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Hello I hope this finds you well, all this information is scary. However there is a plus side to this.. you are now well educated on kidney failure. This is not meant for medical diagnosis but if your gfr is 56 like you say you are , you are really well off compared to the ones in stage 4 or 5. Personally I don’t think you have anything to worry about..that being said live for today live in the right now you can do your body real harm worrying about all the what if...

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I believe you meant to send a member a private message. To do that select Chat. Thanks for the encouragement.

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