Recipe: A bowl of pepper soup and a coke

 So, one of the crises of kidney failure is living with dialysis. Hemodialysis removes excess minerals, protein, fluid, electrolyte and other waste from the blood. The longer the duration of dialysis the more stuff is removed, the faster the blood flow rate, the more stuff can be removed. The faster the dialysate flow rate, the more stuff can be removed.

I soon realized that my post dialysis phosphorous rate is dangerously below expected clinical limit. Unfortunately, that is a crises. You need long dialysis to limit urea and creatinine in the blood, but the side effect is other stuff that may be removed below safe level.

The consequence of low phosphate for me is stomach problems that gets exacerbated by new food/water going into my gastro-intestinal chambers. Side effect is vomiting within 4 hours after food. Like clockwork, the process continued.

I have not been taking the generally prescribed phosphorous binders for almost 18 months now. The crises was worse before I stopped. The problem was just getting worse again as I increased my dialysate dosage to help better control creatinine and urea and also get a handle on PTH. Well the side effect was sever.

And so, I tried a true and tested therapy. A light soup + soda.

Here is the recipe for my soup:

Isoko Pepper Soup + Goat-meat + Yam : Ingredients

2 Tablespoonfull of pepper soup mix

.5 tea spoonful of salt (you can use 1 cube of Knorr  cube and reduce salt as needed)

5 cloves of fresh organic ginger

1 pound of fresh cut goat meat (with bones and skin if you like that)

Slices of onion (one quarter of a regular sized onion)

2 pinches of thyme

pinch of sage

2 medium slices of African yam. You can use yuca or other yam of your choice really. Even plantain.


Pour all the ingredients into a pot (except for the yam).

Pour 2 cups of water to start. Cook at medium heat for 15 minutes. Add another 2 cups. Continue to cook for another 20 minutes. Pour last 2 cups of water and and add yam. Cook for another 20 minutes. Lower the heat and cook for 10 minutes.

Take a small piece of the meat to taste if cooked enough. Mostly likely it will be perfect. If it is to your taste, serve piping hot in a bowl. Wash it down with a can of your favorite phosphorous fueled soda. My choice was coke.

Bon appetit.




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