Kidney Patient Guide

I doubt if anyone here knows or even whether your doctor knows but I'd be asking the doctor. That's your best hope of a knowledgeable answer. Good luck to you both.

Hi Rose95, I know that once it was discovered that I had CKD I was told to stay away from nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID)and Avril is such a drug. They aren't too good good for kidneys and heavy use will damage healthy kidneys. I am not suggesting your husband is a heavy user but it all...

Thanks everyone. I can see I have a lot to learn on this journey and the most obvious thing so far is that it is very much an individual thing. I guess time will tell how it all works out and what is best for me.

Cheers to you all

I'm currently descending from stage four to stage 5 CKD (live in Australia) and am researching dialysis as best I can. Will be seeing the Renal Unit nurses soon who may help me however I am wondering whether more frequent and/or longer duration dialysis gives a benefit. I am pretty much looking at P...

Hi Sue and thanks for the g'day. A direct flight from Darwin to Adelaide is 3hrs and 45 minutes although there are only a couple of flights a day mostly. The Territory government pays for the fare as there is no facility in the Northern Territory to conduct transplants. At this stage I don't know ho...

Hello All, Notso here from Australia. I jumped on an Australian kidney forum but it's like a ghost town. So I thought I'd drop in here and have a look. I've just been diagnosed with Stage 4 CKD at the age of 51.I have been aware of the problem since the early nineties when I had an accident and it w...