Help! Need direction on diet and liquids

Warm hello to everyone here on Healing Well...

I have a continuous thread on my journey with Liver Disease. I didn't want this topic to blend in with on going journey as I have tried to find answers without any luck.

I need to find out if I limit my liquid intake because of trace ascities. I know about reduction in salt. Do I drink more water than normal? I don't know the best foods to eat and the ones to stay away from.

I would appreciate directions to the most valid diet I should follow. Advice would be helpful also.

Wishes for good days to everyone!

Hep C positive since 1998, undetected viral load until April,2014
Treated with Harvoni,12 wks
DOT 2/9/2015
SVR 8/12/2015
RCC in right kidney

Hug
Mitzi

Oh,Ziff...You do love me! It's good to hear from you. I am not to the point of appointment with the transplant team but I want to give my body the best chance. Just at a loss for the specifics. I appreciate your help. My email is listed if that is easier for you.

You seem to be one that likes a good story, so thought I would share.

I had an appointment with my pain management doctor. He wanted to know what has transpired with me. I told him everything I have been through and what I was facing. This blew me away. He told me he was in the team that performed one of the first successful liver transplants. He invented the Rapid Venous Infusion System. It is used with most transplants today. He stood up and said, "I don't share this with patients, but you have touched my heart." He lifted his scrub top showing a large scar. Said he had half of his liver removed from a tumor. He also told me prior to being here, he
was the Medical Director of Pain Management at Shands.

Needless to say,I was overcome with emotion. Ziff, what are the odds? I feel confident that I am in good hands with him overseeing my issues with back, hip, and knee.
Hope you enjoyed my story. I feel like the universe directed this connection.

Arnolddddddd...much warmth to you and yours..
Mitzi

That's funny, David....when he stood up and reached for the bottom of his scrub top, a fleeting thought went through my head...OMG, I am 63 and this doctor is going to pull his winky-dink out. No, he was very sincere and his reaction to me really did move me. He doesn't seem to be a mushy-huggy-huggy type, usually very serious and professional.

In answer to your question, once in awhile, my feet and ankles will swell. Never the legs. There have been a few times I felt full and hadn't eaten. My stomach is not distended at all, other than being a little overweight.

Last month, the hep dr. changed my diuretic from HCTZ 0.25mg and Potassium 10, one tab daily, to spironolactone 100 mg,one tab daily. I have no edema or swelling anywhere. I am wondering if the 100mg is too high. Maybe 50 mg? If anything, it seems like I am dehydrated. Lips chapped; skin crinkling in hands. I have been reluctant to drink a lot of water, not knowing the protocol.

Any thoughts on your part will be most welcomed with credibility.

Wow, 29 lbs in one week??? I did not realize it can happen that quickly.
Big hug,
Mitzi

ZelDDa,
Ziffs UNC advice is right on the nose.

100 mg. does sound high.

Mitz, Your sense of humor is always welcome here. Yes, Pork is much easier to digest. As for this particular piggy, I maybe a bit hard to cook. I'm sure I'd be tasty with some extra attention. Baste me after soaking for a day or so with milk and herbs (gets that game wild taste out). Hope you don't care for liver, Mines worthless. But every thing else is fine. A bit pickled but otherwise good shape. Forgive me if I'm a bit biased as you already know. So what you been up to these days aside from worrying about fluid? Been wondering why you scampered away for awhile. You do know you are part of us here at HW?

Using tablet.Just posted reply and it disappeared. I need coffee. Will post in a bit.