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Kidney-less Athlete
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| An athlete I know has no kidneys. He is on dialysis twice a week. I learned
of this just a few days ago, and was struck.
Can someone tell me how awful this is? To get down to the nitty-gritty, is
life expectancy not so good?
Some buddies of mine and I are considering recommending him for a special
award from the city, assuming his wife and coach say he and the team would
be cool with this.
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| daniel.granot@gmail.com 2005-08-06, 9:08 am |
| Usually if on haemo-dialysis, a patient is required to be dialysed at
least 3 times a week.
Nonetheless, if he is persisting with athletics, this is impressive as
dialysis can not only be an inconvenience to one's lifestyle but can
also be draining of energy.
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<daniel.granot@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Usually if on haemo-dialysis, a patient is required to be dialysed at
> least 3 times a week.
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> Nonetheless, if he is persisting with athletics, this is impressive as
> dialysis can not only be an inconvenience to one's lifestyle but can
> also be draining of energy.
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It can also drive up the potassium in between treatments, so, it has to be
done with some caution.
Pete
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| daniel.granot@gmail.com 2005-08-11, 8:59 am |
| Are you sure you don't mean Protein?
I know when I do weights, the stress placed on muscles often causes
excess protein to be released into the bloodstram often causing an
elevated urea as well.
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| Judanne 2005-08-26, 8:57 am |
| Then again he may NOT be kidney less, just have diminished renal function.
In which case dialysis twice a week could be a possibility. It took me
about 10 years post transplantation for the original kidneys to disappear
completely.
Judanne
<daniel.granot@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1123316157.774841.18670@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Usually if on haemo-dialysis, a patient is required to be dialysed at
> least 3 times a week.
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> Nonetheless, if he is persisting with athletics, this is impressive as
> dialysis can not only be an inconvenience to one's lifestyle but can
> also be draining of energy.
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