Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: paxi1334 on October 17, 2014, 06:42:20 PM Return to Full Version
Title: Foamy urine
Post by: paxi1334 on October 17, 2014, 06:42:20 PM
Post by: paxi1334 on October 17, 2014, 06:42:20 PM
anyone else here (on estradiol) notice that estrogens cause your urine to become foamy? probably estrogen causes kidney damage and causes microalbumin!
Title: Re: Foamy urine
Post by: Jessica Merriman on October 17, 2014, 06:58:22 PM
Post by: Jessica Merriman on October 17, 2014, 06:58:22 PM
If you are hydrating well and not eating soap chips I don't have a clue. ???
Title: Re: Foamy urine
Post by: Devlyn on October 17, 2014, 07:01:00 PM
Post by: Devlyn on October 17, 2014, 07:01:00 PM
Yeah, HRT can cause water retention, are you drinking plenty of water?
Title: Re: Foamy urine
Post by: JessicaH on October 17, 2014, 08:49:48 PM
Post by: JessicaH on October 17, 2014, 08:49:48 PM
Most commonly caused by dehydration. http://www.md-health.com/Foamy-Urine.html (http://www.md-health.com/Foamy-Urine.html)
Title: Re: Foamy urine
Post by: justpat on October 17, 2014, 09:24:32 PM
Post by: justpat on October 17, 2014, 09:24:32 PM
USED BEER ???
Title: Re: Foamy urine
Post by: Ms Grace on October 17, 2014, 09:28:54 PM
Post by: Ms Grace on October 17, 2014, 09:28:54 PM
Please drink a LOT more water (not a lot of cola, coffee, tea, alcohol or other diuretics)...
Title: Re: Foamy urine
Post by: BreezyB on October 17, 2014, 09:49:05 PM
Post by: BreezyB on October 17, 2014, 09:49:05 PM
Quote from: Jessica Merriman on October 17, 2014, 06:58:22 PM
If you are hydrating well and not eating soap chips I don't have a clue. ???
So are you saying I should stop eating the soap chips Jessica :)
Quote from: Devlyn Marie on October 17, 2014, 07:01:00 PM
Yeah, HRT can cause water retention, are you drinking plenty of water?
Also Spironolactone is a water sparing diuretic and so can reduce sodium and water in the body, so if she's taking that also it might be a factor.
Title: Foamy urine
Post by: ImagineKate on October 18, 2014, 06:15:23 AM
Post by: ImagineKate on October 18, 2014, 06:15:23 AM
I have foamy urine right now with no HRT and plenty of poisoning T in my blood. When I did take E only for a short while I had the opposite effect and rather quickly (1st week). My urine became lighter in colour and clearer with much less foam.
Title: Re: Foamy urine
Post by: suzifrommd on October 18, 2014, 08:44:03 AM
Post by: suzifrommd on October 18, 2014, 08:44:03 AM
Foamy urine can be a symptom of a number of serious conditions. You really should ask your Dr.
Title: Re: Foamy urine
Post by: Mariah on October 18, 2014, 08:58:35 AM
Post by: Mariah on October 18, 2014, 08:58:35 AM
Several of which affect the kidney or are a result of the kidney function.
Quote from: suzifrommd on October 18, 2014, 08:44:03 AM
Foamy urine can be a symptom of a number of serious conditions. You really should ask your Dr.
Title: Re: Foamy urine
Post by: paxi1334 on October 18, 2014, 09:52:38 AM
Post by: paxi1334 on October 18, 2014, 09:52:38 AM
Dr tests came back fine - not kidney disease, only happens when using the E. Sounds like it is a H20 thing.
Ok, be honest, about how much water do others here on E drink?
Ok, be honest, about how much water do others here on E drink?
Title: Re: Foamy urine
Post by: Devlyn on October 18, 2014, 10:02:04 AM
Post by: Devlyn on October 18, 2014, 10:02:04 AM
I'm not on hormones, but I drink two bottled waters a day at work, and two or three glasses at night. Plus a few sodas (non-caffeinated).
Title: Re: Foamy urine
Post by: Rachel on October 18, 2014, 10:42:45 AM
Post by: Rachel on October 18, 2014, 10:42:45 AM
I drink 3 -20 ounce bottles to and from work, 32 ounces in the control room and 60 ounces at my desk, 16 ounces at lunch and 40 to 60 ounces at home. I also eat a lot of salt; my sodium is low and potassium is high (ok with my PA). My urine is mostly clear.
