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Stage 4 - Soup?

Do any of you in Stage 4 eat Chicken Noodle Soup, etc.? I also have very low BP...
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Settling in on HHD, the good, bad and ugly….

It has been a while since I have posted about my journey with HHD. It has been f...
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eGFR 69, aged 40

hello everyone. I am so worried about my eGFr which is currently 69. It has bee...
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Normal GFR Decline?

Hello, I’m a 52 y/o female who was healthy until a year ago. Never smoked and I...
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Annual transplant program appointment

Yesterday was my annual transplant program check-in. Here are some highlights fo...

Albutrix

Hello, a friend of mine gave me a book by Lee Hull. In the book there was a me...
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alcohol and ckd

is drinking alcohol in any amount safe with ckd stage 3? does anyone here ever d...
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Yes, definitely

Losing weight using a healthy diet (no Rx) and exercise can definitely improve k...

PD abdomen HUGE

I started manual pd dialysis Tuesday and this is now Wednesday eve. Currently on...

Reassurance needed

I'm 65, living in the UK, hovering between ckd stage 3a/3bEgfr currently 49, low...
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Conservative treatment

Hi I’ve just been told that my dad who is 93 can’t have dialysis because of a ...
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Sudden Onset of CKD

My mother was taken to Er on January 29 with pneumonia. Age 87 and not one for d...
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Itchy skin

I have no protein in my urine but 5-10 RBcs in urine. My creatinine is 1.16 and ...
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The first transplant of pig's kidney to human recipient!!

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/health/pig-kidney-transplant-living-person/index....

New results confused

Hi all, I was chatting on here a few days ago worried about blood results and my...
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Contradicting Dietary Advice

I have a dilemma, I have heart failure and am at increased risk of cardiac arre...

CT/contrast-low GFR-blood test time?

CT with contrast is the problem. I need one. If your GFR is lower than 45 you n...
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EGGS, I think I’m shopping for an answer

I think I’m just shopping for a yes, but need to know. Went plant based in 1/1/2...
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Painkiller for after Dental Procedure

So next week I’m going to my dental surgery to get three tooth implants. The fi...
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Urine Protein

Whenever i test my urine through dipstick in morning or in evening shows negativ...
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Hi all. Just knew I have ckd stage 3.

I just got diagnosed with stage 3 ckd. gfr is 57. creatinine is 1.6. I'm 37, ...
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Results in

Hi again, I know have results that I can share from recent blood test. Any advic...
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Confused with Albumin Creatinine Ratio

I just got my UACR Report back . Ratio was 22 mg/g ( report says below 30 is nor...
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Two Years Post -Transplant

Hi Everybody, Two years ago today, a selfless person anonymously donated a healt...
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Question

Do I have CKD if there is no albumin in the urine but my eGFR is 28?
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question

i am currently in the hospital until probably tuesday due to fluid around the h...
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Skin sensitivity

Hi thereMy GFR has fallen to about 14 now , this happened over the last 6 months...
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gfr 6

with a gfr of 6 what is the life expectancy if you don’t want dialysis
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Creatinine

I have one very interesting question and I will appreciate if you someone can c...
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Spironolactone for reduction of protein

Type 1 Diabetes for 58 years. Current EGFR of 24, serum creatinine 2.16. Recen...
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