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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
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
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
Hello! My name is Steph Shuff, and I am a writer working here at Inspire. Every month, I help to write, edit, and publish our Monthly Dose newsletter, a monthly email that highlights articles from ac ... Show more
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
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
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
Just wondering if anyone is taking Jardience & what kind of experience you're having with it
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
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