@@leshenley3785 More fruits and vegetables as well as drinking Kidney Strong tea and taking Advanced Acacia Fiber. Staying hydrated was also a factor that my Kidney doctor advised.
I got pretty good at reading blood test when I had leukemia. I got a new one every morning for 3 months. I've looked at family and friends blood test and nearly all are stage 3 probably because I'm 71 years old myself. They ask me if stage 3 is good or bad. I say pretty good but not great. Lol! I've been stage 3 for over a decade. Tons of chemo and antibiotics brought me from an eGFR of 85 to 60 and it's been the same now for 15 years. I had to have good kidneys and good everything else before the bone marrow transplant or they wouldn't do it. They ran me through test like an astronaut before I could get the transplant. It saves lives but does do damage. I enjoy all your videos. Great!
@@bethlove2862 Yeah the transplant was the easy part. It was the following 2 years that gave me life threatening trouble with GVHD attacking my organs. It got both my liver and kidneys but fortunately they both recovered. I had an allogenic transplant from a European donor. Nobody in the whole USA including my own brother and parents were a match.
What a great one-two punch is Dr. Ro and James. Have eased my mind on several different occasions. Get Dr. Rosansky's book. So easy to read Thank you, gentlemen.
Thank you so much for your videos. They do help a lot of people understand CKD gives people some hope that it’s not a death sentence and it can be managed in alot of cases xx
Thank you! When I was diagnosed it felt like a death sentence, until I started to use my inner Nerd and saw there are things many of us can do to manage CKD.
What are the chances of me recovering from ckd & how high can my gfr go up? Here's what happened to me: 21 mos ago My doctor saw i had a gfr of 50. He told me to drink 96 oz of water a day for a wk, take a blood test & get back to him. Blood test showed gfr dropped to 38 in 1 wk. I knew my dr was wrong. Immediately when to a nephrologist & demand immediate attention. Same day she sent me for Ultrasound. Days later it showed extremly enlarged prostate blocking my urine and it cause Hydronephrosis. After prostate surgery, 2 yrs later my gfr runs 58 to 64 at a high. In 2018 the doctor saw my gfr had dropped to gfr of 61. Shouldn't he have informed me then that I might have a kidney problem? 7:47
My sister has stage 4 Breast cancer as diagnosis with mets to lymph nodes, diabetes and later developed a rare form call Medullary thyroid cancer,she have just 2 years to live and she never been this scared to die, she just 37, i cry everyday wishing for a miracle to happen. i don't know why I'm saying this here. put me in your prayers.
im really sorry. i've was in such situation 15 months ago. i had just 2 months to live till a friend told me about a healer who helped me. She cured me, I don't know how she did it. but i owe her my life. she's the reason i'm alive today.
great video more ammo for my mind; because last year I had to move and ended up waiting on my apt a lil over a month and ended up eating uncharacteristic meat, fried food and fried carbs along with my regular spices and drastically reduced water intake(I usually drink exactly 8 glasses a a day) at my new primary visit my urine protein was over 3 with normal creatinine and EGFR and I told her i'd just moved and i'd be back in exactly 90 days after moving in and getting my diet back on track in 90 days proteinuria was negative I knew it was just a one off due to severe dehydration from my spices with little water and added meat cold turkey i've had multiple tests since then to ensure it was surely just a one off and still no proteinuria, however, I do notice adding meat to my diet increases my creatinine a few tenths but it still stays under one. I see and hear about the whole carnivore diet thing I'D NEVER DO THAT! the weirdest thing is that after dialysis ya'll tell folks to go eat a high protein meal. i'm 4 5'9" 150 my Las just hit my portal my EGFR is 114 i'm gonna continue to eat to live and as I age implement the testing you said to there's so much our Doctors don't tell us about thse basic tests, for instance, they'll tell us about A1C and not HOMA-IR.
