What should be eating post transplant to reduce creatinine levels
I(34 M) am kidney transplant patient. Had kidney transplant done when I was 21. Now the creatinine levels have increased to 3. How can I reduce the levels. Also what food should I eat.
Drink lots of water! drinking water is essential for maintaining healthy kidney function and managing creatinine levels. 👋no quotes about food as of yet!
I have to agree with , I also have chronically high creatanin, and when I drink lots of water and hydrate really well before I take my own blood tests, those numbers do go down enough that my doc isn't concerned any longer. It could also mean I am a bit dehydrated as well! Keep on keepin' on, DPM Kidneys need lots of water to pump and flush plus it’s almost like a foreign object has been placed in the body. High creatinine is like a red flag for rejection. I THINK! lol,,😂
After receiving a liver transplant in 2020 the surgeon informed my family that my kidney was damaged and two weeks later I received a kidney transplant at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. I didn't realize that they don't remove the old kidney and instead place the new kidney in the lower left stomach area. All has been good until I was diagnosed with bladder cancer recently. My urologist and oncologist at Ohio State (the James) informed me that the required anti-rejection drug Prograf-Tacrolimus is being studied as a contributing factor in post kidney transplant recipients. I am scheduled for a TURBT on June 12th to remove the tumors. Due to anti-rejection drugs I am ineligible for BCG immunotherapy as a treatment and they indicate that I will receive chemotherapy drugs inserted directly into the bladder via catheter (Gemcetabine and Docxetal).
My EGFR has gone down to 56 prior to me starting drinking 64 ounces of water a day and lowering my meat-based protein to 50 grams per day. My last EGFR was 72. Through everything I have never undergone dialysis.That sounds like a lot. After forty plus years of chronic illness myself, and all the complications that go with it, I completely understand. We go through so much sometimes we just get the point where we are just trying to get through the current thing so we can get on to the next thing - it is just impossible to think about it all as a whole. Day to day we do our best! Just know you are not alone. Let us know if there's anything we can do to help. Keep on keepin' on, DPM
