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Age 82 and eGFR of 9 - options?

Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Jun 12 7:18pm | Replies (32)
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@maggieinfp

My GFR was 8 when I was told to go to ER. Being admitted to hospital seems to be the fastest way to get a nephrologist but i agree that getting appointments is hard.
Hope your mom can get some help. Could be the placing of a fistula they concerned about rather than the dialysis. I think it’s pretty serious surgery.

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ckdcaregiver | @ckdcaregiver | Jun 10 8:54pm

She wouldn’t be able to have a line in her arm since she had IV infiltration a couple of years in one arm causing her other arm to be over used for blood draws. She would need a line elsewhere for center dialysis or home dialysis.
She actually was hospitalized for high potassium in April and got discharged after stabilizing her potassium without ever seeing a nephrologist at the hospital. ☹️

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