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Plant based “meat”
I’m ckd stage 3a - I’ve been on a plant based diet and it’s helped the protein in my urine numbers and it’s been suggested...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Mar 16 5:22pm
Colonoscopy after months of diarrhea?
I have stage IV RCC and take daily cabo and nivo IV every 4 weeks. I have had constant diarrhea for 3 or so months....
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Nov 12, 2023
Intermittent Fasting with Chronic Kidney Disease
I'm new to this group. I am 74 years old and was diagnosed with End Stage Renal Disease 8 years ago. I have managed to...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Jun 29, 2023
Anyone with CKD & type 2 diabetes taking Farxiga (dapagliflozin)?
My endocrinologist suggested I take Farxiga to help with Type 2 diabetic issues and protect Stage 3B from becoming more serious. She is a great...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Aug 18, 2024
GFR dropp 19 points 63 to 44 in less than a year
I was diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma last year and had radiation treatment in December and it went well. My cancer is stage 1 and...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Feb 4, 2023
Different Questions re CKD: Hair thinning, anemia and snacks
Hello, I am wondering if any one with CKD-3 (or other stage) have noticed any hair thinning?? For the last year my hair has thinned...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Jun 11, 2022
High creatinine to low back to high
I was diagnosed with high Creatinine levels about 10 yrs ago. it started at 1.4 and bounced from 1.4 to 1.9 to even 2.3 at...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Jun 7, 2021
Has anyone tried the oral UTI vaccine?
Hi everyone I have a complex history of recurrent UTIs from a teenager (now 63 yrs). Partly due to some congenital anatomical defects in one...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Jun 12 11:41pm
Doctor never told me
So I was in the hospital back in 2023 for what they thought was sepsis after I got out had to see my family doctor...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: May 20 3:06pm
GFR down from 58 to 43.8 over 3 years
I was diagnosed with CKD in November 2023 by my GP, and not informed about it. I found it in my clinical record when accessing...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Sep 1, 2024
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT): Any experiences?
My sister is in End Stage Renal Failure and has developed PCT. She is is so much pain with the blisters and it has become...
Last active: Mar 1 4:50pm
Difficulty sleeping with CKD…
Hi there, for the last 8 months I’ve had decline in kidney function to stage 3a. The most unsavoury part is the negative impact on...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Oct 12, 2023
New Favorite Snack
My husband is on dialysis and I'm stage 4. The very best thing we switched to was Monk Fruit Sweetener which can be used in...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Jul 12, 2024
Should I go to Mayo? Chronic Kidney Disease
I am 67 years old and recently diagnosed as Stage 3B. My Internist/nephrologist in Iowa always told me my GFR and Creatinine abnormal chemistries were...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Aug 28, 2020
Frustrated and Confused re Eating with CKD3
Hello, I have been here many times in the past re my CKD3. Lately I am wondering if I am eating the right things. When...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Jun 5, 2024
My kidney function went from 53 to 35 in 3 weeks: What next?
Routine blood draw three weeks ago. My doctor had me in how we later to discuss my blood work. He had been a little concerned...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Aug 11, 2022
Choosing the right nephrologist
I am one year in with a nephrologist and find the specialty to be all over the board relative to what I am looking for....
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Apr 21 4:21pm
Time to Change Nephrologist
I had a very unsuccessful third visit with the nephrologist. I again asked when I signed in if I could have a copy of my...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: May 24, 2022
Chemo for bladder cancer started my chronic kidney disease.
Anybody else get Chronic Kidney disease from chemo? I was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2016. I immediately went on chemo twice a week for...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: Oct 2, 2024
Chronic UTI's after Chlamydia from five years ago
Hi Everyone,I had contracted chlamydia back in May 2016. The day after I had sex with this partner, I had burning sensation when peeing. Worse...
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Last active: 2 hours ago