Hi,
Stupid Dr's attempt to get me to take medication for other issues. I have always declined medication I can do without. It took me awhile to figure it out and get it out of my brain. Now when I see her I remind her I'm still in the land of the living with glee. She told me/us some pretty stupid things over the few short years with her, she is no longer my/our Dr for some obvious reasons. The last straw was telling my wife her foot pain was arthritis when it was discovered with self funded X-rays she had 3 broken bones in that foot!
My CKD journey started with zero kidney function from AKD. Kidneys were down for 18 hours at the end of 2 weeks of severe Campylobacta, before I realised I needed help. During this event they decided I had T2 diabetes, really high BP and high cholesterol levels. I often wonder if I should have not allowed them to do what they could, but let me die.
The Champylobacta caused AKD now CKD and Dysautonomia, combined with T2 diabetes and unchecked high glucoes levels it is more likely to kill me first than kidneys.
So far it has taken over my bowels, bladder, digestion and is interfering with my blood pressure, brain fade, eyesight, cognetive skills and stability issues. With no cure and no known help I'm in the world of, suck it and see. Frankly I'm tired of being a lab rat. It has the ability to stop my heart without warning, instantly, that kind of focuses the mind to the here and now.
My mother-in-law at 95 has a GFR 18 and is still managing without help, intervention or dietry constrant. I have decided no dialysis for me, if she can survive it, so can I.
Each morning I wake I deal with what is ahead, the day I don't wake, I won't be caring.
Cheers