Progress report

It's now been three and a half years since I was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and began my quest to cure myself. Although I have not achieved the dramatic recovery I was hoping for my condition appears to be generally stable and this can be considered an acheivement given that the tendency for CKD patients is to gradually lose kidney function until replacement or death becomes necessary. Here are my findings and tips to date so that others may benefit from them (none of which should be construed as medical advice!): Comments on this blogThanks to all the people who've taken the time to comment on this blog. I have just noticed I had almost 2 years of comments pending my approval. These have now been posted and I will try to answer them. Background information and lab test resultsFor anyone interested in the technical details, I have a 40 year old male of British/Dutch/Austrian ancestry living in on the caribbean coast of Mexico. Height 1.82m, current weight ~76kg (previously 85kg). You can review my complete lab test result history here:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhX6YZKS2qpCdFpObVlQQXNmMjBfT19kUUdxUHAxaEE&output=html UK consultationIn April I consulted with a nephrologist in England, Dr. Rowe, and also took blood tests. The UK test results were consistent with all my previous test results done in Mexico. The nephrolgoist provided the following information: Natural decline: The natural tendency of a healthy kidney is for a reduc...
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