@hatetocook
I don't eat or consume anything that could have a detremental affect on my kidneys or diabetes. I stay away from man made rubbish off the shelves and opt for fresh and home grown. No more sugar substitutes as they are worse for you than the sugar they replace. I tried to stick with my diet 99% of the time. A little transgression can be tolerated but straight back onto the diet.
One big problem I hear over and over again. Those new to all this are usually give a stern warning of doom and gloom. It is not and can be easy to move forward just doing the basics. Eventually you realise it is kidney disease not kidney death. Looking after your health and don't ignore the warning is the minimum you should do. I have found my kidneys are tolerant of a lot of things like transgressions with food and the odd medication that can knock the GFR.
The most effective thing I'm doing at present is no joke and actually deadly serious so don't follow my example for your own sake.
I have end stage digestive autonomic polyneuropathy which has paralysed the muscles in the digestive system so food cannot be processed efficiently taking around 48 hours to be partially processed. My glucose and BP are directly affected by the amount of food or fluid stacked in the stomach. Glucose regularly got to 28 mmol/l with BP hitting 225/114 in rapid spikes.
I'm now on a no food diet and just enough fluid to help the kidneys. The glucose has levelled out at 12 mmol/l and the BP is almost normal. But I'm now experiencing total metabolic collapse with steadily reducing weight. Four days ago I had a cardiorespiratory collapse and am having problems focusing the eyes with tinitus playing in sterio. Through all of this my vitals remain normal so can't get any help in ED as they won't look any further. If by some stroke of luck a doctor decides to give me a G-J opperation, that will save my life, but until then I face death before Xmas if not sooner.
The only way I have been able to survive for so long is not beng stupid with my health, heed the warnings and make changes managing your own health. You will be amazed what you can do when you have to.
Cheers