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Feeling Overwhelmed About Taking Vaccines In The 60+ Age Group

I'm at the end of my rope about taking all these vaccines. I know that they are supposed to help us, but I am over the top right now. It's...

Peritoneal Dialysis While You Sleep

My youngest son does peritoneal dialysis 7 days a week. As a mom I was worried that this would be too much for his body. He has a full-time job...

Mistakes or anxiety that's happened due to your CKD

I'm about to travel abroad, and as a transplant patient, we have lots of Meditation as the dose increases or decreases, I made the mistake of not bringing enough medication...

GFR

I’m 65 y/o female. Was checking my lab work from my endocrinologist for my type 1 diabetes'40 years. My GFR was 35 and my Creatinine was 1.58. I’m very concerned...

What Are Your Thoughts On Genetic Testing?

I have been thinking about this for a while now. My father, son, cousin and I have been diagnosis with CKD. Has anyone ever had genetic testing done to see...

How Do You Occupy Yourself While Doing Dialysis?

Dialysis treatment can take many hours for each session. What do you do to occupy your time while waiting? Do you read, write, blog, audiobooks, etc? What do you do...

What Medications Shouldn't I Take With Chronic Kidney Disease?

I know this is a hard question for all of us to answer without our doctor giving us directions. My primary care physician just gives me a flippant answer. I...

Do You Know The Cause Of Your Chronic Kidney Disease?

I know my culprit is diabetes and high blood pressure. But I got to thinking, I know that everyone who gets CKD doesn't have these illnesses. Do you know what...

Can Chronic Kidney Disease Be Passed From Generation to Generation?

I never thought much about this until recently. Not sure why this never crossed my mind. My grandmother was diagnosed with CKD at the age of 85. She said that...

I Just Got Dealt A Double Whammy

I got some blood work back from my primary care physician. She said that my potassium level was very low and that she was going to give me a prescription...

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