Alright, so....
so what's the verdict on Doritos?
And jesus christ those are a lot of considerations. I remember talking with you about medical shit in the past but hollllllllly shit, I never realized how much potential food was being stolen from you.
Doritos are ‘sort of‘ ok. they are made of corn, so that’s good - but the salt is ~2000mg Sodium for a whole bag, which would be okay if that was the only thing I ate in a whole day. Add in dips, refried beans or cheese sauce and it starts to become questionable. I can compensate to an extent by eating very low sodium the day before and after I ‘sodium binge’. Also if I restrict fluid intake (think of salt as a water magnet) that helps. Since my fluid intake is geared towards caffeine (Red Bull, coffee or tea) I be okay with that.
Potassium high foods (potato, banana and tomatoes) cause a problem; so tomatoe salsa gets replaced by tomatillo salsa. red pasta sauce gets replaced by white sauces or pesto sauces. Pizza is a rarity, sadly.
Phosphorus has to be watched. I don’t understand the chemistry behind it but an overload of Phosphorus can cause Calcium to be leeched from my bones (think old lady type osteoporosis) and since I’m always stumbling about when on edibles I‘m careful with this as well. This one isn’t too much of a problem; ditching the Coke and switching to Red Bull and not eating 4 helpings of Chili when I cook that.
I’m supposed to watch the coffee, buttttttt…..just started dialysis about 30 minutes ago and one nurse brought me an extra large coffee. So I waited to start drinking it until after my blood was drawn.
Yeah it’s work, but I figure I was tailor made for this with a biochem degree. And I consume poundloads of candy b/c I’m not diabetic.
Tom
Forgot to add that for the first 5.5 years of dialysis I was doing it myself at home, 4 times a day, about 35 minutes per treatment. So 28 times a week. But there were a number of infections and they wanted to make sure I recovered ok, so I was switched to Hemodialysis (I call it the blood vampire type). That's done at the hospital only 3 times a week for about 3.5 hours a pop. It's kinda boring but I have free high speed wifi, tv and one nurse always brings me coffee. But my diet is more restricted now on Haemo. Thank God I can still eat Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, etc. And since corn is ok that means tacos, tortillas, enchiladas, tamale(sp?) and all kinds of Mexican food is open to me. Since the hospital is close to the ferry terminal from Maine, it's close to all the restaurant someone thought Americans would love (McDonalds, Taco Bell, Wendys, KFC, Burger King and a few others. Plus they will steam a lobster for me while I grocery shop. Seafood is cheap. 3-4 types of live clams, 3-4 types of liveoysters, crab, live mussels, etc