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What are your kidney numbers?

Sometimes calling around 10am can get you a cancellation appointment.

Was that a letter you wrote to the doctor's office at Mayo?

If your numbers are end stage, can you go to a local hospital for hydration while waiting? I did that with my mother when her GFR was 17.

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Yes, letters, phone calls, and references from my primary doctor. I never saw a nephrologist. Nor was they referred to one. I came home from my third knee surgery and was relieved when I saw my primary doctor. He said David, I am sorry, but you have end-stage renal failure !!! Out of the Blue ..... So my trust is gone. The doctors here in California are a mess, I am sad to say. So, I am desperately trying to get to Mayo. That was Dec 7th. I called and talked to the Mayo Clinic three days later.
I am on a plant-based diet. I have a wound care nurse for my leg. I am not diabetic, not high blood pressure. I know, and they said it is a kidney failure to take significant rounds for antibiotics from the MRSA I got when I received the knee replacement. I have a good appetite, do not overuse some ayurvedic herbs, and have a dietician trying to hold on. !!! I am now in a wheelchair. 2 years ago, I was dancing. What a wild world. But ham alive, that's all that matters. Thank you so much about calling In morning I will do that Monday morning !!!!!