I'm 79, egfr 34, no protein in urine. My dr says my ckd is due to dehydration. My colon was removed 2 yrs ago due to severe ulcerative colitis. With no colon, I have to drink a lot of fluids every day including electrolyte drinks. How bad is my kidney problem.
This was getting too confusing for me due to my anxiety, depression & PTSD. Too often I would hear numbers, but was not clear on when the doctor is speaking about test results or people’s age. 😞 Specifying when he is speaking of age every time, that would help a lot.
We'll see if we can improve on that in the future, especially when he says "older". I feel like I fall into the older group, but I believe he means 60+
Hi, I'm just in 48, and a DKD. Recently in this few months my eGfr is fluctuating Oct'24 was 64, Nov'24 down to 48, Dec'24 up to 59. Can you advise what is the reasons? Currently my HbA1C is 5.8, and proteinuria 100
What about Renal Stenosis in one Artery? My kidney function is fine but urine looks a bit foamy sometimes. Nothing major has shown up in blood / urine tests though
this question comes up a lot with renal dietitian Jen Hernandez. Her recommendation is adding high calories kidney friendly foods - like Olive Oil or Avacado Oil (she has a list of others). Simply adding one of these oils to your meals can add extra calories and help with increasing weight. Check out the Plant Powered Kidneys facebook group for more great tips - it's my favorite kidney group for it's support and positivity!
What is the main thing that kidney doctors do for hyponatremia that's chronic but usually in normal range but goes down to 32? Do they decrease your fluids to only 1500mil.
The Ace and Arbs are two types of very common and affordable blood pressure medications. Your doctor would prescribed one or the other, not both types. These help with blood pressure, and can reduce the amount of protein in your urine, maybe even completely eliminate any protein leaking into your urine. For those with kidney disease ,an ace or an arb should be the very first prescription A doctor makes. If you look at your current prescriptions and any of them end in PRIL or TAN, then you have an ace or an arb.
Creatine levels come from muscle. It’s important to understand that that’s not what you should focus on. If you’re in an accident, and your legs are amputated, you’ll have less muscle, and therefore less creatinine. But that will do absolutely nothing to help your kidneys, your doctors will just use a different more expensive test to estimate your kidney function. The best thing to do is to focus on living a heart, healthy lifestyle and keeping your blood pressure under control, and reducing any protein in your urine by working with your healthcare provider.
Not true - you need to advocate for yourself so that your doctor finds the right medication to reduce or even eliminate the protein in your urine. Trust me, it can be done if your doctor puts their mind to it. Reducing the protein in urine will greatly slow the progression of your kidney disease, giving you lots of hope.
Great to see you guys again. You are a real inspiration. Lost my Dad after 10 years on dialysis recently and struggling with my ckd and long list of other issues. Hope you all have a wonderful 2025.
I’m 68 and my eGFR was 55. After changing my diet slightly and increasing my water intake for 6 months, my eGFR is 71.
What dietary changes did you make ?
@@leshenley3785 More fruits and vegetables as well as drinking Kidney Strong tea and taking Advanced Acacia Fiber. Staying hydrated was also a factor that my Kidney doctor advised.
Super.
@ Ate more fruits and vegetables. Also took Acacia Fiber and drank Kidney Strong tea daily.
@@kekoal7300what is kidney tea
I got pretty good at reading blood test when I had leukemia. I got a new one every morning for 3 months. I've looked at family and friends blood test and nearly all are stage 3 probably because I'm 71 years old myself. They ask me if stage 3 is good or bad. I say pretty good but not great. Lol! I've been stage 3 for over a decade. Tons of chemo and antibiotics brought me from an eGFR of 85 to 60 and it's been the same now for 15 years. I had to have good kidneys and good everything else before the bone marrow transplant or they wouldn't do it. They ran me through test like an astronaut before I could get the transplant. It saves lives but does do damage. I enjoy all your videos. Great!
Sounds like my health history. Including stem cell transplant for treatment of myeloma.
