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@fiesty76

@gladiator14, Thank you for sharing your experience and the heartening news of your kidney function improvements. It is sad but the more I hear from the others, I think your years (and mine) of decreasing kidney function with no caution or intervention from our docs are sadly more the norm than the exception.

Until my ckd stage 3 diagnosis, I'd never questioned a doc nor paid attention to lab results. So much of what I've learned and benefited from these past two yrs since my ckd diagnosis has been through my individual effort to learn and research a path to better kidney health. Like you, the steps I've taken have improved my kidney scores but I wish that more physicians would alert patients to changes that could be addressed much earlier.

Hope you'll let us know what you learn from your doc regarding the large cyst and stones and what you can do for treatment.

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@fiesty76 Your observation about failure/reluctance of Dr's to address declining kidney function is a sad statement of our times. I also experienced what you and many others did. I was first told at Stage 2, sliding in to Stage 3. Immediately I started research trying to figure the cause of the disease, and putting myself on a kidney-friendly diet. Dr's told me there was no need to do that, but I believe early intervention, to lessen the strain on them, kept my eGFR slowing it's decline. In 2015 we found the cause of the kidney issue, an ultra-rare disease [that was re-confirmed last Oct].

Because kidney disease can often be insidious, and can quietly sneak in to our lives, it behooves us all to watch our health. So glad this group openly shares techniques, and advocates to help each other!
Ginger