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[Haze553]

hi I’m 62years of age I have kidney disease.Stage four severe having one kidney. Can someone explain what this really means.

[Bassetmommer NKF Ambassador]

Sure it means that with the one kidney, the filtration rate is between 15 and 29 percent of 100 normal GFR. Age is part of the factor also, as kidney function declines with age. The thing to look at is the last years lab results to see if there is a decline and how rapid. There are many things you can do but the best start is with diet.

[Benjamin124]

Stage 4 kidney disease means your kidneys are severely damaged and their function is significantly reduced. With only one kidney, it's crucial to manage it carefully and follow your doctor’s advice.

[ShyeLoverDoctor]

kidney.org is incredibly informative. They even have a hotline to answer questions, you will find it at the bottom of the page.

[FelineFandom146]

Hello: easy. As others said here, it means you kidney is not functioning correctly. Simply put, each kidney begins with 1 million functioning Nephrons. Your one kidney is functioning at whatever the eGFR is. Say it is 20% that means your one kidney is functioning at 20% or 200,00 of your Nephrons are still working properly. I'm not a physician but I've been involved in the medical community over forty years advocating for others. I have one sole kidney working, too. My other kidney is a non-functioning cystic Kidney due to PKD. There are lots of useful sites online and lots of good books that you can read. Check them out and learn more: 1) LEARN the FACTS ABOUT KIDNEY DISEASE: A Self-Help Guide to Better Kidney Health With Proven Therapies A Self-Help Guide to Better Kidney Health With Proven Therapies by Steven Rosansky, M.D, a Nephrologist; and 2)Stopping Kidney Disease: A science based treatment plan tby Lee Hull, a CKD patient himself. Wishing you well.

[FelineFandom146]

Thanks for your input. Yes, Hull is a lay person, as am I, but fact is sometimes lay persons have a lot to say and know more than physicians do. I know, especially if they're also patients, as both Hull and I are. I am also a Professional Researcher and writer with over 3000 published articles in health, medicine and more, and have been involved in the medical community for over forty years. And no, I don't know nor am I in any way affiliated with Lee Hull. Contrary to what some believe, physicians and patients alike, physicians don't know everything. In fact, ask a great physician and they'll admit they know only one percent out of 100. That isn't much. No one knows everything but if we know something we should share it. By the way, Hull is selling Ketoanalogues, which are not only beneficial but necessary to those on a VLPD to benefit CKD. He isn't selling "cures". These analogues are not snake oil. Ketoanalogues are real - amino acids aka protein building blocks that the body needs, but traditionally are full of Nitrogen, which are harmful to our kidneys. Keto one's aren't. This medical food is not inexpensive to make and until several years ago, were not available in this country even though in Europe it has proven beneficial. Like it or not, America is behind in all things just not healthcare such as diet and nutrition being a third option available to those trying to avoid dialysis and/or a transplant. Fact is two other companies also sell Ketoanalogues, one for the same price as Hull, Kestorena, which is owned by Nephrologists. The third company, Ketosteriel created by Fresinus, one of the two major dialysis companies out there out of India and selling these KA at twice the price of the former two. For anyone out there wanting to know more about Ketoanalogues, you may want to read about the original studies first began by another Nephrologist, Coping with Kidney Disease: a 12 Step Treatment to Avoid Dialysis by Walser Mackenzie. Sharing what I know and learned and wishing you well......

[userotc]

Im sorry if you were unable to access the blog to which I alerted you via a previous post, as information was deleted by an administrator who deemed it inappropriate.

It presents details on ckd with a single kidney which is my mum's situation. The sole purpose of me posting that blog was so that you might benefit from extensive related experience and underpinning scientific research as you are also in that situation. The alternative would have been to try to cut/paste it - but it is ~8000 words long so that's not practical on here. Maybe an administrator can advise how you can access it otherwise, if you so wish?

Re the more inappropriate comments from barbara55109 which sadly remain on your thread, please note one key correction to her comments in ignorance is that the blog is "Written By Dr Danny Connaughton", as clearly shown at the head of the blog. Whilst not a medical doctor, he holds a PhD with >40 years' scientific research experience, which is more relevant in terms of the blog's underpinning researched evidence.