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Chronic Kidney Disease

Shortie13green said:
Does anyone else have this ?
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Hi @Shortie13green and welcome to the forum. @Antje77 is correct in that I had Chronic Kidney Disease from 1973-2013. I had already had Type1 for 12 years when CKD first showed up. As you can see mine lasted for 40 years and reached critical levels in 2012, which put me on the list for a kidney/pancreas transplant. I escaped dialysis by 8 days having received donor organs on 13th August 2013. Diabetes from 1959 caused many problems owing to basic knowledge and primitive treatment with no blood glucose tests until 1979. Even though I had had proteinuria for six years, glucometers and being read the riot act allowed me to drastically change my regime, achieving a near normal HbA1c (average blood glucose reading over a period of 3 months). I was on hypertensive drugs and in the early 2000's I was put on phosphate binders.It was predicted my kidneys would pack up by 2005. I cannot stress enough how tight control slowed this disease down. If there is anything else you would like to know,I will do my best to answer it. Wishing you the best of luck.
 
I have CKD and have had for many years.
It doesn't seem to affect my day to day life.
Mainly I note that it seems to take a long time between drinking and needing a wee.
 
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