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Kidney and Urology

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About this community

The Kidney & Urology Support Community connects patients, families, friends and caregivers for support and inspiration.

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Kidney diseases
Diabetes and kidney disease
High blood pressure and kidney disease
Nutrition and kidney disease
Pediatric kidney diseases
Kidney stones
Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
Kidney cancer
Kidney failure
Dialysis
Transplantation
Organ donation
Women's urologic health
Prostate health
Pediatric urologic health
Urinary incontinence / overactive bladder (OAB)
Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
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New reply March 10, 2024 • 8:16 PM

Hi, I am 66 and have been treated for Prostrate cancer over the last 13 years. recently my day to day GP, did a kidney test and found my GFR was 37. A month later tested again and it only up to 47. N ... Show more

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Posted March 06, 2024 • 10:35 PM

Hello everyone. Im new to this group so hope I get some answers to calm myself. I had a pelvic and abdominal ultrasound last week. It shows a cyst on my left kidney which hasn’t grown since 2019. They ... Show more

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Posted March 06, 2024 • 4:31 AM

I have been diagnosed with a 5 mm kidney stone in the upper ureter. This is my first experience with such an issue. I have been experiencing severe pain, and the emergency prescribed me tamsulosin (4 ... Show more

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New reply March 28, 2024 • 10:47 PM

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Posted February 17, 2024 • 1:56 PM

I went to a clinic on February 6th due to UTI symptoms. A urine culture showed klebsiella pneumoniae. I was prescribed Macrobid twice a day for 5 days. By day 3 my symptoms were just getting worse an ... Show more

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Posted January 16, 2024 • 10:28 PM

I have one stone in each kidney and they are both less than 1 cm in size stop should I have any great concern for this condition? about 30 years ago I had a larger stone in the left kidney and it was ... Show more

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New reply December 30, 2023 • 10:03 AM

My need is for a kidney transplant. Not yet immediately so but definitely in the near to intermediate future. Yet I have been turned down now by two transplant centers my nephrologist has referred me ... Show more

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Posted December 09, 2023 • 1:40 AM

Just wondering if anyone is taking Jardience & what kind of experience you're having with it

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Posted November 19, 2023 • 12:18 AM

Back with having a hard time catching a full breath. I am constantly taking large breaths and yawning trying to get that “satisfying” breath of air. I had this issue earlier this year for about 3 mont ... Show more

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New reply October 14, 2023 • 12:18 AM

Like most of us - this came as a big shock. I even changed doctors bc I thought my current provider was misreading my labs - nope, he was right. I did have stage 3a CKD and was pre-diabetic. I was ... Show more

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