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I have a family history of kidney diseases losing my father, grandmother, and aunt or kidney disease an older sister had a kidney transplant years ago and now...

I am to have a crystoscopy through the urethra and worried about the probe being the width of a pencil as I cannot see how my penis can possibly accommodate...

does anyone know which is the best book by lee hull is it the stopping kidney disease basics.

I'm told my GFR is 51. Also told not to take any anti-steroidal. I don't understand why, out of all the docs I've gone to and all the blood tests I've had over...

can anything be done regarding muscle wasting with proteinuria and ckd I do exercises but it makes no difference,

Background: My mom will be 96 in two months. She has dementia. She has CHF. She has hypertension. The CHF causes edema so she is on lasik and her dr has been...

My GP keeps trying to push me to take statins there is nothing wrong with my Cholesterol is there a reasoning why they keep saying something about guidelines...

I am only 8st also with osteoporosis, I have been reading lee hull book basic so I need 56 grams of protein daily, how do I work that out when there is...

I have read a lot regarding low carbs been the way to go, but I can't do that I need the calories anyone else similar. and I need protein because I also have...

My GP has contacted me regarding taking a drug called Ezetimibe to lower cholesterol. My last blood tests were mid 2024 and my LDL cholesterol was at the top...

My nephrologist is recommending a kidney biopsy because of protein in my urine is increasing. I have stage 3b for about 8 years. I hesitate because I know...

if foamy urine in the toilet bowl is getting worse, does that mean my proteinuria is getting worse, my egfr is 96 my serum urea level is 3.9 but my serum...

With stage 3(b) kidney disease, I have elevated protein in the urine, as shown by Albumin : Creatine ratio result. (I presume that's whats shows the protein...

how can you reduce protein when there is some protein in everything with proteinuria. how do you count it all up.

Finally, after many, many months of suffering with an all-body itch, I have gotten rid of it. It was so bad that I would wake up bloody in places from...

I’ve been following this site for a while and wanted to tell you my story to try and give a little light to anyone panicking about egfr. In 2021 at 43 I had...

Hi everyone! I’ve been on this site for a few weeks now and have found it incredibly helpful—thank you all for your support! If it wasn't for this group, I...

Thanks for adding me to forum. I am 72 with diabetes and several other issues. Had blood work yesterday and was quite alarmed with the results. My creatinine...

Question for those of you with CKD who take medication for anxiety. I am currently stage 3b, grf of 30, and constantly fatigued with sore tendons/muscles. I...

I have been using alpro unsweetened soya milk and yogurt for a while now for proteinuria and osteoporosis, but been reading elsewhere that soya is not good...

Hello. Years of my efgr being in the 50s (I am 75 this month); last blood test a year ago raised it to 60, which is CKD2; this year, what a surprise: it's 67...

Anyone have stage 3b? Does it always progress to dialysis? Tks

I recently had an IV with drug Dobutamine. My GFR was at 51 and Creatinine was at 101. Bloodwork was taken the next day to check my A1C and I was shocked to...

Hello. I'v been on dialysis for 12 years, recently i experience a severe panic attack post dialysis. The attack was so bad it still lingers with me today. I...

how often are EFGR tests inaccurate?

Working to get back to 3A, 3B. recent lab eGFR 4.

can proteinuria cause irregular pulse beats I have been having them for a while now, I get like shuddering sensations and when I take my pulse it's sometimes...

why aren't gps or the renal team concerned about early stages of proteinuria because it's classed as worse than ckd,especially if you have also got...

Anyone experience an itch on a certain part of their body? I have had it for years and I can't seem to get any answers from doctor. It comes and goes and...

This is what I have. I'd rather not have it, of course. Luckily now don't have too many symptoms of anything at all. Started with a uti, which was not cured by...