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Posted 3/8/2023 8:08 PM (GMT -5)
Dec 2021 GFR reading was 69 ml; this month 52 ml. Passed a kidney stone last October. PCP cannot explain what happened. Stage 3 kidney disease? If this happened in 15 months, could it drop even more in the same time? Is there any treatment? Get CT scan for kidney stones this month. I see urologist in a few weeks; no nephrologist appointments until late May. Very concerned about this.
Posted 4/3/2023 11:37 AM (GMT -5)

eric1548 said...
Dec 2021 GFR reading was 69 ml; this month 52 ml. Passed a kidney stone last October. PCP cannot explain what happened. Stage 3 kidney disease? If this happened in 15 months, could it drop even more in the same time? Is there any treatment? Get CT scan for kidney stones this month. I see urologist in a few weeks; no nephrologist appointments until late May. Very concerned about this.

Any update?
Posted 4/9/2023 8:19 AM (GMT -5)
Yes, thanks for asking. In a subsequent blood test (without fasting and not dehydrated as I believe was the case with the previous test) the GFR was 56, so up 4 points. I went back and looked at a past GFR result and found that in 2018 it was 59. The PCP never mentioned this to me. In 2021 however it was 69. I don't know what to make of this. Doing more tests. Neprhrologist is waiting until all the data has been collected before commenting.
Posted 2/25/2024 4:59 AM (GMT -5)
Hi eric 1548, I have read that eGFR will never go back up as damage irreversible.
I hope I am wrong.
During any blood test ( in UK ) the docs never mention my GFR, I have to ask. They should as it may stop any further decline by adjusting ones diet etc.
Regards
Posted 5/7/2024 4:41 PM (GMT -5)
It is true - - egfr does not fix itself. It is what it is.
Posted 8/22/2024 9:57 PM (GMT -5)

NJ Fred said...
It is true - - egfr does not fix itself. It is what it is.

A lot depends on the cause of the drop. If the eGFR has dropped due to illness or injury there is a possibility it will bounce back when the trauma is over. I dropped from 70 to 40 and back to 70 when I had food poisoning. But chronic kidney decease only gets worse with time. You can slow it to a crawl if you do the right things. Follow your nephrologist advise.
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