I am a bit surprised on how the I.V. Iron infusion to my blood had raised my blood's Hemoglobin levels in just two weeks. I already had taken another infusion a week ago and I can feel the effects on my sleep pattern and it caused a bit of an improvement in that regard.
I believe that I can be able to raise my Hg levels a bit more close to the maximum levels. But what I do want is to raise my red blood cell and Hematocrit levels within the normal amount because it is a bit low relative to a normal person would get.
Maybe then I will feel more improvement with my sleep and appetite which had been my chronic problem for so, so many years which is why I am just eating for survival most of the time and I cannot enjoy my meals and it makes me to feel sad and frustrated.
Now I am also taking my vitamins again designed for dialysis patients, it has vitamin B12 and Folic acid so that my body can produce healthy amount of quality red blood cells which will improve my well-being and quality of life.
I am also trying not to consume much fluids because my lungs cannot tolerate the usual fluids that I intake, the lungs just get waterlogged so easily and my blood pressure goes up and it scares me as I do not yet want to die from heart attack which I guess will be inevitable given the time that I spent being a dialysis patient and not getting the optimal treatment that I needed.
Anyway at least I can eat with some effort and trying to get them down to my belly so that I will not get malnourished. I really do not want to eat so much protein because it makes me feel nauseated because of BUN, creatinine, and Nitrogen compound build-up. The recommended amount of cooked meat that I can have per day is 3 matchbox sizes but I am only having about 1 1/2 of it most of the time per day.
The thing is that I needed more protein intake but since my dialysis sessions are not quite adequate I still needed to restrict my diet so that I will not feel so much nausea and bloating. This is my update for now and I hope that my appetite will soon be corrected with these kinds of efforts that I am doing, I am not losing hope.
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