My 88 year old husband has CKD (Stage 3 a&b - it jumped around between b&a). He takes Tylenol (generic) which gives some relief for the back pain and wears a backbrace part of the time. One of the weirdest thing is when he showers his BP drops really low (86/34 pulse 60). He made it to the bed and is sleeping now. He does get extremely exhaused if he walks anywhere - like to the bathroom and back, which he does a lot as he has an enlarged prostate (is on generic Flomax morning & night and Avodart night). Plus he is on meds for BP, thyroid, gout, cholestrol, sleep problems and stress. He hasn't had a blood test since last November so I'm not sure if he is still in stage 3 or not. He also has a heart that tends to skip beats every so often but nothing that the doctors have been concerned about. He only wants to eat sweets. He doesn't want any treatments so just trying our best to keep him comfortable. His back seems to give him the most pain and the Tylenol only helps a little. I rub cream on it for him, which helps as a very temporary fix. He has a walker, which he won't use. He also walks and sits hunched over. Which hurts his chest muscles. He has a problem with valve in right leg, which seems to be better lately - maybe because he always has his feet raised in recliner. Sometimes has trouble swallowing - especially larger pills that can't be broken down. Some mental confusion. He spends most of his day sitting in his recliner fighting with his computer.