Before I had gone to my dialysis I was really feeling pained, full, bloated, nauseated, and could not breathe much because of being waterlogged. So I just bravely talked to my dialysis nurses about my concerns which are to sped-up the blood pump which I just needed for my blood to get cleaned satisfactorily because as more blood goes through the dialyzer the better the cleaning action and the better the patient would feel in-between dialysis..
So I have requested the one that cannulated my arm what I wanted but at that point I have thought that she will be the one setting-up the dialyzer for me. After being hooked-up I was able to speak to the head nurse which was the one that had set the blood pump speed and the water that should be drawn from my body.
But at first she didn't do what I had requested and after debating and negotiation with her and telling me the dangers and all that what happened before she just went on to set the blood pump from 200mL to 250mL per minute while actually already had set-up to draw 3.5 kilos of water from my body.
Then I calculated the weight that I would feel comfortable beforehand so I came-up with a number where I could still eat and drink much while getting to my desired weight while hooked-up and I told them that. I reckon that I might not make it so I asked my mother to buy me an energy drink "Lipovitan" similar to the "Red Bull" product but with a lesser amount in terms of the liquid content.
So drinking Lipovitan had been an addition to what I already had which was the energy drink that comes from little packets and are just reconstituted in my thermos by my Mother after eating my dialysis meal. Well it worked! and because of that I did't get my blood pressure plummet like a meteor despite of the amount of water that had been drawn from my body plus the blood pump speed elevation which was really not that fast compared to western standards but enough to clean my body/blood considerably and made me felt much better.
My head nurse thought that I would crash my blood pressure just like from the past sessions that I had but it did touched the 110 level systolic in which after the other nurse that took the reading of my BP asked the head nurse if she will have to raise my feet to prevent my BP from crashing, the head nurse told her "No" to prove to me something that what I had requested is wrong and I shoulfd suffer from it by making me realize that with a plunging BP.
But my head nurse was the one who was wrong, not only I prayed to God to protect me while I am getting treated I also had done one of the last cards that I know in theory might work because of its stimulating effects particularly to the heart, and it worked thanks be to God.
Caffeine had been the crucial factor about my success in surviving dialysis today so I will just have to do it again and consume extra caffeine via a bottled energy drink that I purchased a few hours ago by my mother since it did work in adding extra boost to my heart into not allowing my body to suffer a crashing blood pressure while on hemodialysis this time around.
What is good was that I was able to strip my extra body weight down to a much comfortable level so now I am at ease with my breathing where a few hours ago coupled with body pain is like a hell on earth situation. So again I do thank God for this day which had been the two sides of my situation in life where I am sad and miserable at one point and afew hours after I am okay again.