WILEY Coping with Kidney Disease: A 12-Step Treatment Program to Help You Avoid Dialysis

It is really a good book for Kidney Patients.

Excellent, highly recommend this for anyone going through kidney disease.

Mackenzie Walser wrote this book twenty years ago to raise awareness about chronic kidney disease and since I suffer from this I'm grateful for all the books that help me figure out what to do to stay alive longer. So far my GFR has gone from 42 to 68 and now I'm at 61 so back in stage 2 after being in stage 3 for many years. I've defeated the odds and continue to learn from doctors and patients who care about this life threatening disease. This book is like an inside look into how to at least stall having to undergo dialysis on a regular basis. It promotes a low-protein diet like most do these days so compare notes with more current books about diet as the ones I'm reading now promote much more fruits and vegetables. This one has a handy chart of the phosphorus content of common foods and has a recipe for low-protein bread. Other highlights of this book include a chapter on salt and water problems, blood pressure regulation and how to treat acidosis. Some chapters have information on patients who have followed certain diets to avoid dialysis. Some of the more current books I can also recommend include: Reverse Chronic Kidney Disease by Dr. Yaw Ababio Boateng All of Lee Hull's books especially the Stopping Kidney Disease Food Guide Save Your Kidneys by Dr. Edgar Lerma The Complete Guide to Supplements for Kidney Health by Robert Galarowicz Staying Healthy with Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease by Dori Schatell Consult with your doctor before taking kidney supplements. I am taking Snap Kidney Health Support although it does seem to have a little diuretic result so I don't take it if I have to leave the house the next day. With kidney disease knowledge is power and I've read as much as I can over the years to improve my GFR and get better instead of worse. I should technically be dead by now since years ago my GFR was at 42 and I was headed towards dialysis. By eating more fruits and vegetables and eating a fairly low protein diet I'm surviving. I cook the pumpkin chili from Lee Hull's food guide cookbook quite often and am trying other recipes specifically for kidney patients. Please consult with your nephrologist or doctor before taking advice in any of these books or recommendations. There are so many variables and things to consider. What works for one person might not work for another. I find the more I read, the longer I'm able to survive with chronic kidney disease. All these books I read give hope and help me understand my doctor's recommendations as well. ~The Rebecca Review

Very happy with the book

Despite having an American focus, which means some of the dietary recommendations cannot be accessed in the UK, and some of the products would be unfamiliar to us. The book is still well worth the read, as it breaks down the functions of the Kidneys, and how you can hurt them and help them once Chronic Kidney disease has been determined. Combining this information with similar guidelines from my overseas Nephrologist has taken me from a 3b to a 2. ie barely with a problem. Hopefully provided I adhere to the recommendations I shall be able to hold off the slide into Dialysis for a long time. It would be nice if the British Doctors gave more guidance, especially pointing patients towards specialist dietitians, but they don't, so this book is a good resource to fall back on.