E 10: Living With One Kidney: Nutrition guidance if you have one kidney or partial nephrectomy
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- Episode 10: In this episode, we talk about all things related to having a kidney removed, being born with one kidney, and how this impacts your kidney function.
0:00 Intro
1:40 What is a nephrectomy and how does it impact our kidney function?
4:59 What to know if born with one kidney or donating a kidney?
8:45 What happens to kidney function after losing one kidney?
11:45 Do you need to worry about nutrition with one kidney?
15:42 What to know after you have a nephrectomy?
20:29 What and how often to monitor after nephrectomy?
21:59 How invasive of a surgery is nephrectomy?
Connect with us:
Sean Hashmi, MD, MS, FASN
www.SELFPrinciple.org
www.instragram.com/seanhashmimd
Michele Crosmer, RD CSR
plantbasedkidneys.com/
/ plantbased.kidneys
Disclaimer
The information provided on this channel is for educational purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Please consult a medical professional or healthcare provider for medical advice, diagnoses, or treatment.
Thanks so much for watching. First topic starts at 1:40.
My 95 year old father had kidney cancer and a dr. in santa maria, california removed that kidney and he is doing great ! ONLY GOD
THANK YOU both for this topic!🤗 I was born with one kidney & now 53 yo with stage 3 CKD. I have been whole food plant-based for 2 years now & have remained stable these past 2 years, and all labs in midline except for proteinuria. Dr. Hashmini I wish you were my Nephrologist- you are so smart, kind & caring! I really appreciate the evidenced based sources in your discussions. Michelle- you are awesome & I love that you really focus on not needing animal protein to still have a balanced & healthy diet. I follow you on FB & just made an instagram so I can follow you there as well. I have watched all of your podcasts to date & am so happy I found you both! Keep up the great work & I will continue to share & watch. 🥗👏🏼😄
That’s so kind of you. Thank you for your support and great job on taking control of your health!
i am giving one kidney with my cousin but he didn't survive! we both one kidney!😉
I had partial nephrectomy almost a year ago, due to a duplex kidney double ureter situation and a lot of these questions I asked my urologist and he gave me very minimal answers on or didn’t really tell me what to expect after surgery. He was absolutely wonderful but a very minimal straight to the point man so any time I would over exert myself and be in pain the next day I would be so confused bc I was expecting to be fully healed by now. So this was very helpful for me, THANK YOU for answering so many of my unanswered questions !!!
I had a partial nephrectomy on June 26th. Almost 2 weeks post op. Im doing pretty good. I finally got my appetite back yesterday.
Thank and god bless you both for providing this information. Love and light to all who are facing this challenge.
Thank you for this video. I`m having one of my kidneys removed in a week, due to Renal Cell Carcinoma. You have given me a lot of good info, as well as helped me form some questions for my Dr. going forward
Glad it was helpful! Best of luck on your upcoming surgery!
As always, the information is excellent! Thank you both!
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Great episode 👏🏼👏🏼
Had a radical nephrectomy , left kidney due to stage 1 renal cell carcinoma. Unfortunately my urologist who did the surgery only said don't worry the one will do the work of both. No advice on you should start now on eating a very healthy diet. So I had already had thyroid cancer before this and a thyroidectomy due to cancer, and again hysterectomy due to cervical cancer. Two cancers before the kidney. Now, fast forward 20 years since nephrectomy, due to my diligence looking at my labwork, I was told by my Primary and my Endocrinologist that I am in stage 2CKD. My eGFR is 64. I am on Metformin for diabetes, but have lowered my sugar by 20 points since the CKD news. I'm not giving up and hope to maintain or improve my CKD. I am waiting on getting a referral to see a Nephrologist and then a Renal Dietition.
Was born with one kidney, my blood pressure was kind of high and it scared me now as I’m 29. Vitamin k2, vitaminD3, potassium, and stress management are key.
Also with me
My baby is born with 1 kidney. I am so scared for him.what is your quality of life?
@YOUNGESTEZE1 what is your quality of life
Very very good and learned alott. You two were excellent , thank you.
So happy you found it helpful and learned a lot!
Had a radical nephrectomy in mid-March, so I'm down to just one kidney - and am all ears.
How is it going? I had it done a year ago.
How is going ?? Mines next month
Hope you are doing ok
Interesting channel name. Your newest follower here! I just donated my kidney about a month ago on 11/29/22 💚
Thanks for joining our community and bless you for donating your kidney and saving a life!
