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Darebiggy147
Darebiggy147

Am currently living in the US do we have members from the state's here?

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  • marj01201
    marj01201 Darebiggy147

    Posted

    I'm in the US. I live in Kansas. Where do you live?

    Marj

    • marj01201
      marj01201 Darebiggy147

      Posted

      I worked at the University of Louisville for several years and so was fairly close to where you live. What advice we're hoping to receive?

      I've had CKD for about 7.5 years now. I'm currently in Stage IV with creatinine of 2.75 and eGFR of 18. I've got severe anemia as a side effect of the CKD. I also have high potassium without treatment. So I receive treatment for the anemia and I follow a very low potassium diet (2000 mg of potassium daily) and I take a potassium binder. The two together keep my potassium in range. The anemia treatment keeps my hemaglobin between 11.0  and 11.8. So I'm actually feeling pretty good overall and I'm still working full time as a university professor.

      So I don't know if my experience will be of any help to you, but please feel free to ask anything you'd like.

      Marj

    • Darebiggy147
      Darebiggy147 marj01201

      Posted

      Thank you sir am doing great concerning my treatment except am having to deal with anal fissure and having to sit down for 4hrs on dialysis with pain after bowel movement
  • matt66
    matt66 Darebiggy147

    Posted

    I’m in th UK now, but was living in CA (Laguna Beach) when my kidneys failed post liver transplant and had dialysis in Irvine.
  • Lala5555
    Lala5555 Darebiggy147

    Posted

    I'm new to the group and just posted some questions. I'm in Missouri.

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