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When to be concerned about eGFR?
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) | Last Active: Dec 20, 2025 | Replies (29)Comment receiving replies
@kayabbott Decreasing your daily protein intake can contribute to fatigue. Perhaps you could experiment and see what happens if you add in some quality protein each day, for several days. Although the consensus is to decrease our protein, we still need enough to function! As we all seem to find out, diet plays an extraordinarily important role in our kidney disease health. What that means to each of us may involve some experimentation.
Are you willing to try that experiment?
Ginger
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@gingerw I get more than enough protein, so that is not a contributor. Good point tho. My diet is more a mix of complex carbs, fiber, protein, fats, and less simple carbs (being a scientist I overthink things). I was an athlete before norovirus and kidney damage, so notice the significant difference between before and after. Low blood sugar due to Jardiance could contribute to fatigue, but I haven't seen a difference with snacking between meals (no diabetes, blood sugar has always been stable). I still exercise every day, but far less than before. The fatigue was there before my dietary modifications due to stage 3b CKD. My fatigue has been here since getting norovirus 2 years ago. Some could be residual effects of the covid and LC that year, but it doesn't feel like PEM.