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Understanding GFR and kidney disease: What's normal?

Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Jun 27, 2023 | Replies (44)
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@colleenyoung

@bugsowen, as you likely know, Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) tells how much kidney function you have. It may be estimated from your blood level of creatinine. Living with kidney disease means patients become professional GFR readers. I'd like to bring @kamama94 @gingerw @trishanna and @fiesty76 and @jolinda into this discussion to talk about GFR and interpreting lab results with you.

Bugs, How are you doing with adapting your diet?

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bugsowen | @bugsowen | Sep 23, 2020

Ver difficult to go from rare ribeye steak gal to basically vegan overnight. But I guess by current GFR I did something right

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sarah82 | @sarah82 | Nov 10, 2022

I agree we become GFR readers because those numbers are easily understood. My last post was on acceptance and being positive. Now, I am asking for your input. (1) Are strokes more common for dialysis patients than for transplant patients? (2) If the GFR falls below 15, say to 10, does that change the direction of care from dialysis to transplant? My husband is the patient, and I am the not-so-patient (LOL). He has always taken a "pills in a bottle" approach, while I am a holistic-approach person. His nephrologist scheduled him for pre-dialysis port/line appointments, but now has contacted Mayo-PHX for a transplant evaluation. Both options are open. (3) Would the lower GFR prompt the second approach?
It is difficult for me to watch this scenario play-out, especially since my doctors are evaluating me for chronic liver disease of unknown origin. Acceptance and positivity!
Sarah.

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