Hi,
I have stage 3 kidney disease and I used to cringe before every visit to my kidney specialist. Dr Soni used to give me such news as your kidney functions are low and you need to drink water a lot and eat veggies veggies veggies and dont have more protein than 3 or 4 ounces at any time. Pottassium and phosphorus are no nos and he gave me a list of fruits and meats not to eat. I went to see a nutritionist for this and she gave me further instructions on what not to eat and what I can eat safely so as not to make my kidney disease any worse than it is. I am deathly afraid of dialysis I just do not want to get to that point and Im at stage 3. You being stage 4 are too close for comfort to the dialysis threat for me so I would see a nutritionist right away and definitely do what dr Soni says and only eat good things for your kidneys like water and certain veggies and berries etc.. and not hardly any protein from animals . please take this advice to heart as I dont want to see anyone have to do dialysis it wrecks everything .

Wow hats off for braving GFR level of 8, btw: anytime GFR is 10 & below "AKF" can occur and one may not survive. (AKF = acute kidney failure) .. I am glad all worked out. Best Wishes

I’m at 26 and stable for now. But I’m very frustrated with my doctors. They’re making it sound like it’s nothing serious. I guess they have so many hundreds of patients with stage four I’m not much of a concern. Not until I’m below 15. But they’re not giving me much advise. Except to watch sodium, potassium, protein, you know the drill.