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louise5027
louise5027

i was started on new Meds back in Feb because I'd moved overseas and they couldn't get my old Meds. I have just been for a routine blood test to check the Meds are working and my eGFR has gone up from around the 49/50 mark to over 60. Can this be right as it shows I've gone from CKD3 to normal kidney function.?

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  • MrsO-UK_Surrey
    MrsO-UK_Surrey louise5027

    Posted

    Oh, wow, Louise, if that is the case and it's due to the new meds, perhaps we all need to move overseas!!  My one thought is could there be a possibility that they use different machines and/or different statistics to measure eGFR in the country to which you have moved.  Well worth asking them

    Do you have a list of the results?  In which case, how do other results, such as creatinine, potassium, urea, sodium, compare to previous results in the UK.

    Another thought that comes to mind is have your changed any parts of your lifestyle considerbly, such as different diet, exercise etc

    I'm really looking forward to hearing more about this - meanwhile enjoy the good news. 

    • louise5027
      louise5027 MrsO-UK_Surrey

      Posted

      Thanks Mrs O, I'm not convinced they are correct. I have yet to see the doctor as he may want to repeat the test. The nurse just suggested I went back to the UK for a test there to confirm. Luckily I'm back in June. But they don't fill you with confidence here. I don't have any other results from the UK but ill take a copy of these ones back for my GP there.
  • matt66
    matt66 louise5027

    Posted

    Very interesting!!

    What was / is the old and new medication Louise? Also, where have you moved to?

    • louise5027
      louise5027 matt66

      Posted

      Hi Matt, my old meds were Ramapril and Bendrofluamazide. My new are Lisinopril and indapamide.

      I have moved to Saudi Arabia.

    • MrsO-UK_Surrey
      MrsO-UK_Surrey louise5027

      Posted

      How strange, Louise, when Indapamide was added to my Losartan a six months ago, it had the opposite effect on my kidney function in just under a month.  I felt really weak and blood tests revealed that my creatinine and potassium had increased and my sodium levels had plummeted together with my eGFR which reduced by 9 points in that short time. My renal consultant stopped the Indapamide immediately but I felt really panicked.  The eGFR did regain 8 of the 9 points lost by the next blood test.  Perhaps the combination of Lisinopril and Indapamide is better than the Losartan/Indapamide combination.  Either that, or it's just our bodies reacting differently, if, in fact, the Laboratory where you are measures things differently.  Do you feel any different?
    • louise5027
      louise5027 MrsO-UK_Surrey

      Posted

      Hi MrsO, I don't feel any different really. Occasional lightheaded and tired but that could be altitude and heat. I still manage to cycle twenty miles a day and other exercise. I have a medical with gp in a couple of weeks so going to ask for a re test x
  • carol111
    carol111 louise5027

    Posted

    That is fab news! Have you changed anything beside meds?
    • louise5027
      louise5027 carol111

      Posted

      Thanks Carol, haven't changed anything significant except the meds. Don't trust the result as my kidney is badly scarred and damaged so don't see how after 6 weeks on new meds its completely reversed.
    • louise5027
      louise5027 carol111

      Posted

      Thanks Carol, haven't changed anything significant except the meds. Don't trust the result as my kidney is badly scarred and damaged so don't see how after 6 weeks on new meds its completely reversed.
  • helen54849
    helen54849 louise5027

    Posted

    Hi,

    Mrs O is correct they measure things differently abroad and while there may be slight changes it is very doubful that you have recovered from renal failure.  I would await your return to the UK and having your bloods done then - good luck

    • MrsO-UK_Surrey
      MrsO-UK_Surrey helen54849

      Posted

      Helen, I don't think reduced kidney function can actually be described as "renal failure".  
    • helen54849
      helen54849 MrsO-UK_Surrey

      Posted

      Hi,

      I would disagree CKD is chronic kidney disease the defanition of chronic is something you don't recover from and CKD stage 5 is end stage renal failure (ESRF) so the other stages are the kidneys failing you are just at different stages.  If at CKD stage 3 you are still in renal failure this is the stage of the disease (it does not mean that everyone progresses to end stage).  I hope this clarifys things.

    • MrsO-UK_Surrey
      MrsO-UK_Surrey helen54849

      Posted

      Thank you, Helen.  I have seen various websites that say they are one and the same but I know people who have been hospitalised and diagnosed with kidney failure, have been treated and have recovered.  It is possible to recover from kidney failure but not from chronic kidney disease.  I've also been told by a technician who runs the relevant blood tests in the lab that it's quite likely for someone with only one kidney to have a naturally lower function than someone with two but certainly not a failing kidney.  It's obviously a very complex subject and I wonder whether the jury is still out. 
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