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Stage 3 Kidney Disease and Diet: What can I eat?
Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Mar 17 9:38am | Replies (756)Comment receiving replies
@jolinda, thank you for the compassion and encouragement. I'm not on fluid restriction but find it difficult to get down more than 6 glasses of water a day (plus other fluids.) What I don't understand is how my GFR could have dropped 11 points in 3 months yet all my electrolytes are normal. If the glomeruli filtration rate is so low, why isn't there a buildup of potassium and phosphorus in my blood? My potassium level is normal. Even my sodium is normal! I will try to get in 8 glasses of water daily (thanks for the reminder, much appreciated) but don't know what else to do. I don't scare easily but I gotta tell you, when I saw my lab results I came pretty close to hitting the panic button. Thanks for your support!
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@kamama
Your strength, faith and hope in the face of adversity are remarkable. 🙂 I'm humbled by the fight in you...drink up!
With everything you've been through lately it's no wonder your labs are doing backflips.
When do you get retested?
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@kamama94 I know nothing about kidney problems but that must be scary for your numbers to take a dive. As long as you are not limited in how much fluid you can take in, I would work to increase that, that’s what they have me do to keep my creatinine in check. I find it helps if I put water in a pitcher, then I can more easily track how much I have drunk.
I hope your numbers right themselves somehow.
JK