BostonTim
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Do all you can to stay as well as you can. All the best.Background (in case you didn't know), I have had high blood pressure for years and been on many different medicines. I probably had it long before I was diagnosed and that leads to last fall when I was diagnosed with stage 3a chronic kidney disease. My kidney, as I found out I only have one since birth, was only functioning at 46%. This freaked me out even more and caused even worse high blood pressure for a few months. I'm now on three different blood pressure medicines (beta blocker, water pill, and something else). My heart rate is almost constantly in the 50's due to the beta blocker, sometimes middle to upper 40's. There would be times with my sit down job that I would almost be falling a sleep. This could be a product of the medicine or possible something else (sleep apnea). I went to my family doctor on Monday and she reduced the beta blocker by 25% and it seems to be working on energy level. Blood pressure hasn't been steady but most of the time it is good. I was even 107/67 today at the store with a heart rate in the low 50's and had energy. I'm just trying to nurse this kidney along hopefully forever and never have to worry about dialysis or a transplant. After six months, I feel better about it, my kidney levels have stayed steadyish, my gfr was down to 41 but bumped up to 43 last week.
Of course, the way I look at life with my religion, I don't get scared, I know what my final outcome is going to be. I do need to eat better and exercise more so I can be around for my kids as long as I can. Exercise will get better as weather gets better.
Finally, if you are one of these "I don't go to the doctor" types, check your blood pressure at home. Mine was 140's over 90's for years and I didn't know it, that is probably where my damage to my kidney came from. I will probably end up doing a sleep study for the sleep apnea as my wife says I snore and sometimes loud.
BT