The great importance of my total fluid consumption control is for the sake of my longevity because of these factors

cryptopie (81)Memberin WORLD OF XPILAR • 5 days ago (edited)

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It got so hot that I decided to sleep again just to escape the misery of the heat in an oven I call, my room. But I can't really do an extended siesta nap because right in the middle of the ravaging heat and humidity at around 3:30 PM I woke up, maybe because the door of my room was open which I would normally close whenever I would like to sleep, but I just woke up and do what I normally do afterwards, open my laptop sitting on my side, on my bed.

I also always wipe my face and upper body and my things as well sometimes with tissue paper drenched with rubbing alcohol. It is because it gets sticky with all my sweat and considering that I do have an oily skin as well, I really have to clean my body whenever I feel an icky feel wherever especially if my face gets so oily which it always does, even my armpits so I won't smell you know and I kept them so clean that I do not use deodorants anymore because before I would produce bad smell I would had taken a long shower/bath already.

However I would always feel dirty because of my 24/7 natural sauna sauna sessions based on how hot it will be like in our current weather conditions, I would perspire enough to not let me get so heavy in extra fluid build-up prior to next dialysis session. My foam mattress has a shield of a bed cover, a towel above it and then a t-short which my mother regularly changes which is everyday because it get drenched in sweat.

That is why when the weather is hot, then my back will always be wet and I regret it because I am choosing not to use an A/C for the reason that I need to really perspire a lot because my dialysis center is not allowing me to make a request of removing extra water from my body during my dialysis sessions and I feel bad about it because supposedly I should be free from consuming fluids because I am on a three times per week dialysis session but because of these restrictions including a very mellow way of cleaning my blood which in turn makes me feel sick as it does not clean my blood normally, so in turn I have to also restrict my food intake so that I will not get an over build-up of protein by-products in my system.

In a tight situation I am still in and it feels weird because I always feel that I am on a leash with these dietary restrictions as it makes me realize the abnormality of my life. If I will not adjust then my body will take the beating and the body can only last much until one will gave way and then it will further complicate things which I am trying to avoid.

My latest adjustment was adjusting up my dry weight into a heavier one. I do not wish to adjust more because I feel waterlogged compared to when I was trying to get a lighter weight goal. I know that I have extra water because whenever I would sit for long, my legs would subtly swell, you can't see it but I can feel it by just measuring the circumference of my leg above the ankle with the tip of my middle finger and my thumb's tip. So if they would not meet, my legs have edema.

I know the value of not having much volume in my blood, it is because if you have an excess water in your system, it will make your heart beat harder, it will get big until it gets too sluggish to beat and fail if the root of the problem will not be addressed. That is what I am always trying to prevent which is why my blood pressure remains to be OK where I do not have to use hypertension medications until I realized the root cause of hypertension in dialysis patients and the number one cause of their demise. It is because as I had mentioned the heart's left part gets big which later causes heart failure, all because the patient has a lot of fluids in their bodies in which burdens the heart to pump harder because of the extra volume of the blood with extra fluids which should not be there in the first place.

This is one reason why doctors would also prescribe medications to make a hypertensive person pee a lot so that the volume of blood will be reduced once the patient reduced water in their body. It is the reason as well that doctors advise their patients not to consume salty foods because salt will make the body attract more water by making the person drink more water. Not all patients, dialysis patients or not realizes this but to those that does, they would give their health a very good favor.

Now, regardless that I "know" what to do or not doesn't mean that I am not in the clear and or I would feel much better because when I say "much better", it just means comparatively, because I experienced the worst of the worst because remember, I have the rarest form of bone condition and I am only relying on God's mercy and ultimately something in me has to give at some time and point.

However I am not losing hope in getting better and just continue to enjoy every second of of my life because in my opinion, it is still great to live a life even with such physical difficulties for as long as I have God in my life and people around that loves me and cares for my existence. This body will end and all physical things which we value and cared for but the fact that there is life beyond this life is a good tidings for humanity, we just have to turn to God and obey his commandments which isn't that hard to do as it teaches us to love one another.