mdginzo wrote:
> >Well crap. I'm sorry Mark. I didn't spend enough time searching
> yesterday, just did a quickie because I thought I already knew the
> answer. You really are on dialysis - although not because of Atkins,
> because of diabetes. I'm sorry.
>
> But why would you say such a stupid thing in the first place - that I
> wasn't on dialysis when you had no idea either way?

Chiefly because when I Googled I came across things like posts about
pizza (high as heck sodium) as well as all your alcohol posts (some is
okay on dialysis, but the fluid limitations shouldn't allow for much)
and in concert with the discord between your antipathy towards Atkins
(a "high protein" diet) and the normal diet for folks on dialysis -
high protein - it didn't make a whole lot of sense that you were doing
anything but pulling people's legs.
..
> In any case, I had
> diabetes for over 20 years with absolutely no problem with my kidneys.
> The third year on Atkins I am on dialysis. In any case, my official
> diagnosis is kidney failure due to high protein diet not diabetes. I
> am not saying everyone on Atkins will suffer kidney failure, but i am
> saying that Atkins is not a miracle diet and not for everyone. It is
> still a quick-lose fad diet and one has to be careful when recommending
> it as a panacea(sp?) for weight loss.

I personally do not see it as just a weight loss diet. For me it is a
medical tool. For the masses that jumped on it a couple of years ago?
It was primarily for weight loss. They're off doing Bozo the Clown's
South Hampton Diet or something now.

I'm sorry your kidneys shut down. Your doctors chose to lay your
kidney failure at the feet of your diet and not your disease. Why, I'm
not sure. Diabetes is one of the leading cause of CKD while there have
been no published journal studies showing low carb diets are linked to
CKD. It doesn't matter in the end I suppose. It doesn't change what
happened.

> >Ironic thing is, some of us low carb so our blood sugar stays low and
> >we get to *keep* our kidneys, and toes, and eyesight...my fasting
> >morning BGs run mid 80s these days w/o insulin or meds (Type II).
>
> Yes, as a matter of fact, while I was on Atkins I was able to stiop my
> insulin because my blood sugar stayed low. I was happy about that, but
> didn't know it was killing me anyway. Just Google on Atkins and
> kidneys.
>
> >Are you on a transplant list? I know the lists are atrociously long,
> >more so for minorities, and dialysis is a stop-gap measure but are >you
> >in relatively good health now?
>
> Besides being on dialysis I amin excellent health and in great shape
> for a transplant. We are lookign at an average of 3 years on thye list
> in my area - less for me since I need a pancreas also and that list is
> shorter. I am very active and every week my blood tests come out in
> the optimum ranges. Thanks for asking.

Now *that* is excellent news. :-) Keep doing what you're doing,
because it's working for you - even if it does include tippling
homemade wine. ;-)

Carmen