Hi Jeff, Watch out for Metabolic Acidosis. My Dad had this and no one at the hospital caught it. He had no appetite, It was a struggle to find things he wanted to eat. He landed in the ER twice with high potassium - we all thought due to him not drinking enough water and becoming dehydrated. A long story short,,, after the second visit to the ER with symptoms of a heart attack, I came home and searched the net and found that his symptoms were most likey due to metabolic acidosis. Once he started the bicarbonate he is fine, more like great! After each visit to the ER he was hungry, had an appetite. After getting home his appetite slowly left... I had him start disolving 1 teaspoon of baking soda at night before bed until he could see the kidney doctor. Unbelievable his doctor and nurse didn't see the signs when my Mom called on several occasions telling them what was going on. Very frusterating! My Dad's situation is a little different - had chemo before - neobladder in 7/06 - and just finished chemo after. He is working towards getting the suprapubic catheter out soon. He can't wait to get rid of it!
Karen E.