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Alhamdulillah 🤲🏽

Today, I look back on my journey from being diagnosed with stage 3 acute kidney disease in 2016, to sharing my story on Feb 8, 2022 and I can only say All praise is due to Almighty Allah. As of today (28/03/2026), I am alive, stronger, and in good health. Ya Allah, I am forever grateful for Your mercy, Your healing, and Your protection. You turned my pain into a testimony.

There were days I couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep, couldn’t even stand. Days of fear, weakness, and uncertainty. But Allah never left me. Even when I didn’t understand what was happening, He was writing a better ending for me.

To anyone going through a similar situation right now: please don’t give up. No matter how hard it gets, hold on to faith and keep fighting. Seek proper medical attention and don’t rely only on self-medication. Your life is too precious.

Healing may take time, but it is possible. Your story is not over yet.

May Allah grant healing to everyone battling illness, ease your pain, strengthen your heart, and restore your health. Ameen 🤲🏽

Glory be to GOD Almighty
I'm still alive in good shape, strong and healthy. Alhamdulillah!
If you are a renal disease patient, please don't give up on yourself because you can survive it and live a happy life. If you are on dialysis, please don't joke with it and be close to your hospital and help yourself by following the doctor's advise. Eat healthy food, keep to your diet, treat any sickness early and avoid those food that i have stated on this platform. Don't think too much because hypertension kills faster that kidney disease. Be positive and always remember that GOD is in control.

hismylolo:
Alhamdulillah, Glory be to GOD Almighty
On the 12th of March 2016 i was on dialysis session at a private hospital and was returned to LUTH where i was taking my treatments at night with ambulance. Today 12th of march 2024, I'm presently at work, still alive and even fasting in this holy month of Ramadan. I'm giving glory to GOD Almighty and I'm appreciating the Nigerian Health workers that took care of me at the General hospital (Lagos State University Teaching Hospital) and the private hospital (Dialyzer specialist at oshodi).

IMPORTANT - KIDNEY DESERVES THE BEST.

Ikekweremadu's daughter is currently battling with kidney disease which has led to his detention on the UK while trying to help her daughter get a kidney donor. Barely few days ago, we all received the news of the demise of the Nigerian actor as a result of kidney disease.
ALSO OUR MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS, the Honorable Teko Lake is currently in the Hospital on life support with Kidney problems. I want to show you how to avert this menace of kidney disease.

SO HERE ARE THE TOP 6 CAUSES OF KIDNEY DISEASE:

1. Delaying going to a toilet. Keeping your urine in your bladder for too long is a bad idea. A full bladder can cause bladder damage. The urine that stays in the bladder multiplies bacteria quickly. Once the urine refluxes back to the ureter and kidneys, the toxic substances can result in kidney infections, then urinary tract infections, and then nephritis, and even uremia. When nature calls – do it as soon as possible.

2. Eating too much salt. You should eat no more than 5.8 grams of salt daily.

3. Eating too much meat. Too much protein in your diet is harmful for your kidneys. Protein digestion produces ammonia – a toxin that is very destructive to your kidneys. More meat equals more kidney damage.

4. Drinking too much caffeine. Caffeine is a component of many sodas and soft drinks. It raises your blood pressure and your kidneys start suffering. So you should cut down the amount of coke you drink daily.

5. Not drinking water. Our kidneys should be hydrated properly to perform their functions well. If we don’t drink enough, the toxins can start accumulating in the blood, as there isn’t enough fluid to drain them through the kidneys. Drink more than 10 glasses of water daily. There is an easy way to check if you are drinking
enough water: look at the color of your urine; the lighter the color, the better.

6. Late treatment . Treat all your health problems properly and have your health checked regularly. Let's help ourselves...God will protect you and your family from every disease this year.

Alhamdulillah, Glory be to GOD Almighty
On the 12th of March 2016 i was on dialysis session at a private hospital and was returned to LUTH where i was taking my treatments at night with ambulance. Today 12th of march 2024, I'm presently at work, still alive and even fasting in this holy month of Ramadan. I'm giving glory to GOD Almighty and I'm appreciating the Nigerian Health workers that took care of me at the General hospital (Lagos State University Teaching Hospital) and the private hospital (Dialyzer specialist at oshodi).

IMPORTANT - KIDNEY DESERVES THE BEST.

Ikekweremadu's daughter is currently battling with kidney disease which has led to his detention on the UK while trying to help her daughter get a kidney donor. Barely few days ago, we all received the news of the demise of the Nigerian actor as a result of kidney disease.
ALSO OUR MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS, the Honorable Teko Lake is currently in the Hospital on life support with Kidney problems. I want to show you how to avert this menace of kidney disease.