@@bethlove2862 Yeah the transplant was the easy part. It was the following 2 years that gave me life threatening trouble with GVHD attacking my organs. It got both my liver and kidneys but fortunately they both recovered. I had an allogenic transplant from a European donor. Nobody in the whole USA including my own brother and parents were a match.
What a great one-two punch is Dr. Ro and James. Have eased my mind on several different occasions.
Get Dr. Rosansky's book. So easy to read
Thank you, gentlemen.
Thank you for your support and positivity!!!!
Happy New Year ❤❤
Happy new year!! 2025 is going to be a great year and I'm hoping to start it off with the Detroit Lions going to the Superbowl!!!!
Thank you so much for your videos. They do help a lot of people understand CKD gives people some hope that it’s not a death sentence and it can be managed in alot of cases xx
Thank you! When I was diagnosed it felt like a death sentence, until I started to use my inner Nerd and saw there are things many of us can do to manage CKD.
I went from a low EFGR of 31.1 to 52.2 due to one supplement called Kidney Tonic, I am diabetic and 83 ,
I am 73 and have to urinate at least 4 times every night and I wake up very dehydrated. Is this kidney or bladder related. I am stage 3A CKD
Thanks so much!
4:40 hello to my favorite team!!!
What to do to keep protein in check?
What are the chances of me recovering from ckd & how high can my gfr go up? Here's what happened to me:
21 mos ago My doctor saw i had a gfr of 50. He told me to drink 96 oz of water a day for a wk, take a blood test & get back to him. Blood test showed gfr dropped to 38 in 1 wk. I knew my dr was wrong. Immediately when to a nephrologist & demand immediate attention. Same day she sent me for Ultrasound. Days later it showed extremly enlarged prostate blocking my urine and it cause Hydronephrosis. After prostate surgery, 2 yrs later my gfr runs 58 to 64 at a high.
In 2018 the doctor saw my gfr had dropped to gfr of 61. Shouldn't he have informed me then that I might have a kidney problem? 7:47
My sister has stage 4 Breast cancer as diagnosis with mets to lymph nodes, diabetes and later developed a rare form call Medullary thyroid cancer,she have just 2 years to live and she never been this scared to die, she just 37, i cry everyday wishing for a miracle to happen. i don't know why I'm saying this here. put me in your prayers.
im really sorry. i've was in such situation 15 months ago. i had just 2 months to live till a friend told me about a healer who helped me. She cured me, I don't know how she did it. but i owe her my life. she's the reason i'm alive today.
That's wonderful, how do i get in touch with the healer?
Her name is Prophetess Regina Kuma,and she is a great healer who can heal you. you can look her name up online and you will find all you need.
Thank you for this valuable information, i just looked her up now online. impressive
great video more ammo for my mind; because last year I had to move and ended up waiting on my apt a lil over a month and ended up eating uncharacteristic meat, fried food and fried carbs along with my regular spices and drastically reduced water intake(I usually drink exactly 8 glasses a a day) at my new primary visit my urine protein was over 3 with normal creatinine and EGFR and I told her i'd just moved and i'd be back in exactly 90 days after moving in and getting my diet back on track in 90 days proteinuria was negative I knew it was just a one off due to severe dehydration from my spices with little water and added meat cold turkey i've had multiple tests since then to ensure it was surely just a one off and still no proteinuria, however, I do notice adding meat to my diet increases my creatinine a few tenths but it still stays under one. I see and hear about the whole carnivore diet thing I'D NEVER DO THAT! the weirdest thing is that after dialysis ya'll tell folks to go eat a high protein meal. i'm 4 5'9" 150 my Las just hit my portal my EGFR is 114 i'm gonna continue to eat to live and as I age implement the testing you said to there's so much our Doctors don't tell us about thse basic tests, for instance, they'll tell us about A1C and not HOMA-IR.
