Kidney Problems?
 

Has anyone here had or knows somebody that has/had kidney problems?
If so what was your diagnosis and treatment???

Re: Kidney Problems?
 

well odie, aka gt lee. my late wife only had one kidney, due to a blood clot, she did fine with it, dont know if that help's?? :)

My wife donated one to her dad and she seams to be doing just fine.

Might try looking here

http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/a-z.asp

There are many forms of kidney disease and also many treatments. I have had friends with kidney problems but I have never seen one become critically ill from it. Heart, Lung and cancer have caused more problems in my friends than kidney. But that is only a relatively small number of people.

This is a little more specific page on kidney disease from the same web site

http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseas...cs/failure.asp

Dialysis
 

I have a close friend who was having dialysis 3 times a week.
He now has had a new kidney for about a year or two, and is doing well from what I hear. Good luck to you and yours.

Rev

I have one kidney that's a little deficient, but the other is basically so kick-ass that it doesn't matter. Good thing for me since I like coffee and alcohol, eh? :p

How do I treat it? Hmm...well, I can't exactly give up being diabetic, so I've been put on ACE inhibitors, which I've been told reduce pressure around the kidneys and eyes to reduce diabetic damage. I try to keep my blood sugar level under control as well, and nothing seems to help more than exercise. My microalbumin count is ~5 mcg/mg, so I'm doing perty well. :D Diabetic since 5 years old, btw, now 24.