Stage 3 Kidney Disease and Diet: What can I eat?

Hello "nosurgery", I too have to walk the "tight rope" of dieting: stage 3b CKD, diverticulosis and a triple bypass. I'm online constantly researching and finding out what I can do to improve my conditions. As soon as I try something for one thing I find it's not good for the other. I've had to deal with diverticulitis several times, once was with a 5cm abscess. So all that being said this a good group to be plugged into. I know I'll get good info I can trust here.

@rans and @nosurgery, can relate to one thing being good for one problem but not for another. Am diabetic with what was stage 3 CKD but have the impression from my docs that my recent GFR drop putting me in stage four is at least partly due to my taking insulin and other necessary meds For instance, my B/P med is necessary and in one way protects the kidneys while in other ways can do some harm. We seem to be between a rock and a hard place. I'm hoping that my recent virus contributed to the drop and GFR will improve again over time like it did before during winter of last year. But if not, @rans is right on, this is a great place to come for info and support.

Some good news for a change - saw neph today and she said she thinks the GFR drop is temporary. Also might be related to increased furosemide so decreased it back to where it was. No dialysis any time soon. I'm relieved. She also will edit the cookbook I'm writing and said she would provide copies to her patients so I guess she has some faith in my research. I wish there was a way I could post a copy of the rough draft for everyone here. I have it in document format as well as pdf and xps formats. If anyone knows a way I can get copies to any of you, let me know. It's free.

@kamama94. What good news! Now, hope there's a good way to forward your draft!

@trishanna Thank you. I hope the community here will allow me to post it somehow so everyone can benefit. If not, since we're not allowed to give out email addresses the only other way I can think of is to set up a page and post a link and I can't do that with a rough draft that still needs to be vetted and edited. What a shame nobody here can see it unless I post it a little at a time.

@kamama94, you can upload your cookbook as a PDF attachment to a post. Here's how:
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Kamama, It is generous of you to share the draft cookbook with the community and get feedback!

I would like to share a rough draft of a cookbook I've been working on. Please, please, please feel free to offer corrections and suggestions and by all means try some of the recipes and let me know what you liked or didn't like and what turned out/what didn't..

Please note,I'm waiting for permission to name some brands or companies in the cookbook and these are highlighted in yellow,

This thread has been informative for me. I was diagnosed with Stage 4 CKD one year ago, due to severe oxylate damage. I immediately dropped the high oxylate diet I was unknowingly on and the oxylate level is now normal. Unfortunately l, the damage had been done. My GFR has hovered around 22 for the past year and Creatinine around 3.00. Two weeks ago I completelt cut out dairy. This week, my labs showed the highest GFR at 27 since being diagnosed and Creatinine the lowest at 2.47. So, continuing that route in the hope I can get my GFR to 30. Any thoughts or advice would be most welcome.

@randyr There's some evidence to suggest that rinsing then pre-soaking raw or even low-sodium or canned food a couple of hours then boiling and draining and rinsing again before finishing the cooking might help remove some of the oxalates. See pdf file in my earlier post.