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Please provide a tip on how to ask your doctor about living with mild kidney failure.
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Ask: Ask your doctor if he/she thinks you will be on dialysis or need a kidney transplant some day.
Answered 10/1/2017
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Ignore: Ask about limiting phosphate, limiting salt, limiting fat, limiting meat protein, and best BP level.
Answered 7/28/2014
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Ignore: Use meds like NSAIDS as sparingly as possible and ask your doc if they're ok for your kidneys.
Answered 7/16/2015
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Ignore: Keep your salt intake below 3000 mg per day.
Answered 8/2/2015
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