Thank you for advice

[Thanksnhs]

Hi a couple of days ago I was reading a thread about protein in urine and symptoms etc. I can't remember who posted it. After reading it I realised I actually had one of the symptoms, I didn't do anything about it over the weekend, doing my usual and hoping it would go away however when I woke up this morning after sleeping for 13 hours I felt awful I immediately phoned my GP, took down a sample and when they phoned back they confirmed that I have blood and protein in my urine, I do have kidney problems due to my meds. I got antibiotics straight away and it has been sent to the lab to check in case anything else is going on.I want to thank everyone on this site that posts excellent advice, I might have ignored the symptoms otherwise. Char

[080311]

Afternoon Char,

So pleased you have got checked out and treatment is underway, the antibiotics will soon knock it on its head!

Take good care of yourself.

Love Pauline x

[Thanksnhs in reply to 080311]

Thank you, I hope they kick in soon, I am so glad that I didn't waste anymore time to phone the doctor.How are you feeling at the moment, I hate it now the cold weather has set in, my house was freezing this morning definitely not good for the arthritis. Heating is so expensive I am trying to limit the time I put it on

[080311 in reply to Thanksnhs]

I am not too bad, plodding along 😂 you and me together regarding the weather! I wonder what sort of winter you and I are going to get. 12 months ago I bought an air fryer, haven’t used my oven since I bought it. My fuel bill as dropped by over £50.00 a month! Absolutely love it, it’s so quick wish I had had it when John was still here.

Keep yourself warm

Love Pauline x

[Thanksnhs in reply to 080311]

Hi I just hate the cold everything just seems to get worse, my partner's daughter gave us an air fryer as she was getting a bigger one, it took me a while to get used to it a few overcooked disasters but now I use it all the time the oven won't be on till Christmas so hopefully it will save me a lot of money. Char

[Turnipgirl in reply to Thanksnhs]

What we do here is only put the heating on when we really really need to!

[Thanksnhs in reply to Turnipgirl]

It's awful that we have to limit the time we put it on, my house was only 16 degrees when I woke up so it's on at the moment, anything under 20 and I feel I need it on for my health.I wish Scotland was not such a cold damp country. Char

[Turnipgirl in reply to Thanksnhs]

At present until new years eve I decided to join a challenge at my electricity supplier which is about cutting down energy usage between 4 and 7pm so what I decided to do was try and arrange to be out during those times which is a good move!

Yes it's infuriating isn't it having to limit the time you have the heating on!

[Thanksnhs in reply to Turnipgirl]

I'm with Scottish gas and on a Sunday we get half price gas and electricity. I have been saving up my washing till then 🤣char

[Turnipgirl in reply to Thanksnhs]

With ovo if you reduce your daily usage to 13.5% or under between 4 and 7pm Monday to Friday you get £15 off your next monthly bill which helps!

We only put our washer on when we have a full load and stay away from 4/7pm Monday to Friday!

Dinner we have pushed back until after 7pm on a weekday as well!

[KIMMY60 in reply to Thanksnhs]

Have had to put my heating on low its storage heaters so we put them on low to take the chill off and light the Woodburn to back it up, still cold with that though it's the low heart beat and low blood pressure I have to keep on the move to keep warm but get exhausted quickly so have to sit a fair bit

[Yumz199725]

So pleased you called gp and got it sorted, I think it was my post? I now realise it was antibiotics hasn't happened since, although have noticed that its dark yellow and bit cloudy? 🤔. Hope you feel better x

[Thanksnhs in reply to Yumz199725]

Hi yes I think it was your post, I am just glad I phoned the doc as soon as I woke up and thankfully my practice is very good at getting things checked right away. Just gutted it happened on my birthday no glass of wine to celebrate not that it's a special one. I am you are feeling a bit better yourself I hope it completely clears up soon. Char

[Noodlesalad]

HiI have stage 3 kidney disease and this all started 15 years ago after having a small amount of obvious blood in my urine which quickly progressed to macro haematuria which lasted 18 months. I had a brilliant nephrologist who was very concerned. I had a whole range of kidney and bladder tests, the only unpleasant one was the kidney biopsy. I didn't take any sick leave during this time and the tiredness that came with the haematuria was awful but I kept going.

I have blood tests once a year unless my heart meds change as they can affect my kidney function, an increase in Ramapril resulted in a downward turn in my kidney function but I stopped taking the evening dose after checking my blood pressure every evening for a couple of weeks.

When I moved to a different area my nephrologist was adamant that my blood tests should be done every 3 months but clearly new location new GP different approach.

I can only tell you my bleeding stopped all on its own after 18 months, but what I do to check myself if I'm not feeling great or very tired is buy some lab test strips online before I go to my GP.

Hope your improving still and feeling better. I do love this forum for all the support and advice it's a life saver.

[Thanksnhs in reply to Noodlesalad]

Thanks for your reply, it sounds like you have had a time of it. I used to get them a lot but after a hospital referral I took a low dose of antibiotics continually for six months, this was maybe about 18 months and this is the first time since. I just know I have chronic kidney disease caused by my meds but none of them can be changed. Hopefully the antibiotics will do their job in a couple days. Char

[Noodlesalad in reply to Thanksnhs]

Get well soon xx

[Thanksnhs]

Thank you

[Bingo88]

Hope everything was OK after your course of Antibiotics for your problem of Blood and protein in your water sample. I have chronic kidney disease and have problems with protein leakage. Have you asked what your Egfr is recently. A lot of people are not made aware of kidney function getting worse until it drops under a certain percentage. But I feel your better knowing as soon as possible to alter your eating habits to protect your function as much as possible. Take care. Brian

[Thanksnhs in reply to Bingo88]

Hi it took two courses of antibiotics to clear it, I have low kidney function because of my imunosuppresants for my heart, my GP checks it every three months. My eating habits are not great, I hate any kind of vegetables, I take a multi vit but I am sure it's nowhere near as good as getting them from source. Char