I just posted this symptom in the other topic, but feel I should post it here too -
My Dad did great in surgery, ate in the hospital, had a great appetite. Was told in the hospital he had microscopic cancer in some lymph nodes. That depressed him! Oh my gosh... they should have someone you can talk to immediately instead of waiting for your Oncology visit.
But ... the main reason I wanted to post is Metabolic Acidosis. Here is my post I copied from the other topic:
"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! "
Anyway,
I hope this helps. After he was diagnosed having metabolic acidosis and started taking the bicarbonate pills he was a new man! It was amazing!!! It was such a shame to have him set back a month due to no one diagnosing this. I heard from another person on this board that her Dad was sent home on the sodium bicarbonate. I wondered why my Dad wasn't. My Mom and Dad asked the surgeon and he thought he had mentioned this as a possible side affect. UGG AND DOUBLE UGG. With everything you are going thru with having bladder cancer, at least they could put it in writing so you can watch out for it.
I hope your mom feels better soon. She has a lot of good livin to do!
Take Care,
Karen E.
I had to add one more thing.... I went to see my Dad shortly after surgery, trying to think how long it was.... and he had lost a ton of weight, was lethargic, tired, weak, all of those things. I cried driving home. within a week he was in ER the first time. I hope you can pin point what's going on. Also... my Dad was sent home on an "eat anything diet". WHY? He should not have been eating acidic food!! With the urine absorbing thru the neobladder into the body, making it more acidic, the last thing he needed was more acid. I'm not a nurse and not a medical professional ..... just a searcher on the web for my Dad.
Take Care,