Kidney removed one year ago. Fluctuating gfr. Stage 3ckd?

Hi,

Doing ok. I'm still very concerned about my kidney but my nephrologist assured me that I am ok. My gfr is still hanging around 74%. So that is good news. He did discharge me from the office stating I have no kidney disease and to return if my regular doctor finds any reasons to on future monitoring. I hope and pray my GFR continues to stabilize.

Thank you for asking 💞

Glad to know that.

I have few things in my mind so thought of checking with you. My grandmother (78yr) had nephrectomy recently on 28th jan. She is getting weaker day by day. Unable to retain anything inside body, she is not eating anything. What are the potential complications after surgery? How long it will take to recover? Doctors are not saying anything. We are scared.

I am so sorry to hear your grandmother is having a difficult time recovering from her nephrectomy.

Everyone's recovery is different. I have spoke to some who have bounced back quite fast and others quite slow.

Having my nephrectomy was the worst thing I have ever been through in my entire life. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I had a misdiagnosed hydronephrosis for four years which led to my nephrectomy. My surgery was done laporscopic but with great difficulty. It was to take two hours but turned into four hours. My kidney was the size of a football and so they had an extremely hard time removing it. Two doctors had to get on the table and literally push on my abdomen while another tried to grab my kidney. In recovery I was in the worst pain of my life. After 3 days I was home. The pain was unbearable even with pain medications. I didn't want to eat either but I think that was mostly from the pain meds. Within two weeks I got my appetite back and tried to get up and do a few laps around the house everyday. After my nephrectomy I also developed "pots" posterior tachycardia syndrome ... So that made my recovery even more difficult . Honestly for me it was around 3 months recovery and 6 months until I felt "almost" human again and I am 43 years old. I still struggle with having "pots" everyday ..my blood pressure is so low because of it so I have to eat allot of salt in my diet so I don't pass out.

How is your grandmothers other kidney doing? Does she have any other underlying issues with her health?

The only complication I remember the doctors mentioning was infection in my incision and making sure I was getting up and walking around to prevent blood clots from developing.

Thanks for replying Andrea. My grandmother's other kidney is fine and functioning properly. She is also a hypertension patient. Currently her ankles are swollen and she's unable to walk due to swollen feet and stitches discomfort. I dnt trust doctors some times because he is not telling us any reason for her sufferings. She is been suggested to have high protein diet as of now. But her body is throwing up everything.