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New drug for CKD?

Dr. Sanjay Gupta harking the benefits of Klotho protein on Facebook in helping with CKD....

Dr. Sanjay Gupta harking the benefits of Klotho protein on Facebook in helping ...

•58 minutes ago

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Dietary changes for stage 4

I am a caregiver for someone who likes MilK & Bran cereal & yogurt every day. Is that bad? I need advice on preparing his food. Also likes pasta and tomatoe...

I am a caregiver for someone who likes MilK & Bran cereal & yogurt every day. I...

•2 days ago

Happy moms day

To the moms (and all the people acting as mom)I hope you day and the year finds you as well as possible. I’m now using both needles in my graft and they...

To the moms (and all the people acting as mom)I hope you day and the year finds ...

•3 days ago

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Happy moms day

To the moms (and all the people acting as mom)I hope you day and the year finds you as well as possible. I’m now using both needles in my graft and they...

To the moms (and all the people acting as mom)I hope you day and the year finds ...

•3 days ago

Happy moms day

To the moms (and all the people acting as mom)I hope you day and the year finds you as well as possible. I’m now using both needles in my graft and they...

To the moms (and all the people acting as mom)I hope you day and the year finds ...

•3 days ago

Mental Health Counseling in a necessity

Since this is Mental Health Month….. makes me laugh, I thought I would utter my opinion on the lack of support for mental health through the process of Chronic...

Since this is Mental Health Month….. makes me laugh, I thought I would utter my ...

NKF Ambassador•3 days ago

In honor of Mother's Day, we highlight Ada DeBold: How One Mother’s Love Saved Thousands of Lives

It takes immense passion to crusade for social change but even then, it is no match for the zeal of mother on a mission to save her son. That’s exactly how Ada...

It takes immense passion to crusade for social change but even then, it is no ma...

Partner•5 days ago

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substitute for tums

In the case of indigestion or heartburn what you take for relief when you have stage 3 CKD. I was told not to take Tums, or antacids.

In the case of indigestion or heartburn what you take for relief when you have ...

•5 days ago

Introduction

Hello, I was just diagnosed with CKD (55-60 eGFR) and want to learn as much as I can to prevent my eGFR from going any lower. I am only 57 and want to live a...

Hello, I was just diagnosed with CKD (55-60 eGFR) and want to learn as much as I...

•5 days ago

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Learn more about 8 simple practices to manage kidney disease stress and mental health....

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Learn more about 8 simple practices to man...

Partner•6 days ago

Bionic Kidney

Has anyone heard of this project? https://pharm.ucsf.edu/kidney/device I would definitely sign up for this.

Has anyone heard of this project? https://pharm.ucsf.edu/kidney/device I would...

•9 days ago

kidney damage from holding wee?

Hi, My son aged 11 has always held onto his wee and will go at the last minute. Sometimes this leads to him leaking wee in his pants. He told me at the...

Hi, My son aged 11 has always held onto his wee and will go at the last minute...

•9 days ago

colonoscopy prep/polyethylene glycol

hello, I am scheduled to get a colonoscopy this week. I picked up the prep solution from the pharmacy and began to read about it on the internet. I’m afraid...

hello, I am scheduled to get a colonoscopy this week. I picked up the prep so...

•10 days ago

Kidney Pain

I have started to get Kidney Pain shortly after eating and drinking. Anybody experience this ? Many Thanks Dovaston

I have started to get Kidney Pain shortly after eating and drinking. Anybody exp...

•10 days ago

Nutrition for Hyponatremia with kidney failure and diabetes

Looking for more information on food for kidney stage 1 failure with hyponatremia (low salt so must restrict liquids) and diabetes. My 95 yo mom was recently...

Looking for more information on food for kidney stage 1 failure with hyponatremi...

•11 days ago

experience with antibiotics damaging kidneys?

I am 70yrs old woman gotten diagnosed last year with Stage 3 CKD. i had an infected tooth a few months ago and was given Amoxicillin 500mg 3 times a day for...

I am 70yrs old woman gotten diagnosed last year with Stage 3 CKD. i had an inf...

•12 days ago

B-12 1500

I have recently put in this feed about feeling so tired no matter what I do. Exercise eat well etc. I get a B-12 shot weekly. On my last lab report my B-12...

I have recently put in this feed about feeling so tired no matter what I do. Exe...

•12 days ago

Clueless what 3b meant

Approximately 3 years ago, my labs revealed I was 3b. My physician told me this, said I had kidney problems. It was not explained to me what this meant. I...

Approximately 3 years ago, my labs revealed I was 3b. My physician told me thi...

•12 days ago

How often do most people get their labs done?

Hi fellow kidney-warriors. I was diagnosed at the end of last year but have probably had kidney disease for a year or two more. My last eGFR was 46 back in...

Hi fellow kidney-warriors. I was diagnosed at the end of last year but have pro...

•12 days ago

Pain in right side

Have a tender painful area on my right side toward my upper back. At first I thought it must be a deep bruise, but it is not getting better. I don’t believe it...

Have a tender painful area on my right side toward my upper back. At first I tho...

•13 days ago

stage 3b

anyone know any ideas of how to lower this kidney disease I have taken blood pressure medication for over 10 years and as far as I am concerned my former...

anyone know any ideas of how to lower this kidney disease I have taken blood pre...

•14 days ago

Sjogren's Flare with CKD

Anyone have these diagnoses? I thought was managing ckd stage II okay, but with Sjogren's flare up recently, the HTN episodes have begun again. Was doing okay...

Anyone have these diagnoses? I thought was managing ckd stage II okay, but with ...

•14 days ago