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Kidney stones and drinking 80 to 100 ounces daily.
Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Feb 21, 2023 | Replies (30)Comment receiving replies
Yes I create calcium oxide stones: I'll get a few every so many years. So far I've either passed them normally with a little Flowmax help or go through lithotripsy. To make a long story short...I learned that I had CKD by reviewing my medical records one day. No Dr ever told me & I had been this way for years. So I went to a larger medical system in a larger community 2 hrs away to start being under the care of a Nephrologist. Not what I expected!! I came away with a mindset that what I had been told to eat for decades was what the problem for my particular body. He told me to remain on my same exercise & activity level but alter a few eating habits such as 1) stop sugar & certain chemical sweeteners: I only use Monk Fruit or pure Stevia now. 2) no more wheat ..period! But I'm ok with making my own biscuits or sheet cakes if I want with gluten & sugar free flours. I don't eat that much of those things anyway. 3) lower potassium is much better for me...stop bananas & flax seed for example. Keep my water baseline I take of four, 32 oz cups of water daily. Don't drink within 2 hrs of bedtime. I eat all the natural protein & colored vege's that I want & once in awhile I do eat corn tortillas or gluten free wraps. Lost 30 lbs in 4 months & more labs are the best in my life. Kidney filtration rate improved significantly. Well, that's just me...may not be advisable for most. Best wishes
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Wonderful news. So relieved to hear you switched doctors. Maybe over time your CKD will reverse. Your diet is very similar to what i am on. I am at the beginning of possible kidney stones. Crystals in the urine, small renal cysts on one kidney, recurrent UTI's.
Now i am a vegetarian.
No alcohol, no wheat, lots of oatmeal, basmati rice, beans, and vegetables. Oat milk, no dairy, only nonfat greek yogurt. Praying bladdet pain subsides. Have appointment with urogynecologist then a nephrologist.
Good luck to you.
Take care.
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I was told I had CKD when I had my first Calcium Oxide stone 6 years ago. I was given a diet and I recall Spinach was on top of the list of no no's. I had the same reaction as you. A good part of the list was typically everything that was supposed to be good for you and it was easy to follow. I was never a big water drinker but started consuming more and went at least a couple of years squeezing fresh lemon juice into each glass. I fell off the diet train after a couple of years but I still do not eat spinach, sweet potatoes and a few others but here we are again 6 years later with 2-more stones, one very large that required lithotripsy. I will dig up the diet again and give it another go. After a rough start, I'm finally clear. My kidney is still inflamed but other than that everything else is ok. Acetomenaphin every day until the inflammation disappears.