I had a serious urine retention crisis late last summer, which has been resolved but left me with stage 3b chronic kidney disease. There was mention while I was in the hospital regarding the urine retention issue about having a nephrologist see me while in the hospital, but that never happened and after that problem was resolved I heard no more about it. On my own I contacted a nephrologist in my system and am now being followed by her on a regular basis. Her staff contacts me once a week to see how I am doing, and she has me taking blood pressure measurements 5 times a week as they work with meds to lower my bp. I am now stable at a good bp. They also consult about diet and other matters, all to make sure I get better if possible but no worse for as long as possible. The nephrologist certainly thinks I need to be seeing her on an on-going basis for these reasons, and I sure feel safer knowing someone is monitoring my chronic kidney disease.