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Dr says I have kidney failure. Does this mean dialysis is in my future? How serious is this? |
Have had blood work , CT scan, and ultrasound. No insurance- cant find a specialist who will treat me, w/o BIG cash up front. trying to control BP but other than that.. dont seem to be able to do much but wait for it to get worse, then when Im too sick to work, they will help me ( medical card) go figure. Need answers from Health professionals as well as kidney failure patients. Thank you in advance ! When you don鈥檛 have money to get the care you need: Dialysis is up for you, but depends on your weight, are you over weight that they cant operate on, you... Dialysis is an option. Hopefully, you can qualify for a kidney transplant to fix your condition. I hope you feel better. It means you aren't ill enough to require a transplant. Keep checking with the social worker at the dialysis unit. Also talk to Dept of Health and Human Resources. You may be able to reduce your work schedule and buy into the medicaid card. I had cancer. What percentage of kidney failure do you have? And yes, dialysis will be in your future at some point. You need to modify your diet (depends on what percentage of your kidneys are failing) and definitely get your blood pressure under control as it hurts the kidneys too. Unfortunately there is no cure for kidney failure other than a transplant and dialysis only works for so long... so it is VERY IMPORTANT that you do as much as you can to keep yourself healthy. Good luck and best wishes! While Yahoo Answers is fun, I suggest you get your medical advice from a doctor instead, rather than someone whose online reliability can not be measured. Kidney failure can be chronic or can be acute. If you have not had a 24 hour urine specimen drawn for protien, creatinine and electrolytes, your not in bad enough shape to have dialysis. Sometimes your kidneys slowly fail over a period of years or months. |
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