Thanks for sharing
thanks for the great info ❤️
Very helpful
You both are doing great. 👏 Please Include the topic of "LUPUS Nephritis" it's awareness and their Nutrition and Medical care and management.
Thank you! We have lupus nephritis on our list of topics to discuss! :)
Thank you for this episode I learned so much.
So glad you found it helpful! And thank you for being a kidney donor
Thanks... looking forward for KT recipients diet and lifestyle topic. Love your channel..
We will definitely have an episode on kidney transplant in the near future! :)
Dr Hashmi thank you for your response for doing a video on losing weight through water only fasting for the ckd patient over 65 plus. Your insight would really help the lower ckd patients group to understand fully the effects of water only fasting on impaired kidneys. I am gladly sharing the information that some patients in the 65 plus age group have a very slow metabolism making it very hard to lose any weight and water only fasting has proven a very effective way of losing 7 to 9 kilos over 12 to 14 days. In 2015 prepaing for a 100km Oxfam charity walk had a blood test done and found my both kidneys function had dropped to egfr 37. Three years ago my egfr dropped to 26. I water only fasted for 14 days and after refeeding for couple of weeks on plant based diet egfr bounced back to 47. Creatinine dropped from 214 to 125.I t stayed at the level for almost a year and then dropped black to 37. I have done couple more 7 days and 12 day water only fast to bring my weight down from 112kg to 75kg since 2015. During last Christmas and new year I relaxed and gained almost 9kg to hit 83.8kg. A fortnight ago I had done a 13 day water only fast and lost 7 kg at egfr 35. At the end of the fast the egfr dropped to 28 now 79kg .It has not bounced back like the other two times. I am still on plant only diet. Bp is fully under control with 10mg zircol daily. Apart from fluctuating between 90 - 120/ 58-80 . Have never had any other medical issues. Apart from occasional protien in the urine . Just done a urine test to establish if still leaking protien. Now with egfr 28 I am quite concerned and have been doing some research to see what medications are available to preserve the kidney function staying at 28. Been watching utube videos and have come across Dr Rosansky and Dr Gibney discussing SGLT2 and GLP1 drugs for preserving kidney functions in ckd patients with and without diabetes . Looking forward to consulting my GP n the nephrologist to see what they can offer. Please feel welcome to comment if it helps others.
We have recorded the episode and it will be released in a few weeks so stay tuned!
Thank you so much you both are so appreciated ❤
I am on a carnivore diet as it's the only thing that reduces my inflammation. I tried vegetarian but it didn't help. Removing my carbs helped me the most. Changed my diet after they found my mass with IF 16 hrs a day. I am having a radical nephrectomy next month.
Looks like I am going to have a nephrectomy in the next two weeks. No biopsy, so not sure if it is cancer, but the mass is 6.5cm so docs want it gone regardless of cancer status. Just curious if you are still on the carnivore diet and how it is going for you? I tried it about a year ago, but only made it a couple of weeks. Looks like with one kidney, I have to reduce veggies that have oxalates, but I’m curious how carnivore works for people with only one kidney, because I may have to go back to that due to weight and inflammation issues.
Thank you , this was very helpful, I'm having 1 kidney removed in a month because of a renal mass and I feel so in the dark
How is everything going? Having the same problem
I have to have a kidney removed in 2 weeks and I’m so scared
The operation isn’t bad but changing diets is probably important post operation.
My uncle is getting a kidney removed because of a mass. I would like to get in touch with the strong warriors and know their perspective towards life. God bless us all .
I had a partial nephrectomy 2 weeks ago. It was the scariest surgery I've ever had. I'm doing pretty good. I didn't have a appetite for almost 2 weeks. I need to change my eating habits
Love this podcast
Yay so happy you're enjoying it! :)
Im a kidney donor, donated to my mom 1997 and now i have CKD3.
God bless you.
Walking to and from work really has change my outlook in some ways
That’s great!
Enjoyed your informative video. I've been a prolific kidney stone producer since I was 27 years old, I'm now 74. My issue with your video is it doesn't touch on the special dietary restrictions for stone producers with Crohn's disease. Many plant-based items and green leafy vegetables are absolute no no's because of their high oxalate content. yes, there are plant-based foods that are safe when on a low oxalate diet, but the list is somewhat limited. A video on dealing with this issue would be helpful.
