So You Were Just Diagnosed with Kidney Disease | Top 10 Things to Do | A Kidney Doctor Explains
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- So You Were Just Diagnosed with Kidney Disease | Top 10 Things to Do | A Kidney Doctor Explains
As a kidney doctor (nephrologist), I diagnose hundreds of people with kidney disease every year. If you were recently diagnosed or if you have a diagnosis of kidney disease, there some important things to do to help protect your kidneys and prevent your kidney disease from getting worse.
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Remember, even though I am a nephrologist, I am NOT your nephrologist so make sure you talk about your specific situation with your kidney doctor.
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Working as a kidney doctor, I found that my patients were often unaware of just how important diet and lifestyle were and how often they felt unsupported by generic advice to “eat healthy”.
The home cook in me hated hearing this, so I set out to find a better way. I began to combine my medical training and love of food, making videos of simple recipes that were based on science and packed with flavor. Instead of just saying “eat healthy” to my patients, I could give them the resources they needed to make a real difference in their health.
Kidney doctor, passionate home cook, and CZcams sensation Dr Blake Shusterman empowers people to proactively manage their health by stepping into the kitchen. The author of several cookbooks with over 100,000 CZcams subscribers, The Cooking Doc® believes anyone, at any age can transform their health with small changes that make a big difference. Based on science and packed with flavor, Dr. Blake’s simple recipes have inspired home cooks everywhere to change their diet, retrain their taste buds, and transform their health.
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Being told that I have Chronic Kidney Disease was scary and overwhelming. I was too afraid to ask any questions. Thanks for the input. You are a life saver.
You have no idea how much relief and stress you took off of me in just 40 seconds! Im 32 years old and was diagnosed with type 1 dibetes when i was 9. I was diagnosed with stage 3a diabetic kidney disease two days ago, thought my life was over, and loss the will to keep living. It is so comforting to hear that I may never need dialysis or a kidney transplant. My eGFR is 54. Hopefully with losing weight, managing my diabetes (A1C was 5.8), and blood pressure will stop any progression. Again, thank you so much!!!
I just found out the same thing.
Thank you for this information! I will buy your book because you care!! ❤️
Thanks for letting me know it's OK to be overwhelmed. So much info so fast.
This is very helpful doc! Thank you! ♥️
Thanks so much Doc I do appreciate your information. God Bless 🙏
THANK YOU 💗 I really needed to hear this as I really needed some reassurance . I have subscribed as my way of saying thank you.
Thank you for watching and subscribing. Wishing you well as you navigate kidney disease.
Excellent video. Quality content!
I GOT THE BOOK LAST WEEK I MADE MY MEAL TONIGHT FROM THAT BOOK.IT WAS VERY GOOD.
Thanks
Thank you so much I've been a mess with worry
Great video Doctor. I was diagnosed about five years ago. I just wanted a schooling refresher. I'm following all that you have stated.
In addition to the video, this comment of yours literally just took a lot worry off my shoulders and renewed some hope. I've only just been diagnosed, and just haven't been able to get out of my head that my life is going to end soon. It's hard not to think of the worst! Thank Thank you for sharing!
Thank You.
Thanks Doc!
It was very very helpful thank you very much
Thanks!
Thank you so much Sir ❤️👍👍👍❤️
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! What you said around the 1min mark was what I needed to hear right now. Im 33 and have just learned of my kidney issues. You say reach out to your parents... Well im finding it hard to do that currently. Mum has recently lost her mother, her younger brother (and only has one younger sibling left) not long after and her dad is also deceased, telling her would absolutely be devastating knowing she may lose her child. I know this will play on her mind. So im trying not to tell her until I absolutely have to. Anywhoo, I've probably overshared lol Thank you for the great video.
Thanks for not scaring people
Thanks Doc.
Thank you
Very helpful, thank you
This is the excellent presentation, thanks a lot Almighty God be with you always and long live.
Wonderful video Dr!!!
Thanks 👍
Thanks doctor
How i wish i will have that book.as my guide for my healthy diet.iam stage 4 ckd.
As always, good kidney info and education, Dr. Shusterman
Thank you
The doctor said that I have low potassium and low iron. So would including a vitamin supplement help along with enriched foods?
I am Rimpy from Bangladesh and I really want to say thank you .
Doctor, how do you compute the GFR?
LOL, well, you convinced me, I'll buy your book. Do you have, or can you make, a video about exercise for kidney health? I am a bit worried about starting resistance training with a kidney condition.
Good luck..
