You are an inspiration to me Pie man. I was having a tricky morning. Reading your posts always give me the kick in the bum I need to get up and quit the pity party.

It must be so hard to balance everything around dialysis, the sodium / potassium exchange alone would have me obsessed around intake. You.
As for gabapentin, I'm glad you found something that helps. I recently tried anticonvulsants (again) for nerve pain, I became more sedated each day, until I couldn't function. Which was a shame, it was definitely effective on pain. Coffee!... I can have multiple a day (sometimes before bed for headache).