My husband recently had his blood drawn to see how well his one solo kidney is functioning. One of the test that they do is to test the blood for the creatine level. Creatine is a waste product that increases in your blood when your kidney is not functioning properly. The guideline levels are it should be between .79 and 1.99 so when we opened up our lab results that came in the mail and saw that his creatine level was a 1.09! Yes I am going to use an ! point because this is amazing. The nephrologist wrote a … Continue reading →

So there are other foods that a person with kidney disease should avoid or limit those foods contain potassium. Now you cannot just cut potassium out of your diet 100% potassium is a vital mineral in your body. Potassium helps keep your heart beating and that is good but if you have kidney disease (even if you still have 2 kidneys) your kidneys will have a hard time filtering out the un-needed potassium and it can cause problems. When kidneys are impaired you do need to watch your intake of potassium so you should limit your eating of bananas, potatoes, … Continue reading →

Let me start today by saying again how proud I am of my husband and his adjusting to the new diet that I am being very guarded with. I may be driving him crazy he has not said anything but if my driving him a little crazy keeps him off dialysis for a little while longer than I am ok with that. I have a friend who is a non-insulin dependent diabetic she controls hers through her food choices. She is always complaining that she is itchy but says that her sugar has been good so she does not know … Continue reading →

So if you are a wife and you have a husband who is like mine you know how hard it is to change their eating habits. With my husband there are a few things that he just loves Dr. Pepper, Coke, milk, tomato sauce on spaghetti or pizza. These are all good foods but not when you only have one kidney. Soda’s that are dark in color contain phosphorus and that is very hard for kidneys to process. I am not sure what is in the cooked tomatoes or milk that are hard on kidneys but the nephrologist (kidney doctor) … Continue reading →

I took my daughter who just turned 9 to the pediatrician for her yearly checkup and I knew that the FDA suggested that the HPV vaccine be given to girls 8 years and older. I asked the pediatrician about it and he seemed shocked that I brought it up. Now granted I live in the Bible belt of America but was it really that shocking that I would bring it up. The pediatrician said that he pediatrician association is recommending girls 11 and up be given this vaccine. He said he had his daughters given the vaccine but that less … Continue reading →

I must admit before my husband was diagnosed with kidney disease I did not know much about what the kidney did. Since then I have been doing research on top of more research. I must say there is so many websites for information when it comes to medical issues. You really need to be careful what websites you trust for information. For example do not trust what you read on Wikipedia.com but you can trust webmd.com or mayoclinic.com. The biggest difference is that webmd.com and mayoclinic.com are actually monitored and uploaded with information provided by researchers and doctors where anyone … Continue reading →

We were just referred to an urologist, when I say we I mean my husband, to discuss the death of his kidney and what they were going to do to remedy the problem of his high blood pressure. Now with our history of cancer I should warn you I get very worried and stressed every time we have any health issues because I automatically think cancer and this was no different. We walk into the room and my husband goes and gets his weight, blood pressure and temperature while they have me wait in a treatment room. Now I am … Continue reading →