SO HERE ARE THE TOP 6 CAUSES OF KIDNEY DISEASE:

1. Delaying going to a toilet. Keeping your urine in your bladder for too long is a bad idea. A full bladder can cause bladder damage. The urine that stays in the bladder multiplies bacteria quickly. Once the urine refluxes back to the ureter and kidneys, the toxic substances can result in kidney infections, then urinary tract infections, and then nephritis, and even uremia. When nature calls – do it as soon as possible.

2. Eating too much salt. You should eat no more than 5.8 grams of salt daily.

3. Eating too much meat. Too much protein in your diet is harmful for your kidneys. Protein digestion produces ammonia – a toxin that is very destructive to your kidneys. More meat equals more kidney damage.

4. Drinking too much caffeine. Caffeine is a component of many sodas and soft drinks. It raises your blood pressure and your kidneys start suffering. So you should cut down the amount of coke you drink daily.

5. Not drinking water. Our kidneys should be hydrated properly to perform their functions well. If we don’t drink enough, the toxins can start accumulating in the blood, as there isn’t enough fluid to drain them through the kidneys. Drink more than 10 glasses of water daily. There is an easy way to check if you are drinking
enough water: look at the color of your urine; the lighter the color, the better.

6. Late treatment . Treat all your health problems properly and have your health checked regularly. Let's help ourselves...God will protect you and your family from every disease this year.

Lasthope543:
Please can you help me drop Ur diet chart here �
Like what u eat in the morning, afternoon and evening. And also fruit you take.

I'm not diabetic so i eat rice, egg, garri (Eba), Amala, semo, Bread, yam, spaghetti, fufu, snacks(i do avoid wheat), cassava, maize and fruits such as apple, cucumber, coconut, pawpaw, dates, and i also takes little milk not much as it may cause the kidney to overwork to eliminate the buildup of waste in the body. Avoid banana, watermelon, yogurt, full-cream milk, caffeinated drink or food, high protein food or drink, high sodium or salty food or drink, high phosphorus and potassium food or drink and avoid beans and any food made with beans. Drink lots of water unless advised by the doctor to reduce your fluid intake. This really help me a lot as i avoided salt for over 3 years.

DIRECTORSTAN:
At ODG, people don't regret attending our business chat, even if you don't qualify to work with us, you must go back with something that will change your life. Anyone complain about us here are people with poverty mentality, they always see negativity in every opportunity and for those of you following public opinion, I will encourage you to find out yourself.

Hmmmn, you will see them calling themselves Manager, Directors and Diamond etc my people run Ooo because they are the hunters looking for people to brainwash to sell drugs and be inviting more people to duplicate the drug hawking scheme. They believe that they are positive thinking people and they are free from poverty and every other person is poor and negative but sincerely some of the leaders too are struggling to feed and pay rent. I'm talking from experience tho! Run Ooo

pators:
@odg. Whatever you guys think you are doing just stop... you can't invite someone for business chat when the person applied for a different stuff... playing videos everywhere. ... one day una cup go full

Lol � � After playing old videos of people traveling abroad, eating chicken, displaying one time old cheque then several liers will be coming to the stage giving fake testimonies with cooked stories of how they make fake millions of naira on a monthly basis in the cause of trying to brainwash you into selling expensive drugs to Nigerians and bringing all your relatives or nonrelative to do the same without guaranteed monthly earnings. Please run for your life Ooo

I really appreciate this. I was invited for an interview via mail but the mail was quite confusing. I noticed a mixed up of words i.e interview and business chat, and I was told that I will become An Employpreneur so I begin to suspect that it might be GNLD and decided to check online. Let me tell you! GNLD in Africa is a crap and time wasting scheme. I have done GNLD for almost 4 years and I must confess to you that GNLD is real and promises so many good things if you and your team can sell their expensive drugs and meet up with some certain points to attain levels where you will receive incentive and bonus but the scheme doesn't work in Africa and it's a total waste of time. Please, don't say that you want to give it a try because you will end up wasting your time after severe brainwash. A time wasted is a life wasted.

Emmyxclusive:
Hello guys, has anyone had an encouter with ODG Africa? I attended what so many perceived will be a job interview but instead they sat us down for ours telling us how they are group of entrepreneurs with a vision to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty. Honesty I knew its going to be something like this when I got the invite but I just said I should go. I am actually working but I need something on the side since my job provides me with some free times sometimes in a week. I waited to hear if they will provide us with business loans or something but they didn't mention anything like that. They were busy telling me things I already knew, inspirational videos that I have watched long time ago. They ask us to come tomorrow but I don't think I am ready to sit for hour hearing things they should be telling a primary 6 pupil. But if it involves a concrete plan like giving business loans to be paid for back then amen in. Kindly share ur experience if any. Thank you

This results is okay but if you have complains see your doctor. Avoid some certain foods and drinks that can build up waste in your blood.

abidemidare:
I did EUCr test, this is my result...

