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GFR

Canadian Sandy
Canadian Sandy CSN Member Posts: 784 Member
edited August 2018 in Kidney Cancer #1

My latest gfr reading is 39 down from 45 in May. I had a partial nephrectomy in March. Should I be concerned? I am 77 years so maybe this is normal for my age.

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  • icemantoo
    icemantoo CSN Member Posts: 3,362
    edited August 2018 #2
    See a Urologist

    While we all have lower GFR's than our 2 kidney brothers and sisters, 39 is lower than it should be. There may be other issues than a partial kidney loss causing that reading. Mine once was that lw and is back in the upper 50's after a significant weight loss. Get it checked out. This is a Kidney function issue and probably not a cancer issue.

     

     

     

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  • Canadian Sandy
    Canadian Sandy CSN Member Posts: 784 Member
    #3
    icemantoo said:

    See a Urologist

    While we all have lower GFR's than our 2 kidney brothers and sisters, 39 is lower than it should be. There may be other issues than a partial kidney loss causing that reading. Mine once was that lw and is back in the upper 50's after a significant weight loss. Get it checked out. This is a Kidney function issue and probably not a cancer issue.

     

     

     

    icemantoo

    Thanks for replying. I will

    Thanks for replying. I will phone my urologist.

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  • Canadian Sandy
    Canadian Sandy CSN Member Posts: 784 Member
    #4
    This blood test was done for

    This blood test was done for my colon oncologist. confusing When your doing double everything. haha

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  • CRashster
    CRashster CSN Member Posts: 241 Member
    #5
    GFR

    It can vary from day to day, kinda like blood pressure. 39 is not great, but not horrible. Are you getting enough water? That makes a huge difference.

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  • Canadian Sandy
    Canadian Sandy CSN Member Posts: 784 Member
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    thanks cr. I think my water

    thanks cr. I think my water should be increased. 

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  • todd121
    todd121 CSN Member Posts: 1,448 Member
    #7
    Canadian Sandy said:

    Thanks for replying. I will

    Thanks for replying. I will phone my urologist.

    Urologist - Nephrologist

    You could see your urologist about this, but if you have one, I'd see your nephrologist. I see one regularly and she checks a number of things the other doctors don't check to make sure my kidneys are functioning ok.

    Todd

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  • icemantoo
    icemantoo CSN Member Posts: 3,362
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    icemantoo said:

    See a Urologist

    While we all have lower GFR's than our 2 kidney brothers and sisters, 39 is lower than it should be. There may be other issues than a partial kidney loss causing that reading. Mine once was that lw and is back in the upper 50's after a significant weight loss. Get it checked out. This is a Kidney function issue and probably not a cancer issue.

     

     

     

    icemantoo

    I meant

    See a Nephrologist

     

     

    icemantoo

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