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[shellyw419]

I am a 36 year old female. I was admitted into the hospital for chest pain that I was having for about 2 weeks. I was given a stress test and echo and they drew blood. I took a peak at my blood results and it showed a GRf of greater than 60 but it said chronic kidney disease. I have had kidney stones 2 or 3 times in the past. I am now being treated for high BP and taking norvasc  I am making myself obsessed with this and I am scared nothing was mentioned about kidney disease should I be worried are the #'s bad.

[shellyw419]

I live in Northeast Pennsylvania. I am new to this and I'm not sure where to start so I guess starting with my primary care physician would be a great start. I know I haven't taken good care of myself I know I have to make a lot of changes with diet and exercise mainly diet I drink a lot of soda which I know is doing a lot of damage. I would appreciate any info I can get and I am grateful for all of the replies.

[el_em_en_oh]

Shelly... what part of the US do you live? Assuming you live here in the US that is. I sometimes forget that this is an international website and there are folks from all over the place posting on here.

Only reason I ask, is that I may be able to help you out in the Urologist or Nephrologist referral arena.

If you'd rather not say it on this post, send me a private-message and we can talk offline.

LMNO

[shellyw419]

Thank You for the reply. I have an appointment with my primary care physician this Wednesday and I am going to ask him to refer me to a specialist. I wasn't aware that I had high Bp and not sure how long I had it. I am in school for phlebotomy and we haven't gone over what all of the tests are for so I guess that's why I was so curious about my blood tests and why I looked at my results in the hospital. Thank you again.

[Lettetalk]

I would go to see a kidney specialist. I am 53 yrs old.  My number is at 62 and I have PKD Polycistc Kidney diseases. I love my kidney dr.  My Kidney Dr told me that no one have perfect CRF.  I am good at 62 even though that my right kidney is 3x its normal size.  Yes it does cause hypertension and kidney stones.  Inportant things is to keep your BP down.  Change your diet.  So far so good.  My BP been good at 120/79.  Eat low sodiom diet. althoug h I limit my self to one teaspoon of salt per day cause you do need some iodine from reg salt.. I hope this helps.  For a peace of mind  all it take is blood and urine test and sometime a contract MRI or CatScan.