1. Don’t panic
2. Know your kidney disease stage
3. What caused it?
4. Know medicine that effect KD
5. Ask if you need a kidney specialist
6. Check potassium level
7. See a dietitian
8. Check parents for KD history
9. Control diabetes and high blood pressure
10. Find good resource on kidney health/ Diet
Thank you 🙏
Who has time to do all that crap when you do dialysis 3 times a week 3 and a half hours each session. I currently am dealing with severe depression, ocd, and anxiety so just getting to dialysis is daunting! I will be dead by the time they find a kidney.
@@adambrickell6425 exactly. But buy his book. Help make him money!! I'm going that way as well. Even if you get a transplant your on anti rejection medication for the rest of your life. You might get renal function back but have all the other complications!!!
I have been test a dozen times in the past few years. There is a clear downward trend in my egfr. It's about 60 now. No one can tell me the cause. I have no other medical conditions and lead a healthy lifestyle.
thanks for this but am in Africa, how do u get your book and some ingredientsyou eat we dont eat . how can u help?
I just found your channel and now subscribing. I was told last week that I have CKD, but apparently, it was diagnosed 3 years ago by my doctor who never told me about it. I will be going to a specialist. My question to you is you said black coffee is good to drink. My question is can I put cream and stevia in the coffee? Thank you.
Hi Donna same here. How is your prognosis. Is everything normal. ?
@@robm2707 No. Hope you're in better hands than I. I never heard back from Cooking Doc Blake Shusterman if coffee w/stevia cream is okay. My insurer hasn't approved seeing a specialist but I'm watching what I eat.
Year ago (2021) woke up from hearth Cath and told both I needed ASAP by-pass surgery and had Kidney disease. All I could think of at time was my older brother had died of such a combination. Was back in hospital last month and given CKD Stage 3 diagnosis. However, the only real explanation received has been from "Dr. CZcams". Medical types, in this observation, get so used to all this they forget the patient does not know what they know.
feel lucky to have watched this video as i am in process of taking control of ckd being hypertensive and prediabetic.
Do you have proteinuria?
@@mad_titanthanos no my urine is normal.i only have ckd 3.i get swelling of ankles.
@@tasneemrauf1702 thank you for sharing. I'm having foamy urine. I hope I don't need kidney transplant or dialysis. I'm not even 25 yet and Google says so much scary stuff.
@@mad_titanthanos please dont worry too much.blood results are just numbers.i am a medic myself.if you dont have polycystic kidney disease which is a cause of ckd, then you can delay dialysis for many many years.first step in your case to have blood test and urine test.reduce salt and protein in your diet.no smoking.
@@tasneemrauf1702 I don't do even do any of these. I just recovered from an injury. I thought I'll finally join the gym workout but alas i read you can't even workout.
Can you stabilize with Proteinuria stage 3a ckd with food? He is high on Potassium, and is on Invokana - but Inv. has caused GFR to drop 10 pts in 6 months - just since they prescribed it. His Nephron isnt talking, and he didnt have Protei urea 8 months ago.
INVOKANNA IS A DANGEROUS MEDICINE.
I DEVELOPED KIDNEY PROBLEMS AFTER BEING PUT ON INVOKANNA.
@ dr Blake ....how would you rate coconut water being alkaline for kidneys?
I am not a doctor but I think that if you potassium is hight you should not drink coconut water.
hi doc.Please Can you do a topic also about kidney disease cause by an infection in other parts of the body.THANK YOU
My kidney disease was caused by years of psychiatric drugs and years of Prilosec. I am not in stage 4. My nephrologist would not give me a prescription to see a renal dietican. He said no diet or medicine could not help me anymore. I am preferring not to get dyalys because I have many other health issues, also I am 76 years old
I'm getting lots of conflicting information. White rice only vs brown, wild, etc and only white bread, including french bread and sourdough - no brown or multi - grain. How do I know what's okay?
,where can buy your book
I was hoping you would give a solution or small tip that would help cure kidney disease.
He just always keeps saying that nothing can be done to reverse kidney disease. Basically he’s just trying to tell us that we are going to die from kidney disease and failure bc the big Pharma also refused to help us to make a successful treatment or cure for us. The big Pharma and the doctors go hand in hand.
How will we get this book
How can i order your book, doc?
I don't have diabetes or high blood pressure,but I do have low blood pressure I have CKD please doc any advice
Hi Michelle I have the same thing. No BP . No diabetic but still have CKD . Can please tell how are you doing. And how long did you have this issue. Thank you 😊
Where to buy your book Doc
What's the na m.j e of the book?
How can I find out what caused my stage 2 kidney disease?
