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What to eat. Diabetic & 7 heart stents.
Just diagnosed with stage 3 CKD. Diabetic for 32 years. Have 7 heart stents. I get very little exercise but have a sitting eliptical. I...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Dec 12, 2023
IGA Kidney disease new drug Tarpeyo
I have stage 3 IGA kidney disease and will start taking a new drug that is supposed to drive it into remission: Tarpeyo. It is...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Nov 1, 2022
triple urine volume overnight
I have stage 3 CKD and a bladder that doesn't stretch. No overactive bladder events while awake, but overnight I'm up almost every hour due...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Apr 13, 2023
Help with meal planning with Chronic Kidney Disease
Hello everyone! I am so glad to have found this group. I was recently diagnosed with CKD stage 3. My doctor asked me to eat...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Aug 22, 2022
Why take NOT take notice when eGFR is under 90 rather than 60?
From my reading, it appears that "normal" eGFR is 90 or even above.Meanwhile the reference range for blood testing is 60 or above...and then you...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Mar 30 2:05pm
Understanding GFR and kidney disease: What's normal?
Just officially diagnosed ckd stage 3 June this year but doc has been monitoring. December 2018 GFR 56. June 2020 GFR 48. Was not given...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Jun 27, 2023
CKD Stage and dialysis
I thought that your stage was based on your GFR. Mine is 29 so I thought I was in stage 4. When we saw our...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Jul 11, 2024
Newly diagnosed with CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) and terrified
Hello. I'm looking for some comfort because what I read on the internet about kidney disease is very bad. I had blood in the urine...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Apr 17 3:05pm
14cm cyst on renal pelvis
I’ve been feeling badly, and was looking at blood test and whatever I had to try and understand things. I tripped over a comment included...
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Last active: Sep 26, 2022
Anyone else going or gone through this
I'm 50 have stage 4 kidney disease. I swear nobody explains what im going through my body is swelling like 3x size my muscles get...
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Last active: 4 days ago
GFR estimates: How can I improve them?
I was just diagnosed with stage 3B kidney disease about two weeks ago. My GFR number is 28. Everything I’ve read has my numbers in...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Jun 22, 2021
Is kidney disease becoming an epidemic
It appears that lately I have met quite a few people recently diagnosed with kidney disease. Many at stage 3a and above when diagnosed. Many...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Feb 19, 2023
Common signs of ckd
What common signs should I be looking for at stage 3B kidney disease? So far the only sign that I have it is that my...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Nov 28, 2017
Third Booster and CKD
I am at Stage 3b with a GFR of 37, and unsure whether getting the third Covid booster is necessary. I don’t really consider myself...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Oct 10, 2022
CKD Stage 2, No known cause
I have been recently diagnosed with CKD Stage 2. My last serum creatinine test was 1.12 which is aGFR 60, and 5 days before that...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Jul 8, 2024
Dizziness with ckd
I was diagnosed with stage 3B kidney disease a few months back. I am now suffering from dizziness. It’s slmost everyday. My doctor told me...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Apr 19 5:26am
What are things I can do to live well with 3b kidney disease?
I have recently been diagnosed with stage 3b CKD Since February I changed my diet lost 23 lbs and discontinued several meds I meet with...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Jun 4, 2022
Want to hear from others who have Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
My husband who is 75 is in stage 4 kidney disease according to his gfr. His last Gfr was 27. That sounds terrible to me,...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Jun 1, 2024
Help with constipation and CKD: Anything I can safely take?
Hi all, I am Stage 3a CKD (newly diagnosed) and the dietary changes I have had to make are exacerbating my chronic constipation, I don't...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Jan 12, 2022
Finally In Remission: Is it possible for my kidney disease to improve?
At my last nephrologist appointment 3/9/22 I was informed that I had been in remission since April of 2021. I was told this only after...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: May 20, 2022