What you should know about your kidneys

Elizabeth Collins
Sep 9, 2018 · 10 min read

Yes, those 2 little beans in your body. I knew very little about mine. I had a cat who developed kidney disease at 14 who lived 4 more years. Getting her blood work done periodically taught me that creatinine and BUN (blood urea nitrogen) were the 2 measures of kidney health. I was told there wasn’t much you could do to help other than to reduce the protein in their diet. The kidneys filter protein from the blood, so…

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Health, psychology, current events, politics, cats, tech… Suicide prevention & mental health are extra important to me. Stereotypes fall when we talk openly.

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