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Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) | Last Active: 39 minutes ago | Replies (16)
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@eelatt01 Welcome, Ed!
If you haven't already, please take a look at the discussion threads that talk about kidney diets. That is a very powerful thing we have in our arsenal to help us. The big things are watching our sodium, sugar, calcium, phosphorous, potassium intakes. No NSAIDs like aspirin or alleve. Tylenol okay. Modify your red meat intake. Moderate exercise and good sleep.
Often we can point to a few things that might have contributed to declining kidney function. The top culprits are diabetes and high blood pressure. Others include medication side effects, genetics, or lifestyle. Has your medical team been able to talk to you about the cause of the decline?
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@gingerw No one has talked to me about cause of my Kidney problem. I use to have high blood pressure but that seems to be better now. It's low more often than high. I just found out I was a 3 several months ago. ,and went to a 4 several weeks ago. I don't know how long it is between 4 and 5 . I don't know that much about Kidney disease. I'm still learning, I would rather get a transplant than to go on dialysis. Although I'm 90 so I'll have a good tug of war with my Nephrologist about getting a transplant at my age. . . I do a lot of praying; for a lot of things . Did I spell that right ? I would like to be able to join a discussion group. Either chronic Kidney Disease or Transplant group, to learn more. Thanks for listening . Ed