How to know if chronic kidney disease is getting worse?I was recently diagnosed with stage 2 chronic kidney disease and see my nephrologist every 6 months for blood work and check-ups. She said to come back earlier (next appt. is in March 2010) if I start feeling worse, but I'm not exactly sure what that means. I have been more tired and urinating alot more lately, but I'm not sure if that is considered "feeling worse"?
Is there any way that I can test my GFR at home first?
Posted by lychee
ask ur doc
Posted by sophieb
they can tell by a blood test if it's getting worse or not
all i know is that if you're going a lot then you'd better be putting fluids back into your body or else you'll go dry and into a coma.
When you go a lot all you're losing all the water soluable vitamins from your body and you need to be replenishing those. I know B12 is one of those so ask your doctor about that. When you lose vitamins you get tired. Maybe you need a B12 shot (it also comes in pill form, in liquid form, in patch form). You could also be tired because you're not sleeping well because you're in the little room all throughout the night and not getting REM sleep.
Posted by sam
ask your doc but be concern about any pain in that area and any change of color in ur urine
Posted by emily
You are lucky to have caught this problem so early! First of all, for as much as doctor's visits cost, your doctor should let you call in and ask her what exactly she meant by that. Hopefully she is a kind person and discusses this with you over teh phone. If not;
You can't really test your GFR at home since it requires Techetium-99m DTPA to be injected into your veins and then multiple blood draws. However, there are other things to watch for. For example, blood int eh urine is NEVER ok! If you ever see blood inyour urine it means that the permeability of your kidneys has increased enough to let in blood cells. This is very serious and you should call your doctor immediately.
When you say you been urinating a lot more, this could be good. If it is more in volume then it is a good thing but it is only more in frequency (and not volume) then it is not good.
So, any blood in your urine, pain when urinating, or cramps before or after urinating are signs that you shuold go in earlier.
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