kidney disease

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CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 20 Sep 21

Have been bragging on how well Brendel is doing lately. She loves her chicken and turkey with gravy baby food. All of a sudden, for the past two days she stopped eating. Has not touched her food. She is drinking water and ate a...

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Jerking related to kidney disease

Charlene Sally Collins @OreoBrownie (3755) • Commerce, Georgia 13 Mar 21

I went to a neurologist for a nerve induction test. I don't know yet what the result of that came to be yet. However, the doctor told me that my shaking looked to be caused by kidney disease. So, I expect that I will be checked...

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This is Not What I Expected - Doctor Update

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 23 Mar 20

So my ear ache has not gone away. In fact it has become really itchy which I think is from the ear drops. I called my new family doctor this morning and he wanted to prescribe me antibiotics again. I said that the doctor online...

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Wonderful Family Visits

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40849) • Laguna Woods, California 18 Mar 19

Our daughters and their families have come and gone, and my husband and I enjoyed our time with them very much. My husband has continued to get weaker, and has given up playing even nine holes of golf once a week, because he now...

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Kidney Disease

Winona Morris @nonersays (3344) • United States 26 Feb 19

So, did you know that hypertension (high blood pressure) can lead to kidney disease? At my doctor's visit today she went over my history and said that my blood pressure has been high for so long that she is concerned for the...

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Enjoying Our Daughters

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40849) • Laguna Woods, California 15 Feb 19

We have been enjoying some family time. Our New York daughter came to visit this week because of her concern about her Dad's declining health. She brought along her 13 year old son. Her husband had to stay in New York. The New...

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We Learned About Kidney Dialysis Today

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40849) • Laguna Woods, California 19 Apr 18

This afternoon, my husband and I spent four hours in a class learning about his kidney dialysis options. He has Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease and, probably within the next two or three years or sooner, the doctors expect him to...

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What Causes Kidney Disease

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40849) • Laguna Woods, California 12 Mar 16

After I wrote my last article about kidney disease, I had several people ask about the causes and symptoms of this silent killer. I'm not an expert, but here are some of the things I have learned. First, kidney stones are not...

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Kidneys and Heart Disease - A Deadly Combination

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40849) • Laguna Woods, California 12 Mar 16

While my husband and I were speaking at National Kidney Day about the effect his kidney disease and medication has had on him and our family, the kidney doctor (known as a nephrologist) who also spoke that day taught us a great...

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Taking a 10 Day Break - I'll Be Back in Mid-March

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40849) • Laguna Woods, California 3 Mar 16

This is just a head's up for all my friends here on MyLot to let you know that I will be taking a 10 day break from MyLot. I will be back by mid-March, but I wanted to let everyone know what's going on. First, during the next...

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Our Meeting with the Kidney Doctors was Fascinating and Rewarding

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40849) • Laguna Woods, California 7 Nov 15

As I wrote the other day, my husband and I have been in San Diego at the American Society of Nephrologists convention. Those are kidney doctors. Because my husband has been using an experimental drug for kidney disease related...

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My Husband is a Guinea Pig!

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40849) • Laguna Woods, California 4 Nov 15

Well ... my husband isn't exactly a guinea pig, but he has been on an experimental drug for four years for his chronic kidney disease and it has been a big help to him. No one in the world has been on the drug longer than him,...

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Do you know what a Nephrologist is?

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45490) • United States 23 Oct 15

I didn't even know the word until this morning. It is a doctor who will find out why my kidney function number dropped. They are working on getting me a referral and an appointment with a specialist, a Nephrologist. I assume he...

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leala smith @lealasmith (22) • Shijiazhuang, China 19 Jan 14

I just created this site, please help me to see if there is any advice for improvement, such as pages, content. . .

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Traditional Chinese Medicine

leala smith @lealasmith (22) • Shijiazhuang, China 15 Dec 13

Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history, it can treat various of disease, I believe it will make your body healther. http://www.sos-kidney.com

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Why Most Nephrologist Decline In Food Supplement Usage For Their Patients?

arviez @arviez (183) • Philippines 7 Oct 12

My friend's mother is dying in Kidney Failure because of diabetes complications and uncontrolled blood pressure before and now her mother is waiting the right time to die. Her mother decline to undergo a dialysis treatment cause...

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Treatment for the kidney related - IGA disease

poornimak @poornimak (6) • United States 17 Aug 11

Hi All, Recently one of my friend aged 34yrs, discovered on 1-2 visits to doctor having headaches and later found that his both the kidneys are failed and got to know that he has one of the kidney related disease called - IGA....

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Have you heard about Dane Oliva?

sweet_pea @sweet_pea (3322) • Philippines 24 Sep 10

I first heard of Dane Oliva last Friday when my husband printed a forwarded email and had me read it. At first, I couldn't believe, but it is true. Then last Sunday at a local show "Wish Ko Lang" her story was featured....

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How will our health services manage? So much obesity, drinking and drug-taking!

dreamhealer @dreamhealer (812) 17 Apr 09

In England and the rest of the UK (also including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland...) we seem to be building a slowly ticking time-bomb of obesity, drinking and drug-taking. Over the past decades, these 'vices', which are...

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If your diabetic you need to get your kdneys checked.

taface412 @taface412 (3175) • United States 4 Apr 09

Until recently when my mother experienced her latest hospital visit I had no idea how common it is for diabetics to develop kidney disease. Unfortunately Diabetes can lead to many other types of illnesses. Accrounding to the...

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