Last week, my blood pressure took a nosedive whilst I was receiving my dialysis care in Port Laoise. Fortunately, it did it on a day when the renal consultant was present. He changed the tablet regime from
Labetalol 200 mg morning and evening
to
On dialysis days, Labetalol 100 mg before dialysis and 100 mg after dialysis, and 200 mg in the evening.
On non-dialysis days, 200 mg morning and evening as before.
Yesterday was the first day that I started this new regime. Although my blood pressure did dip down as far as 97/63 early on in the session, it did not stay as low for as long. Hopefully, tomorrow’s session will be similar.
Dialysis stats
- Weight before dialysis: 75 kg
- Weight after dialysis: 73.8 kg
- Total fluid removed: 2 litres
- Total eKt/V: 1.20
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