Thank you for letting me join im 73 and so afraid I’m going to die too soon my grandson wants me to live til I’m 100 the doctor diagnosed me 18 months ago with no treatment
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Hello, That sounds grim, Has your Gp not referred you to a Renal specialist. If he refuses , I would go to A & E at your local hospital and get seen that way, Early morning is often a good time. Might be a bit of a wait , but it will get you in the system. Best wishes B
Are you able to look at your results in the NHS app? As you will see in the posts in this forum, there is a wide variety of people talking about their kidney disease. In the early stages of kidney disease, there is often no treatment. I am stage 4 which means that my kidneys are working at less than 30%. I take blood pressure tablets and a statin, but otherwise there is no specific treatment which can help my kidneys work better. Once you know your figures - you are interested in your ACR and eGFR - you can look at trusted sources of information such as Chronic kidney disease - Diagnosis - NHS or Stages of kidney disease | Kidney Care UK which hopefully will help you to understand your situation and go back to your doctor with questions.
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I check all my test results on’Patient Knows Best’ app which my hospital update as soon as they get them. Best wishes B
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Hi, as people above, try and get your results, and find out what your egfr is.
That’s an indication on your level of kidney failure, lower numbers being worse.
I’m 54, at 13 now and going for my arm fistula on Monday. Without knowing your results, it may be a little early to worry yet, and there may well be every chance 100 is a milestone ahead that you’ll reach