r/CKD

Over the past month, I've been extremely stressed out as I have had foam in my urine every day. I read online that this could be a sign of CKD, so I went to the doctor and got a blood urea and creatinine test. This came back normal. The foam persisted, so the doctor ordered urinanalysis. This also came back normal.

Still, the foam persisted.

A week or two ago, I did a deep clean of my apartment and cleaned the toilet with toilet bowl cleaner. For the follow 2-3 days, I didn't have any foam in my urine. Then, the foam slowly returned.

I cleaned my toilet with toilet bowl cleaner again yesterday, and lo-and-behold, my foam has disappeared.

I'm now thinking that some imperceptible mildew or mold might be responsible for the foam.

Beyond this, I'm not certain of the implications. But it might be worth checking if you're stressed out about having foam in your urine.

Bonjour à tous,

Je suis un homme de 34 ans et j'ai rendez-vous pour ma première biopsie rénale le 2 juin. Je suis assez anxieux à l'idée de l'intervention et de la convalescence.

J'aimerais beaucoup connaître vos expériences : comment cela s'est-il passé pour vous ? Était-ce douloureux ? Combien de jours de repos vous a-t-il fallu avant de reprendre vos activités normales ? Avez-vous des conseils pour le jour de l'intervention ?

Pour vous donner un peu de contexte sur les raisons pour lesquelles mon néphrologue souhaite une biopsie, voici un bref résumé de mon cas et de mes derniers résultats d'analyses. Mes résultats sont actuellement stables/en amélioration, mais mon médecin souhaite exclure une néphropathie à IgA ou une hyalinose segmentaire et focale secondaire.

Mes résultats d'analyses et leur contexte :

DFGe : 109 ml/min (fonctionnement parfaitement normal).

Albumine sanguine : 44 g/L (Normale).

Hématurie : Négative (7/mm³).

pH urinaire : 7,0.

Autres affections : Pas de diabète, pas d’antécédents familiaux de maladie rénale. Cependant, je souffre de fortes douleurs dorsales mécaniques dues au syndrome de Bertolotti (Castellvi IIIb).

Chronologie de la protéinurie :

Novembre 2024 : La protéinurie totale sur 24 h était de 0,56 g/24 h.

Je prenais alors de fortes doses d’AINS pour mes douleurs dorsales et j’avais un léger surpoids. Février 2026 (Pic) : La protéinurie totale a atteint 0,92 g/24 h. Ceci est survenu juste après un traitement intensif de 10 jours par AINS (diclofénac) pour une nouvelle crise de lombalgie.

Mai 2026 (Actuellement) : Après avoir arrêté complètement les AINS, perdu du poids et adopté un régime hyposodé très strict (natrémie urinaire confirmée à 65 mmol/24 h), mon albuminurie des 24 heures a chuté à 434 mg/24 h (environ 0,43 g).

Malgré l’amélioration nette et le lien évident avec les AINS et mon poids précédent, mon néphrologue souhaite réaliser une biopsie pour s’assurer à 100 % qu’il n’existe pas de problème glomérulaire chronique sous-jacent à l’origine de cette fuite basale. Quelqu'un a-t-il déjà présenté un tableau clinique similaire (DFGe normal, absence de sang dans les urines, protéinurie légère à modérée répondant aux AINS) ?

Merci d'avance pour vos réponses rassurantes et pour le partage de vos expériences de biopsie !

Just looking for advice/rant. I'm 36, have had multiple kidney stones (100+ since 2018 and 5 surgeries) I also have a severe stricture in my left ureter. Anyways fast forward, last year my eGFR was 110-112 and as of April it's 72. My creatinine went from 80's to 116 as well. My nephrologist (only saw her in April for the first time, seeing her in August again and being tested for CKD) My question is, I know the decline in a year is pretty drastic but I'm wondering if anyone else has CKD from kidney stones/strictures and what can I do? I get chronic kidney stones. (tried changing diet/more water etc.) Should I be worried? If the other stuff from the 24 hour urine test and blood tests come back basically normal does the eGFR decrease and creatinine increase over a year mean I have CKD? Or will they just monitor? Sorry for all the questions. Still new/learning about CKD.

So ,I’m new here but I have some questions about my situation. My mom worked with radiation in the 90s and well, they didn’t know the damage that could be done (in chile there wasn’t much information about it). So I was diagnosed with an uterecystocele and left duplex, had to have 6 surgeries from 24h old to 7 years old wich ended with the removal of 2/3 of my left kidney. Obviously i’ve had yearly appointments with my nefrologist (some years I had them ever y six months) and well, I’ve had al least once pyelonephritis every two years (I didn’t have to always go to the clinic cus my mom is in the Health area so we had that stuff in the house). Anyway, I’m 30 now and had some test donde because i was diagnosed with bipolar type 2 and ironically the only medicine that has worked on me is lithium. So I Just got my last results. I have cystin c in 1.00mg/L and ckd- Epi cystin c of 82. I looked It up and there isn’t much info about the test on people with one kidney, so I was wondering if anyone here knew moré about it?
PS: I know I should Just ask my dr but I have an appointment june 5th
Ps1: sorry if I got something poorly written, I’m from chile

probably gonna be needing dialysis… i’m around 20 years old so this is such an upset to me… is dialysis and the tiredness and the pain and the disrupt all worth it?

Three months ago my kidneys were on a downward trend. My eGFR was 25, and my creatinine was 2.2. I asked my nephrologist if a plant-based diet could actually help. He gave me a guideline to eat mostly plant-based, interspersing animal protein (fish or chicken) three times per week.

About six week later my eGFR had risen to 29, and my creatinine lowered to 1.97.

Then I had an appointment with a nephrology nurse. He told me to exercise at least 30 minutes each and every day. I was already walking at least three miles about three times per week. I stepped up my exercise frequency and only missed two days in about a month.

Well, I had labs done Wednesday. My eGFR had risen to 31 (back to 3b territory), and my creatinine lowered again, to 1.86. Personally, I'm thrilled. I hope this can be an inspiration that hard work at this kidney thing can actually pay off.

I'm 4th in line! I doubt I'll get the Kidney but it means I'm close, right? Holy shit! I'm so nervous. They called 30 minutes ago and I'm still shaking and tears and racing thoughts.

The surgery to remove the Kidney is at 6 and they'll call and talk to me again around then and I'll know for sure by 1am. They told me to pack and be ready to go at anytime, though.

Sorry for the post and bother but...Holy Shit yall! I never thought they would actually call me. The surgeon said I should be soon when I talked to her last week to finish my Waitlist Checkup.

I'll stop rambling;. Yall have a nice day!

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How long might a person live with an EGFR of 10? He does not want to do dialysis and a transplant is not an option right now, either. I know other factors will impact the length of time but just trying to figure out approximately how much time I have to financially prepare for if/when my husband passes on. He’s also diabetic and deals with several other health issues.