Hello! We have a couple videos on oxalates and kidney stones you can check out! We hope you find them helpful :)
How often do you get an MRI of your torso? My kidney was the size of a rugby football and was found purely by chance from an abdominal hernia. After all, doctors love giving pills to treat symptoms, rather than finding the cause... So unless you are showing physical symptoms, chances are, regular checkups won't catch it before a nephrectomy is needed. Other than high blood pressure, I had no obvious symptoms and felt just fine beforehand. My doctor had me on two blood pressure medicines. Expensive.
That was my 'very lucky' experience.
P.S. 58 yrs old male. I am now on a Keto diet and eating healthy. My 55 lbs weight loss (so far) over six months, is just a bonus to cutting sugar, milk, processed foods, and carbs with the focus on Non-Inflamatory foods. AND I eat all the eggs and meat I want, but not in access. Now, normal ranges in blood work. Kidney function is good. Blood pressure quickly returned to normal. I now take ZERO medications.
Doing great! Feeling great!
I highly recommend Keto. :-)
I thought protein was bad for kidney. In reference to eggs I suppose. It’s interesting what you have achieved though.
How do you computer the efgr for 1 kidney? Does the standard for a 2 -kidney efgr still applies?
What about Keto diet, no gall bladder and /or reducing to two daily meals ? Enjoy the info!
Thank you for discussing this topic. I am having a nephrectomy in December and just need to know what I'm in for. It is .03 mass . Thank you also wanting to know how to change my eating habits to help my other kidney. I have high cholesterol.
Hello how did the surgery go? I had mine kidney removed two days ago
my nephrectomy a radical right, robot nephrouterectomy was on a thurs 8am, surgery was 5 hours maybe, could not abide chicken broth (it tasted like beef) but then jello was fine, (did not vomit at all but felt like ) fri, 7am walking, cath out, urinated then discharged at 11am on fri... my pri care and urologist were awesome, I had had a turbt to remove 2 bladder tumors, then stents in then stents out, stones taken outta the left kidney attempted biopsy right, then nephrouterectomy all in 2 months, then heal time after nephrouterectomy 4 weeks ,, am restricting my diet alot, low sulphur,potassium,salt, sugar, purine, no red meat, and going was doing 4 oz chickent turkey or fish a day, but got gout flare frome 4 oz chicken so cutting that out for a year (I had to go to ER for gout and prednisone ,which made us push back my first keytruda infusion,, it appears the steroids Iwould get for gout would harm the efficacy of keytruda which I will be on for a year, so now,, no lean meat even (am trying to be okay in some soup in small portions because sometimes choice are limited in rural Minnesota) am on allipurinol and trying to build back my kidney function had stage 3 grade 3 clear cell in kidney and stage 1 papilaries in bladder ..have 2 small nodules on lungs we hope are from infection and shoulder lesions so keytruda to me hopefully will reduce recurance odds, but a year long and am scared of losing my job (I used 9 of 12 weeks of FMLA now, and they just let another man go who had stage 4 testicular cancer and his lungs) .. Thankyou for this info, The diet I have for years been on some sort, just gets more restrictive, I came across while hunting recipes from Mediterranean diet sites my gfr was 92 then 52 now 42 I am aiming into the 60's, pre diabetic,
Hi Jay! It sounds like you have been through a lot! We're happy to see that you're focused on your health and diet. We highly recommend working 1:1 with a renal dietitian so they can help customize a plan for you so you don't feel more and more restrictive! Here is a link for a database of renal dietitians: www.kidney.org/ckdrd We hope that helps!
Excellent and very informative, I just subscribed today and wacth all videos, I donated a kidney to my sister back in May 1997, I've done lab tests every year to keep a look on my numbers for Proteine in the urine and eGFR's, the last one done this past Thursday it seems I haven't done well since I like to drink lots of wine and eat meat. I'm going to follow your recomendatiosn about Plant protein lifestyle, good thing I eat lots of vegetables and fruits, my other numbers are doing very well, cholesterol,pothasium, etc. Any comments from you will be appreciated.
Hi Luis! We love that you donated a kidney to your sister and are on top of monitoring/maintaining your kidney health! Keep eating lots of fruits and veggies and we hope the protein episode is helpful for you. We will be diving deeper into protein in upcoming episodes too!
