Hey Dan... Re: Potassium, I can't speak to it directly but I believe the body treats it similarly to calcium. And for that my doc is sending me to an endocrinologist. It seems that 3 years of Fosamax didn't cause any changed in my bone density scores and he wants to find out why. (It could be going 9 mo. without while I was completely non-weightbearing & bedbound.) Maybe potassium is similar (??) and an endocrinologist can figure out if/why use and absorbtion might be affected.
Re: Supra and tube loops, I've never heard it helps drainage. I just know the loop in the drainage bag tube does 2 things... 1) provides some slack so I can move without having it pulled, and 2) if the loop stays on the bed instead of hanging, it prevents the weight of a urine-filled, 3-ft long tube from pulling at the stoma. Best wishes! Tod ---- Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > Speaking of potassium, do any of you have low potassium? I have to > take 60meq a day in order to keep mine in the normal range. None of > my doctors seem to know why?!? Do you guys have any ideas? > > On another note, at night, where and how do you hang your drainage > bag? I've been laying mine on the bed by my feet but it doesn't drain > very well that way especially when I raise the foot of the bed up. > I've thought of hanging it on the side of the bed frame but it pulls > quite a bit that way - I have a supra pubic. If I do hang it on the > bed frame, should I put a loop in the tube? A CNA once told me that > this helps the drainage?!?. And lastly, should I tie the tube to my > thigh? I have this fear of the bag falling and pulling the cath out! TIA. > > Dan > >