How can I compute my eGFR. I’m 79 years old female.
I'm 79, egfr 34, no protein in urine. My dr says my ckd is due to dehydration. My colon was removed 2 yrs ago due to severe ulcerative colitis. With no colon, I have to drink a lot of fluids every day including electrolyte drinks. How bad is my kidney problem.
Please make video on high blood pressure.
Here is a link to all the videos we've created about High Blood Pressure: www.youtube.com/@DADVICETV/search?query=high%20blood%20pressure
Having kidney disease, what should be the alarming number of protein in the urine??
What to do to keep protein in check?
This was getting too confusing for me due to my anxiety, depression & PTSD.
Too often I would hear numbers, but was not clear on when the doctor is speaking about test results or people’s age. 😞
Specifying when he is speaking of age every time, that would help a lot.
We'll see if we can improve on that in the future, especially when he says "older". I feel like I fall into the older group, but I believe he means 60+
😃 .. Thanks so much.
Hi, I'm just in 48, and a DKD. Recently in this few months my eGfr is fluctuating Oct'24 was 64, Nov'24 down to 48, Dec'24 up to 59. Can you advise what is the reasons?
Currently my HbA1C is 5.8, and proteinuria 100
What about Renal Stenosis in one Artery? My kidney function is fine but urine looks a bit foamy sometimes. Nothing major has shown up in blood / urine tests though
Thanks James and Dr Rosansky.What can I do to regain my weight back.Lost a lot of weight.Ckd stage 3
this question comes up a lot with renal dietitian Jen Hernandez. Her recommendation is adding high calories kidney friendly foods - like Olive Oil or Avacado Oil (she has a list of others). Simply adding one of these oils to your meals can add extra calories and help with increasing weight. Check out the Plant Powered Kidneys facebook group for more great tips - it's my favorite kidney group for it's support and positivity!
@DADVICETV Thanks James.
I m 51. Creatinine 1.3. EGFR 64. No protein in urine. I have lost 4 kg weight dince detected in September '23. Kindly suggest,r
What is the main thing that kidney doctors do for hyponatremia that's chronic but usually in normal range but goes down to 32? Do they decrease your fluids to only 1500mil.
What is s and r
The Ace and Arbs are two types of very common and affordable blood pressure medications. Your doctor would prescribed one or the other, not both types. These help with blood pressure, and can reduce the amount of protein in your urine, maybe even completely eliminate any protein leaking into your urine. For those with kidney disease ,an ace or an arb should be the very first prescription A doctor makes. If you look at your current prescriptions and any of them end in PRIL or TAN, then you have an ace or an arb.
@DADVICETV thanks 🙏
Can you reduce creatine levels
Creatine levels come from muscle. It’s important to understand that that’s not what you should focus on. If you’re in an accident, and your legs are amputated, you’ll have less muscle, and therefore less creatinine. But that will do absolutely nothing to help your kidneys, your doctors will just use a different more expensive test to estimate your kidney function. The best thing to do is to focus on living a heart, healthy lifestyle and keeping your blood pressure under control, and reducing any protein in your urine by working with your healthcare provider.
I get depressed because us high urine protein people have no hope
Not true - you need to advocate for yourself so that your doctor finds the right medication to reduce or even eliminate the protein in your urine. Trust me, it can be done if your doctor puts their mind to it. Reducing the protein in urine will greatly slow the progression of your kidney disease, giving you lots of hope.
What meds reduce prortein in urine,,@@DADVICETV
@@DADVICETV you’re a good man
Haven’t seen you on line in a very long time…you’ve gained a lot of weight since I saw you last. Hope you’re doing o.k.!
I'm going great, almost 330 videos and still going! Make sure you ware checking under the LIVE section on the Dadvice TV channel.
Great to see you guys again. You are a real inspiration. Lost my Dad after 10 years on dialysis recently and struggling with my ckd and long list of other issues. Hope you all have a wonderful 2025.