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Fluid-Balance Awareness Tracker

Log what you drink through the day with one tap per container. The tracker shows your running total and your week's pattern, and everything stays in this browser.

There is no target line here, on purpose. A fluid allowance is a clinical number your kidney team sets for you personally; this page only helps you see your own pattern.

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Check the label or the container marking.

Today so far

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Your week at a glance

Bars compare your own days to each other, not to any target.

The fluids people forget

  • Soup, rasson and gravies count fully as fluid.
  • Ice cubes, jelly and ice cream melt into fluid.
  • Watery fruit (melon, pineapple, oranges) carries fluid too.
  • Tea taken through the day adds up faster than it feels.

Salt drives thirst: many people find their fluid pattern follows their salt pattern.

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Sources

  1. Fluid overload in a dialysis patient National Kidney Foundation
  2. Dialysis: living with NHS

Last reviewed: 2026-07-16

Why fluid matters between sessions

When the kidneys stop removing water, everything you drink stays on board until the next dialysis session removes it. Large fluid gains between sessions stretch the heart and blood vessels and make the session itself harder: more fluid to remove in the same hours often means cramps and washed-out afternoons. That is why dialysis teams weigh you before and after every session, and why they talk about fluid so much.

The useful skill is not willpower, it is visibility. Most people who struggle with fluid are not drinking recklessly: the total simply hides across small cups, soups and melting ice. A log makes the invisible visible, which is the whole ambition of this tool. What your personal gain between sessions should be is a clinical decision that belongs to your team.