I lost one kidney in nephrectomy one year back. My creatinine is 1 and potassium is 5.3. I am a vegetarian. My blood sugar and blood pressure are under control. Kindly guide
@@sushmitamohapatra6214 which diet are u following..? I am also same like u..!
Excelente info. After a nephrectomy should exercise and cardio be limited for life . Oh is ok to exercise as much as I like? Thank you
We have a more recent episode on exercise! Make sure to check that out :)
My problem started with kidney stones that obstruct the ureter damaging it and a uteroneocystostomy and reconstructive surgery done , not up to 6weeks another obstruction on the left again what is the fate of my left kidney as it is not excreting waste for 1month
I don’t have any kidneys, HELP! I need a new diet or death is certainly sooner than later! Phosphorus is out of control. What’s the best way to get my numbers back under control? I had a radical bilateral nephrectomy 2018, kidneys weighed 48 pounds.
tks
I was inborn in one kidney..now im 37 yrs old..pls advice me what healthy food for me..❤
Thanks
I have one kidney fully functional and the other was there and I guess was shriveled up.. is there anything else I need to know in addition to the info provided? Tia!
Monitor labs closely and make sure to fully understand them and anything specific to your health that your physician has addressed with you! An overall healthy lifestyle with low stress, good sleep, and physical movement are very important too!
My mom's kidneys creatinine is 23. What kind of food should provide for her
Thanks for sharing on this topic born with one kidney my kidney health has improved I'm stage 3a filtration is up to 50 percent been trying to do a whole foods plant based high fiber nutritionally dence diet for years but I fall short. Would like your input on fasting and High fiber nutritionally dence blended whole juice detox cleanse and how often if you would recommend it I believe it's a good practice for me what do you think much appreciate your support and service
Hello! We briefly discuss fasting in an upcoming episode, but will have a whole episode dedicated to it so stay tuned :)
Sir I don't have one kidney frm birth and recently received diabetes my age is 20 I need to know that diabetes affected me because of that lost kidney ya sir?
I just removed one kidney by January what should I do to stay healthy
I had nephrectomy on my right kidney. last year. Now I have only one kidney. Thr creatinine is still 1.1 and potassium 5.3. My blood pressure and blood sugar are under control. Kindly advise
Please reply me i have the same kindly reply me if possible i have same nephroctomy and approxx same creatine and potassium level.
When one kidney gets damaged and stops working, does the other kidney increase in size or is there a problem?
Yes
I'm 75 and next month they are removing my left kidney, bladder, uterus and all the tubes connected. My kidney function is at 39. I've been searching the Internet for anything that can help bring the function up to help my one remaining. Any suggestions on food, herbs etc??
Check out our diet and lifestyle playlists! We have a ton of videos on here to help with that!
My wife one right side kidaney was not working and lift side 52.73 function
I had a kidney taken out in 2017. I want to know, if anyone else has noticed any changes. I have noticed that the heat really knocks me now. Summer time used to be ok, but now every summer i feel im fighting a battle. I also notice i get tired i like to nap.
Why did u remove that kidney
@josegzz2271 it was diseased and non functioning. It was causing alot of problems.
I'm afraid the it depends answer doesn't really apply to a kidney donor because they are screened do not have high blood pressure to not have cholesterol issues to not have diabetes etc
Iam also donor in1998,
I'm living with one kidney pls share what food I'm going to eat ...how about vegetables and fruits I am worrying....
Hello! We recommend working 1:1 with a renal dietitian so they can tell you which specific fruits/veggies to consume. In general though, you want to have a diverse diet and choose fruits/veggies and portions based on your labs (like potassium levels). Many people with CKD or with one kidney have no issues with blood potassium levels and don't have to restrict in their diet. It is highly individualized though.
Iam a person living with one kidney.
We hope you found the episode helpful. Thanks for being here!
Please doctor help me to give me a food advice what to eat what to not eat
Check out our diet playlist! We have tons of videos!
I love chocolate should I cut it out myGFR is 24 and stage 4 ckd
Yes cut ✂️ it down or better stop
I want to donate kidney when i will be 35 years old
Nutrition guidance starts at: ..... it never does. All they said is eat a plant based diet, not protein.
Hai sir I am . IMRAN my blood group 'O'positive.i want to sell my kidney
maybe the reason for having two kidney is because it is a lousy weak organ
the liver is the master,the wheel of life
Good point