My husband wasn't feeling very good and apparently it's his kidneys. Any advice?

My dad has been having swollen ankles, we were afraid it was his heart. Tests showed it was his kidneys. He is also diabetic so I will ask about those meds next time. for now they are just watching him.. and we've had to take the salt shaker away...

All the doctors have been very careful with his medications and watching his kidneys. He doesn't have diabetes, but they have watched his medications alot. His meds do effect his criatnin (sp) level and so he has done well up till now, I guess.

~Fanci, Many years back, my father's kidney functions were becoming of greater concern and his nephrologist said that if his levels got worse then he would be looking at dialysis. My father was on several meds for his heart and diabetes. By chance a doctor with his cardiac group, while testing for PAD, noticed on the chart my father's kidney levels. He changed a diabetes medication, claiming that it can be hard on the kidneys. I think that it was Metformin. It seem to do the trick. I don't know why this was not a consideration by any other of my father's doctors as his levels were looking poor for a few years. My long winded point.....ask if this could be a side effect of one of your husband's meds. And ask more than one doctor. Good luck!

Fanci, you can get a lot of information from the National Kidney Foundation at kidney.org