Stage 2 Chronic Kidney Disease

[Bunnybigears]

Anyone any experience of this and what sort of lifestyle, diet etc changes help? I have googled but some pages say restrict fluid intake and some say to ensure at least 2 litres of water a day so does anyone have any real life advice or experience.

what did the person who gave you the results say? Results need interpreting in the context of all the other medical information and advice (if any is needed...which it might not be), is based on the full picture.

The only information I have is my relative has been told they have Stage 2 Chronic Kidney Disease and they need to loose weight and change their diet. I do their shopping and they told me to "get healthy food" but apart from generally trying to reduce UPFs and bad fats etc I'm not sure what I should be doing. Unfortunately they rely on a lot of help from family but point blank refuse to let us attend their appointments with them so we get 2nd hand information at best.

My late husband had chronic kidney disease, though it wasn’t directly what killed him. He was diagnosed with end stage renal failure around 2000. That’s level 5 I think. But he lived another 20 years, give or take, and it was a heart attack that killed hi . The reasons for saying all of that is that well, or even moderately well, managed CKD can still mean a long life post diagnosis.

Key dietary things I recall are managing potassium, sodium and phosphates. Avoid refined carbs, and consume enough protein to retain muscle mass but not so much as to stress the kidneys. Fluid control is a factor, but at higher levels than level 2 CKDi suspect. My late husband did however refuse to be constrained by the dietary limitations, though he was very focussed on fluid intake. He was also diabetic so naturally limited the whole refined carbs thing anyway. He didn’t drink alcohol, bar the odd glass of champagne at new year, in the 25 years we had together.

Let me know if you have any questions; as more comes back to me I will let you know!

I'm sorry for the loss of your husband, your post has been very helpful thank you.

Thank you @Bunnybigears On the dietary front, sodium is easy enough to manage, and phosphates too by avoiding too much processed food. Potassium is more of a challenge as lots of things that you assume are healthy also have high levels of potassium - citrus fruits, banana, spinach, lentils, potato, tomato... the list goes on. Also, chocolate!!

I’m stage 4,only advice I’ve been given is keep weight.and blood pressure down,
stage 2 can be resolved with healthy eating and diet,