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What are things I can do to live well with 3b kidney disease?
Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Jun 4, 2022 | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
Hello, my name is Nancy and I will be 75 in September. I have CKD3 and have had it going on 4 years. I was low in 2019 but my GP did not address it with me. I saw it on my patient summary.
I have looked into it on DaVita and this wonderful sight but only for the past year. I have cut way back on salt, watch for potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, protein, etc. My last GFR reading was 49 (up 5 points). I don't like not knowing where my numbers are now but I have to wait until August (6 months). Re your diet, I do not drink any soft drinks (phosphorous), very little milk usually only in oatmeal or an omelet, the sweets are difficult but I do try to be careful, I eat very little red meat, maybe a hamburger twice a week, I eat flounder for my fish. Salmon is quite expensive even though I love it. I do sometimes have Ritz with coffee but I am careful about the salt. Do you or anyone else know the maximum mgs daily for salt?? I'm sure I knew before but I forgot. I think I am way below this amount but I would like to know. I hope this was helpful to you. Good luck, Nancy
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Hi, Nancy, thanks very much for your reply and information. It is very helpful. I believe my nephrologist said I should keep salt intake below 2000 mg a day. I use very little if any actual salt, but of course it is so many things we eat. So I try to stick to unsalted things, like taco chips with no salt, etc. Regarding GFR, I know my nephrologist said this was an estimate I think she feels as long as my GFR and creatinine is staying within a certain range, I am okay. So my recent creatinine numbers, went from 1.75 about 6 months ago, to 1.66 about 3 months ago, and then back up to 1.75 just a few weeks ago. So she thinks 1.75 is probably my number right now. Regarding diet, I eat more red meat than you, but way less then I used to, and keep it down to small portions--the nephrologist said to limit my red meat portions to the size of the palm of my hand. Good luck to you also!