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@redmax777 This is just my own personal opinion, as a "kidney disease warrior" for 20+ years. Kidney disease is not something that has a big focus during medical training. And the general practitioner does not get an understanding of just how critical kidney health is to the body as a whole. The impact of declining function is not addressed until critical values become critical. I believe if things were considered long before that point, there would be better outcomes, and less impact on a person's health.
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Hi Ginger; Thank you for your remarks...so true...My GFR was at 33 and I got it up to 46.I put myself on the best Kidney diet I could & cross referenced it with a diabetic diet even tho' I was told by the Kidney Doc diet wasn't really necessary as it was a broad spectrum diagnosis...and I refused to take Metformin suggested by my GP(contra indicated for people over 70 or with CKD....This was 5 yrs ago.....so far so good...I am now 85 hoping to stay healthy and continue painting; but am angry at the cavalier attitude of some docs. Wondering if going to see a Geriatrician would help...or how one would even do that? thanks for listening