Kidney biopsy
We're alr in 2022 but still no cure for this sickness.
Celery juice?
1 WAS JUST Diagnose WITH TYPE 3A Kidney Disease
Should I look for a dietitian? I’m on a hmo….
nephrologist told me with IGA kidney disease changing diet doesn't help. What do you say?
I don’t know your exact situation but my belief is that a healthy diet certainly benefit any person with kidney disease.
Don’t worry miracles happen and everything has a start just keep trying
The doctor of my husband told us that having IGA cannot be cured but can be managed..
Go vegan
Contrast dye.
Basically it all means kidney disease does not have a proper treatment.
Foamy urine all the time me and what i h ave already been disguised with cdk my blood pressure stays low
My parents are long dead. Nobody else has kidney problems in my family.
Can kidney disease be healed?
Yes
Itbs best to.consultbonecs own doctor who knows patients better.
I don't have diabetes but I have slightly elevated blood pressure, which I am tackling with exercise. I have arthritis in my knees and sometimes it is so painful to walk, that I just don't go out. Have decided to go out anyway, and just put up with the pain, and make a real concerned effort during the next two weeks in order to bring it down, but what I want to know is - what IS kidney disease. Everyone is using this term, but no-one has actually explained what it is? I have a slightly reduced kidney function, (am aged 62) but does this mean I have kidney disease? I am guessing not, but I am worried all the same. I also have slightly elevated uric acid levels. Does this go hand in hand with kidney disease?
Basically kidney disease is where the nephrons in your kidneys no longer filter out the toxins in your blood from what you drink/eat. High blood pressure, diabetes, and COVID will accelerate the kidneys demise. Hope that helps.
Can kidney disease be cured after following low protein diet for years? Why? Why not?
My kidney was totally taken out because it had a mass on it.
Cant drink coffee because of high potassium
What fruits to eat and vegetable.is it bad to eat peanuts, beans
The first thing you should have said is DRINK A LOT OF WATER.
I unfortunately have CDK and this is the best treatment I've seen so far with herbs from Dr emuakhe from Africa.I plan to use it in the future when friends/family ask about it.
JUST A BIG ADVERTISEMENT FOR HIS COOKING BOOK
Starting January next year, I’m gonna stop taking medicine for my gout and stage 4 kidney disease because I have withdrawn my last penny on my account after 4 years w/out income. Goodbye cruel world.
Hope to find peace and comfort in the after life.
Jesus came that you might have life and life more abundantly. God didn't just plonk us on this earth to abandon us. He sent Jesus to save us from the penalty of sin (eternal death) and all its side effects, one being ill health. Salvation through Jesus gives us eternal life and prosperity in this life. So don't despair and feel hopeless. Believe in Jesus, believe that he died and was raised from the dead. Ask him into your life and put your trust in him. Seek to know him, he has a special plan for your life. He is able to change your financial situation and your health, nothing is too difficult for him.
@@deborahtruthwillsetyoufree4217 i just wish you could be used by the Lord to help me a little by sharing a few bucks for me to move on
@@wilfredbasquial2341 what happened? Why do you have kidney problems and why no income?
@@deborahtruthwillsetyoufree4217 couldn’t work since then wd no medical security
@@deborahtruthwillsetyoufree4217 I’m on wheelchair
I've managed to drop 30 lb and lower my creatinine levels by doing low carb. But I told my kidney doctor that I still love diet Coke. He said not to worry about that
Stop immediately! Caramel color, carbonation, and Aspartame are super hard on kidneys; phenyl....(sp) causes cancer. We are addicted to the caffeine - I went cold Turkey. :)!
Diet Coke is probably the worse thing you can drink for kidney health.
Could tell me what kind of protein you eat?
@@azeydon - my kidney doctor disagrees. Billions of people drink it every day and they are fine.
@@monnieannbee8197 my protein sources are a variety of meats and nuts
Every test is Normal- Low BUN, Urea, Insulin, A1C, Blood pressure 90/60, 82 Glucose, Creatinine Normal, Potassium Normal, Even my ALKP is Abnormal LOW as is my ALT-Abnormal LOW. HOW ON EARTH CAN MY eGRF BE 62????? How do these calculations work????? I eat a high protein diet-no more soda, and barely any carbs. I lift weights but I am 15 pounds over weight for me. Please explain what causes your GFR to be LOW?????
Egfr is flawed with inaccuracies.
Stages 1, 2, 3a, 3b, 4 and 5. What stage are you and what do you plan to do?
stage 4 found out about 8 months ago.
Doctors as useless.