also aware of the side effects/allergies the stuff used to make those vitamins can cause.
I wish you a good week and a happy Spring festival.
May everything go well for you. I sincerely wish you success in solving your problems!
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