Stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD): What specialists do I see?

Thank you for the links. I have been trying to collect recipes in a loose leaf binder to make things easier for myself and my wife who is on this mission with me. The site that I found the page would not let me place a link on the response. But if you put tastyhealthyheartrecipes with a dot com after it you should find it. Thank you again.

@gladiator 14, I tried the tastyhealthyheartrecipes.com and it took me to an unrelated page. If you're new to the group, you can't post links at first but will be able to do so soon. As for what I sent you, they are not links, they are full documents you can download to your device and print at will. Be sure to read labels in case the information on labels at the time I wrote the document might possibly have changed.

Thank you my wife and I have already been perusing them. I don't know why the tastyhearthealthyrecipes,com site wouldn't open. I copied it as you wrote it and it opened right up for me. Try putting the https:// in front. Some may need to be careful if thy are on a phosphorus and potassium restriction. I have been told I am not and in fact I am on a potassium citrate prescription. Hope it may help some.

@trishanna, As a high risk individual, I have found a way to shop for groceries that is working well for me. I schedule my grocery pick-up for 8am (earliest one) and that order is for my heavy, stable products. I go early for my pickup when the store opens at 7am and pick out my veggies, fruits, meats etc. The store is almost empty, it is easy in/easy out before I drive around the building to get my pick-up order.

Thank you my wife and I have already been perusing them. I don't know why the tastyhearthealthyrecipes,com site wouldn't open. I copied it as you wrote it and it opened right up for me. Try putting the https:// in front. Some may need to be careful if thy are on a phosphorus and potassium restriction. I have been told I am not and in fact I am on a potassium citrate prescription. Hope it may help some.

@gladiator14, I noticed that you wished to post a URL to a web resource with your post. You will be able to add URLs to your posts in a few days. There is a brief period where new members can't post links. We do this to deter spammers and keep the community safe. Clearly the link you wanted to post is not spam, so allow me to add it here:

- Tasty Heart Recipes https://tastyhealthyheartrecipes.com/

Have you got any favorite recipes from this website?

I am very new to this whole situation and have just been collecting different recipes. Haven't made any of them yet but I like how it is written and organized. At this point just doing a lot of label reading and modifying what I am eating to stay within 1500mg of sodium and 65g of protein. So far doing ok. Can't wait until my next labs as i've lost weight and am being careful with the diet so I am hopeful to at least stabilize my GFR and creatinine.

@rozalia, would you tell us a little about your medical issue? I'm a stage-3 CKD myself under careful watch by my primary care physician AND my nephrologist, as well as my urologist. What caused you to consider asking for a kidney specialist (nephrologist)? Was it a low filtering percentage as calculated from your lab test? Was it high blood pressure for which nephrologists are a good referral? Were you experiencing palpable symptoms from CKD? Might the expense of a referral have been a factor in your primary's advice?