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Husband in denial - refuses to stop salting everything
Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Aug 13, 2022 | Replies (18)Comment receiving replies
John, Ginger - thanks for your response. My husband's GFR is 13 as of yesterday. He has talked with Dr. and nutritionist yet yesterday I watched him salt a reuben sandwich at lunch. If I thought taking away the salt containers away would help, I would do it but I've been fighting with him for years over taking NSAIDs and when I hid the aspirin, he went out and bought another bottle. He says he's not worried because worrying isn't going to help but I said "no but changing lifestyle would"....he says he's cut down on salt but he's still using more than the average person. I was a salter myself and now try to do no added salt....I've switched to no salt butter and almond milk but those are the only changes that he's accepted .
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@ldrlaw Oh, dear! This might sound pretty harsh, but please read it in the light it is offered. You can only do what you can, make the resources/lifestyle changes available to switch to, and offer all-out support. Your husband ultimately decides what he will do, and when you have done all you can, keeping after him may not move him to change.
My husband was on dialysis for 5.5 years before his transplant, due to high blood pressure. It took a lot for him to see what he was doing to his own body, and he vowed to make changes. He did, even though I see some slipping back to old habits now.
We are always here for you to vent, and if I can think of more ways to help you get through to your husband, I'll certainly post! Do you or he know anyone who changed their eating habits around and became healthier, that he could talk with?
Ginger