Hello to all! Not sure I'm in the right place but here goes. Last summer I had aspiration pneumonia. Released from hospital too early with no meds to take home. Pneumonia returned and I went septic. Eventually intubated and put on life support. Before this my kidneys were always fine. I'm 58 now. During this nightmare my gfr fell to 18. As I got better and healed, my gfr slowly came up to the 70s and stayed there for months. I'm not diabetic, and had high blood pressure before this pneumonia but now it's normal.
2 weeks ago I had to have blood work and my gfr was the usual 77.
I had to have more blood work a few days ago due to something unrelated and it was noted my gfr is now 56!!
It dropped 20 points in 2 weeks! I've not been I'll and my doctor doesnt seem worried. There are bubbles in my urine but not a lot.
What makes a gfr fall so far so fast? My gp said I was probably dehydrated but I'm always careful to drink my water. No re test for a month he said. I'm really worried but he has done nothing to ease my fears or talk with me about it because I personally think he just doesn't know.
If anyone has any info I'd love to hear some about now! Thank you!