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Coping with Kidney Disease: A 12-Step Treatment Program to Help You Avoid Dialysis By Mackenzie WalserBetsy Thorpe ( Wiley )
Release Date: 2004-04-12
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A revolutionary program that can indefinitely postpone the need for dialysis If you’ve been diagnosed with kidney failure, this book could save your life. If you suffer from diabetes, hypertension, obesity, or any of a host of conditions that put you at risk for kidney disease, you owe it to yourself to read what is in this book. If you are among the 60,000 North Americans who go on dialysis each year, the information in this book could substantially improve your quality of life. In Coping with Kidney Disease, a leading expert tells you, in plain English, what you need to know to: - Understand kidney failure
- Recognize early warning signs of kidney failure
- Get a proper diagnosis
- Talk with your doctors about it
- Confidently evaluate treatment options
- Take charge of your treatment
- Delay dialysis or even avoid the need for it altogether
The centerpiece of Coping with Kidney Disease is Dr. Walser’s revolutionary 12-step program for avoiding dialysis. Based on treatments he has pioneered with his own patients at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the program calls for a supplemented low-protein diet supported by treatments to control blood pressure and correct high cholesterol. So effective has this breakthrough strategy proven to be that in many patients it actually worked to slow or arrest the progression of kidney failure to the end stage. Knowledge is power. Coping with Kidney Disease empowers you with what you need to take charge of kidney disease.
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 Good book Bad diet
The book has a lot of good information but I could not give it a better score because I just hated the diet plan so much. The book was worth the price for the information I got out of it but even my doctor did not like the diet. So see your doctor before going on this diet but read the book.
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 Low protein?? Not!! ( ilovetomatoes )
I haven't read the book. But based on reviews which discuss the "low protein" diet, I'd like to comment that most nephrologists have not used that in years for the simple reasons that it debilitates the patients without helping the progression of kidney failure. I am the wife and mother of kidney patients. Presently I am looking for a few books to help my daughter-in-law and son with their diet planning. (A weird Christmas present.) Again, based on the low protein diet, I won't be buying this book. Our family disease is polycystic renal disease
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 Kidney problems ( hfkbek )
Excellent source of info related to kidney problems. Makes one a more knowledgeable patient when interacting with nephrology doc.
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When you need this book - Thank God it is there! ( angelnet6 )
The book spells out how diet and retricting certain foods can stop and even reverse kidney disease. I had a blood test done and found that my GFR was only 26 - Stage 4 Kidney Disease - that was a huge shock to me since it went from above 60 down to 26 in five months! That is a huge motivator to do something and I am willing to try out the recomendations in the book!
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Thank God for Dr Walser ( kfoley228 )
This book, in my opinion, is a must for kidney patients. Well written and easy to understand, it gave me a much better understanding of CKD and what I need to do to live a longer and healthier life. Dialysis is not something I want to experience.
After being diagnosed with CKD 18 months ago (stage 3)I did a lot of research on diet, etc. and happened upon Dr. Walser's book. With the approval of my nephrologist, I started using the amino acid suppliments in place of most of my dietary protein. My GFR went from 45 to 75 in three months. Very heartening!
Most of the recipe books for CKD patients, in my opinion, offer a nutritionally deficient regimen and many seemed more like recipe books for developing diabetes. Being a person who likes whole foods, I decided to create my own diet regimen. I bought a copy of DietPro (a diet program that tracks food nutrition by weight) for my computer, a digital food scale, some Calwood Nutritionals amino acid powders and some of the other nutritional suppliments Dr Walser recommended. Since I'm still in the earlier stages of CKD, some days I still eat a small amount of animal protein with my evening meal, but limit it to under 4 ounces raw. I keep my potassium at 2000-3000 mg, phosphorus at 1500-1000 and sodium to under 1500 daily.
It wasn't easy at first, but I'm used to it now. It takes a bit of time to set up the menu plan initially, but after that I spend about 15 minutes a day on DietPro working out my daily menu. My nephrologist says I'm doing very well and says he wishes more of his patients took a more active interest in managing their CKD. My bun creatine levels have improved and my blood potassium levels have dropped to the normal range. The swelling in my ankles and hands is pretty much gone too.
Thank you Dr. Walser!!!!
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