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Is this age-related decline in GFR or kidney disease?

Posted by mimi1234 @mimi1234, Dec 28, 2024

My gp says I do not have ckd. I am 73, no diabetes, no blood pressure issues. My gfr is 52 and my creatinine is 1.1. I am not overweight. He says it is due to age and we will retest in 3 monlths. I am really scared witless. His physicians assistant told me i have ckd.

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cheyne | @cheyne | 2 hours ago
In reply to @windyshores "I understand your decisions. That said, the body does adjust to whatever your usual blood sugars..." + (show)
@windyshores

I understand your decisions. That said, the body does adjust to whatever your usual blood sugars are, and so although you have no symptoms at 200, it is still damaging your body, including your digestive and nervous systems. Financial constraints are a real problem with type 1 and presumably type 2 like yours. I just wonder, despite what you say, whether the high blood sugars are causing or contributing to dysautonomia and GI problems that could improve with better control. But I understand the barriers. Even testing adequately causes a lot of money.

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Hi,
Yes I fully understand the consequences of what I'm doing, but as Dysautonomia is progressive it really doesn't matter at what speed the progression happens. It continues unabated regardless of what the experts have tried.
My insulin pens and test strips are fully funded and do the job just fine under normal circumstances, but I'm way past normal.
The Dysautonomia is slowing my digestion to the point where I struggle to get enough food and fluid in daily. It interferes with my bowels, bladder and causes problems with the throat. It is the nerves associated with these actions that are corrupted. That corruption is not treatable or curable. The nerves are the connection between the brain and the muscles which are normally instructed to do the work, yet don't do the work very well for me. I/we cannot replace the nerves therefore cannot correct the problem. No amount of intervention will change that. My other health issues come a distant second to this. My only options are; slow the progression or let nature take it's course.
Last resort, I have opted to let nature take it's course, unaided.
Thanks for the concern.
Cheers

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cosettina | @cosettina | 1 hour ago
In reply to @mimi1234 "Does anyone have experience with being told your gfr decline is age related? I have gfr..." + (show)
@mimi1234

Does anyone have experience with being told your gfr decline is age related? I have gfr of 52 at age 73. I am not diabetic and have never had blood pressure being high. I have no underlying illnesses.

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If your GP and his assistant tell you contradictory things, if I were you I would go to a different doc! You might simply be dehydrated when you had the blood / urine test but it is worth retesting. I have my eGFR tested every 3 months (I buy the test from Quest or LabCorp online).

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cheyne | @cheyne | 1 hour ago
In reply to @gingerw "@cheyne @windyshores While your discussions about diabetes and the related glucose numbers are interesting, I am..." + (show)
@gingerw

@cheyne @windyshores While your discussions about diabetes and the related glucose numbers are interesting, I am wondering if your comments would be better suited to a thread within the diabetes and endocrine support group? There, you might have more members be able to chime in with comments. They aren't really going to find your postings here in the kidney and bladder group, let alone this thread about eGFR.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/diabetes-and-endocrine-problems/
Ginger

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Hi,
Possible you may be correct, but as long as a question is asked of me here this is where it should be answered. Yes I know it goes off topic, I'm acutely aware of that, but it is out of my control and has snowballed.
Do I rudely ignore the questions, answer with a complete response or point out that questions here off topic are frowned on?
I await instruction.
Cheers

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