Kidney Patient Guide

Thanks Rosa, hopefully he won't need it, has been prescribed as a backup measure, while he's considering a cortisone injection into his ankle if and when the pain flairs up again.

jenjen thanks for advice and don't worry - if nothing else serves to remind usthat agood philosophy to live by is not to wait or put thinsg off but enjoy the now. Having said that, it's interesting how much information there seems to be to support lower levels of protein helping prevent dialysis. As...

Hubby has been prescribed Colchcine for use if he gets a gout episode (to take over 3 days only), does any ones else use it


Anyone know if it has any impact on CKD?

Hi folks, just thought I'd give you an update and get more views....... Hubby had a creatinine level of 184 when he did his last tests when i put this post up. We were confused as our GP thought that meant he was level2, the consultant sent us a letter saying he was level 4 and yet all the informati...

i remember reading about someone on a raw food diet a long while ago. It was specifically regarding a lady who had always struggled with her weight and she came across it when travelling. The theory kind of made sense to me , but must admit i love meat and i love hot food! (Although i do also love s...

Wow - that's wonderful. I must check my donor card now can't remember where it is

Thanks for the advice. Main concern with the allopurinol is that Simon had a huge jump is loss of kidney function which has steadily declined all year and co-incidentally or not seems to have started at the same time his dosage was doubled. I did a search against renal cookery and found 39 books! Al...

Hi my hubby is about 50% kidney function, suffers from gout (or what we now think is arthritis cuased by the gout) and has been told catgeorically that there is nothing he can do to help his kidneys! hhhm I've bought and read Coping with Kidney disease Mackenzie Walser, M.D. which surprising covers ...

thank you - just got myself some books and starting to make sense of soem of it now ....

http://kidneypatientguide.org.uk/site/glossary.php

found it - but still lots of terms in the postings not on here:( Will add posts to those i don't understand if you'll all be patient with me.

hello all. I last posted on here 3 years ago, as my husband has kidney issues. Thanks for the replies. Since then we've got on looked after diet, fitness and lived life...... Here i am again as he last consultant has confirmed kidney function down to 50% and on the slippery slope to renal failure! H...

Hi I'm Dawn - 34 Live in Lincolnshire in England. It was discovered that my husband Simon had kidney problems in 1991 when he had knee surgery , but we were not made aware and it was never followed up. About five years later started getting more serious, with blood pressure, blood in urine, fatigue....

:? Hello - new here and doing a little research. My hubby has kidney problems which result in high bloodpressure and gout and is on medication to keep this under control. So far so good. At a recent meeting with his consultant he was told his potassium levels were too high. Can anyone recommend diet...