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by JoeB7700
Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:12 am
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: How do you increase weight with Kidney disease?
Replies: 12
Views: 14245

Re: How do you increase weight with Kidney disease?

Hello, Thanks for your answers. Most of those severe symptoms occurred about a year ago during the initial episode that the specialist believed was "kidney failure" due, in his words, to a "probable virus". He also added that kidneys are a mystery. So, on the very few times, abou...
by JoeB7700
Sun Jul 19, 2020 4:05 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: How do you increase weight with Kidney disease?
Replies: 12
Views: 14245

Re: How do you increase weight with Kidney disease?

Thanks wagolynn for your two erudite messages. How often do you have to do dialysis and for how long on each occasion? If it isn't too much to ask, how old are you, and when did you start dialysis? What I did, was I researched what some had done/claimed , to raise their GFR. This started out first w...
by JoeB7700
Tue Jul 14, 2020 2:13 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: How do you increase weight with Kidney disease?
Replies: 12
Views: 14245

Re: How do you increase weight with Kidney disease?

Hello wagolynn, Thank you for your answer. I really appreciate it. I'm sorry to hear that you are on dialysis. It seems that you have a good handle on how to handle food given your circumstances. The last time I had my kidneys checked (before the coronavirus epidemic) I had a 61 GFR. It had been 38 ...
by JoeB7700
Sat Jul 11, 2020 7:35 am
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: How do you increase weight with Kidney disease?
Replies: 12
Views: 14245

Re: How do you increase weight with Kidney disease?

I suppose the simple answer is eat slightly more of what you are eating. Kidneys can and do recover it all depends on what caused the reduction in function in the first place. Basically, this is what I realised too, to try and eat a little more of what seemed safe. Recently, my wife in an attempt t...
by JoeB7700
Fri Jul 03, 2020 5:22 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: How do you increase weight with Kidney disease?
Replies: 12
Views: 14245

Re: How do you increase weight with Kidney disease?

Thanks Wagolynn. I have had a stable diet since early this year. I get enough calories, but I do a lot of garden work. I was never fat, but I had some fat because of cola, and fast food. Nowadays, I don't eat any of that, and with the work I do, my weight stays at a constant. It's just a bit below t...
by JoeB7700
Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:16 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: How do you increase weight with Kidney disease?
Replies: 12
Views: 14245

How do you increase weight with Kidney disease?

Hello All, I am a 54 year old male. About a year ago, my GFR fell from 60 to 38 in a short period. The doctor wasn't sure what caused it, thought it was a virus (not the coronavirus). I drank a lot of water, and ate a kidney friendly diet. No fast food, low salt. My GFR went back up to 61, and said ...