Are you feeling sick? Vomiting? What are your symptoms?

temmypotter:
Guys, I need help here… I had a blood test done that shows my GFR is 84.. with high creatinine which is 6 points below normal

The worrisome part is I did same test a month ago and my GFR was perfectly fine at 99!

That sharp drop really scares me, I recently started taking hypertensive drugs too, any advice on how to get my Function back to optimal please??

Perhaps it's a scam as reseller is not available and unknown.

Majority of Renal patient who die after few days of their illness was due to some fact. I'm not a doctor or medical practitioner, a scientist or a researcher in fact I'm not a science student but this my sickness made me do research about kidney and kidney disease. The killer of Renal patient are:

1. High blood pressure or hypertension. Many renal patient dies as a result of hypertension which is mostly the results of overthinking. Some persons believe that kidney disease is a death sentence and begin to give up on themselves whereas it's not the end.

2. High blood sugar or diabetes. Diabetes is another sickness that can cause kidney disease and can worsen it. So diabetes patient should be more careful and take their medication and avoid some certain foods and drinks.

3. Low blood or Anaemia. Many patients die due to this fact too as low blood can make the kidney to overwork and cause shortness of breath and fatigue. This was my case and maintaining it can be very expensive especially for poor Nigerians like myself.

4. Poor feeding or Eating food that will create more waste in the body. Some foods are healthy but not for kidney patients. These kind of food will create lots of waste build up in the blood which is to be eliminated by the kidney but since the kidney can perform little or no filtration function, waste and water buildup in the body will lead to other sickness and can block the lungs and cause suffocation which can lead to death.

These four keys must be considered and well observed. Lack of information too is another killer. I'm sharing this information to help other patients who are in my shoes. But don't forget that I'm not a doctor or medical practitioner. The advise of the doctor is paramount.

Thanks �

fineberry:
Fellow nlanders,.what advice will you give yo a person that cannot do with a bottle of soft drink a day? I know quite a number of person that can do without carbonated drinks.

Such person should take his or her time to visit general hospital to see varieties of sickness and disease in Nigeria then self advise will be fine afterward.

bepositive11:
But there are no warnings on the packaging right? I'm sure not many people are aware of the dangers of energy drinks

Absolutely �

vanvick247:
Guess you are still on drugs to ensure your Blood Pressure is stabilized......

Of course yes. Not far from the hospital. Always have my check up every 3 to 4 months.
Sincerely, I don't take any medication for now and I don't take drug except prescribed by doctor. Gone are the days that I take iron sucrose and erythropoietin weekly and it's very expensive.

bepositive11:
Damn. If that's the case, why does it still sell? They should be banned!

It has its own advantage as energy booster but the intake of caffeine will increase the blood pressure which is risky for any CKD patient.

DisLifeSha:
Wow! Congratulations. I'm a Type 1 Diabetic and kidney failure is something I can have if I don't control my sugar level very well with insulin that's too too expensive right now for a poor person. It's a very frustrating life living with Type 1 Diabetes

You need to take good care and be watchful of what you eat and check your blood sugar level regularly. Kidney Disease is really terrible and the combination of the two is highly risky. You are at a risk of CKD as a type 1 diabetic patient.

tundeshola:
Good day bro please I’m in this situation of your now as I’m typing this message and I pass little or no urine but the problem I have now that I don’t have money to treat myself and nobody to help me I made a post on Facebook to seek for help people didn’t believe me and I didn’t get help please I don’t know how to create post on nairaland please I need help too I don’t want to die now the sickness is getting worst at home and I don’t have money to go to hospital please if you’re seeing this please help my life 08154685882 this my phone number please help me nairalanders thanks in arrears

My brother, you need to be in the hospital if you are telling the truth about your health condition. Call your family members when you get to the hospital. I'm not different from you in fact i have no android phone during my own sickness period. I will advise you to go to the hospital first and begin to seek help. May GOD heal you.

eduj:
congrats bro Hope you keep watching yourself

I do bro!
My health is my priority now. I need to manage it well since I don't have the millions of naira for transplant and I don't have extra life. I checked my kidney filtration rate from time to time by observing some tests such as creatinine, BUN and PCV level.

chisea:
Sadly i recently lost my dad to the cold hands of death, he suffered this same illness for some years but pass on even while still on dialysis...............bro i wish you good heath and pray may your healing be permanent i believe you're still a young man my advice for you is to always stay strong and think positive

Thanks bro. I'm still in my early 30's

bobbyslim:
God save your life man
Keep it up by praising him, his a Good God.
Your story did not surprise me cos i have a grand ma that has a diabetes since 2016 we are not rich but we are okey in our family this my grandmother pray alot and she normally takes her drug since that time what surprise me most is that she stop taking the drugs and she normally get injured and it heal by it self and i was speechless cos i was surprise cos the said we should by careful. God is good

GOD is great and owns the power of healing nevertheless she needs to take her medicine too and have her check up promptly.