During work out night I have 20 ounces during training and 20 ounces after.
I only drink water and 4 to 8 ounces of grape juice per day and nothing else. No coffee, tea or colas.
When I drank (clean and sober 17 years) my pea had 1- 3 inches of foam on it and smelt bad.
During work out night I have 20 ounces during training and 20 ounces after.
I only drink water and 4 to 8 ounces of grape juice per day and nothing else. No coffee, tea or colas.
When I drank (clean and sober 17 years) my pea had 1- 3 inches of foam on it and smelt bad.
Title: Re: Foamy urine
Post by: Jessica Merriman on October 18, 2014, 11:20:54 AM
Post by: Jessica Merriman on October 18, 2014, 11:20:54 AM
Quote from: BreezyB on October 17, 2014, 09:49:05 PM:eusa_doh: :eusa_doh: :eusa_doh: :eusa_doh: :eusa_doh:
So are you saying I should stop eating the soap chips Jessica :)
I drink literally a gallon or so of water a day. Just let your body have all of the salt it wants. My need for salty food went nuts on Spiro. Sodium Chloride, NOT, Potassium Chloride. :)
Title: Re: Foamy urine
Post by: paxi1334 on October 18, 2014, 12:22:49 PM
Post by: paxi1334 on October 18, 2014, 12:22:49 PM
Interesting.
I don't do spiro or anything like that. I'm post-op, so its just me and Estradiol.
When I take it orally, I don't get the foam but I feel very dehydrated, like for the first two hours after taking it (and yes, its been a continual even 5yrs post op), but for the first two hours, I feel like something from within is sucking the water out of me & I'm useless until I drink a lot of fluid and wait for that initial time to pass. In any case, on oral E, everyday I drink:
-1 liter of non caffeinated, non sugared plain soda seltzer, then I fill that up twice with tap water which comes to a total of 2 liters plain water and 3 liters overall fluid.
When I use the vivelle dot patch, I get modest amounts of foam in my pee, but do not get the dehydration feeling and so I drink only 1 liter of fluid a day, alternating 1 liter of soda seltzer and then the next with 1 liter of tap water.
Anytime I use the vaginal estrace cream, the very next time I pee, there are a lot of bubbles in the pee (little pop bubbles but NOT foam) the very next time, but not after that - and thats regardless of what I drink.
Additionally, I've been known to drink a cup of decaf black tea and/or a sprite zero here and there, but I don't include these in my overall totals. I drink absolutely NO alchohol, NO caffeine and NO sugar.
I wish I could combine the less dehydratey feeling from the patch with the no foam of the oral. Sigh.
I guess some forms of estrogen help the kidneys, others hurt it & I think testosterone also accelerates kidney loss. So what is safest for the poor kidneys?
I don't do spiro or anything like that. I'm post-op, so its just me and Estradiol.
When I take it orally, I don't get the foam but I feel very dehydrated, like for the first two hours after taking it (and yes, its been a continual even 5yrs post op), but for the first two hours, I feel like something from within is sucking the water out of me & I'm useless until I drink a lot of fluid and wait for that initial time to pass. In any case, on oral E, everyday I drink:
-1 liter of non caffeinated, non sugared plain soda seltzer, then I fill that up twice with tap water which comes to a total of 2 liters plain water and 3 liters overall fluid.
When I use the vivelle dot patch, I get modest amounts of foam in my pee, but do not get the dehydration feeling and so I drink only 1 liter of fluid a day, alternating 1 liter of soda seltzer and then the next with 1 liter of tap water.
Anytime I use the vaginal estrace cream, the very next time I pee, there are a lot of bubbles in the pee (little pop bubbles but NOT foam) the very next time, but not after that - and thats regardless of what I drink.
Additionally, I've been known to drink a cup of decaf black tea and/or a sprite zero here and there, but I don't include these in my overall totals. I drink absolutely NO alchohol, NO caffeine and NO sugar.
I wish I could combine the less dehydratey feeling from the patch with the no foam of the oral. Sigh.
I guess some forms of estrogen help the kidneys, others hurt it & I think testosterone also accelerates kidney loss. So what is safest for the poor kidneys?