OBALOLA55:
STAY AWAY FROM SUGAR THOSE THINGS YOU MENTIONED ABOVE

I still take sugar sometimes because I'm not diabetic and I was diagnosed with low blood sugar at the same time and that made me very weak then because I don't take sugar at all.

naija1stnigar:
thanks for the compliment, I strongly believe he will do it for anyone who trusts in him.

Absolutely �

AjalaDtraveller:
Sorry to ask: did you choose not to eat this foods or the doctor gave you this list? Banana and potatoes though?

The above mentioned foods were not on the list given to me by doctor but I avoid them because they contains high level of potassium which might build up in my body and will have no other choice than dialysis.

ePrive:
You're not answering the questions of what food you avoid and what you eat more now.

I eat healthy food, take balance diet, avoid some certain foods and drinks i.e beans and every food made from beans, carbonated drinks or soft drink, chocolate, tea, watermelon, banana, potatoes, potassium, phosphorus, caffeine, kola, egusi, fatty foods, diary foods, alcohol etc, avoid self medication and i take lots of water, also avoid salt intake for some years but I take little quantity of salt now.

Volksguys1985:
Op no answer again o, which food you now avoid and life style?

I eat healthy food, take balance diet, avoid some certain foods and drinks i.e beans and every food made from beans, carbonated drinks or soft drink, chocolate, tea, watermelon, banana, potatoes, potassium, phosphorus, caffeine, kola, egusi, fatty foods, diary foods, alcohol etc, avoid self medication and i take lots of water, also avoid salt intake for some years but I take little quantity of salt now.

BLoomfrancs:
What food types did you avoid?

I eat healthy food, take balance diet, avoid some certain foods and drinks i.e beans and every food made from beans, carbonated drinks or soft drink, chocolate, tea, watermelon, banana, potatoes, potassium, phosphorus, caffeine, kola, egusi, fatty foods, diary foods, alcohol etc, avoid self medication and i take lots of water, also avoid salt intake for some years but I take little quantity of salt now.

BLoomfrancs:
What food types did you avoid?

I eat healthy food, take balance diet, avoid some certain foods and drinks i.e beans and every food made from beans, carbonated drinks or soft drink, chocolate, tea, watermelon, banana, potatoes, potassium, phosphorus, caffeine, kola, egusi, fatty foods, diary foods, alcohol etc, avoid self medication and i take lots of water, also avoid salt intake for some years but I take little quantity of salt now.

Seaseason07:
Hello! Your advise should be taken serious however, where you talked about taken herbal remedies, can you be more explicit about that? In my house, we got bitter leafs planted and we use it alot of times. In fact what we do is, once in every week at weekend, we are always takes the juice ( bitter leafs + water's extraction). Doing so, we don't fall sick in fact I'm going to Three years now without paracetamol talk of any other drugs but ZERO SUGAR, ZERO ALCOHOL. NO SOFT DRINKS, NO ENERGY DRINK, OFF ORORO ( replaced with palm oil ), fry food once in a month. ZERO FAST AND JUNKIE FOOD. But now with what you just said. Is that safe? ( The juice)

You are safe provided you are balancing your diet but sincerely renal patient must avoid herb because it contains chemical and minerals which the damaged kidney might not be able to eliminate from the body. I'm not faulting Herb tho just my pure advise and don't forget that I'm not a health worker or medical doctor but just an experienced fellow.

frog12:
what caused your kidney problem? how many times were you on dialysis ?
i thought once you are on dialysis, it is for life !

Anaemia i think. I got two sessions of dialysis. Although I was advised to come for another one after my second dialysis but there was no fund to pay then but I tried as much to quit salt intake immediately and avoid foods that will cause more waste build up in my blood so as to avoid dialysis. Anyone can completely come out of dialysis depending on the stage of the kidney damage or filtration rate.

relaxandsmile:
See how some people are faulting herbal medicine. Just because you got it right through the Orthodox medicine does not render other medicine useless. Are there no people who have died relying on the same medicines?

I can't condemn or fault herbal medicine but in the case of kidney disease one must avoid it including some certain foods and drinks.

Johnnyessence:
I love this post. It’s very informative and very educative. We should be careful in what we are eating and drinking.

Thanks �

Bestiee01:
Oga,pls can I have ur digits or wasap me 0.818711311.2.i think I have it but am afraid of going for check up.i want to ask you something

Okay