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Greetings everyone!
We are new to this forum and are trying to get our head around a few things, namely looking into lower phosphorus yet appealing food.
My girl Gazza will be 16 in March, and was diagnosed with kidney issues in May of last year. We do sub-Q 3x a week, and she has been on Epakitin as a phosphorus binder twice a day since, and has no issues taking it as long as it is mixed with food she likes. She has blood work done every three months, and her BUN is up recently compared to her previous visit; in late September her BUN was 41, now it's 54. Meanwhile, her creatinine drops a tiny bit each time: 3.0 in September to 2.9 recently. Any upward movement gives me concern
My question is, how important is a lower phos. food if she is taking a binder? In other words, would a lower phos. food help her more? Her phosphorus levels in her blood work are good, everything else is in range, and her appetite is excellent (to be honest, we are on Fancy Feast right now which I realize is not optimal, but she had lost a tiny bit of weight over the summer and I wanted to be sure she was eating enough).
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or comments!
Eve & Gazza
We are new to this forum and are trying to get our head around a few things, namely looking into lower phosphorus yet appealing food.
My girl Gazza will be 16 in March, and was diagnosed with kidney issues in May of last year. We do sub-Q 3x a week, and she has been on Epakitin as a phosphorus binder twice a day since, and has no issues taking it as long as it is mixed with food she likes. She has blood work done every three months, and her BUN is up recently compared to her previous visit; in late September her BUN was 41, now it's 54. Meanwhile, her creatinine drops a tiny bit each time: 3.0 in September to 2.9 recently. Any upward movement gives me concern
My question is, how important is a lower phos. food if she is taking a binder? In other words, would a lower phos. food help her more? Her phosphorus levels in her blood work are good, everything else is in range, and her appetite is excellent (to be honest, we are on Fancy Feast right now which I realize is not optimal, but she had lost a tiny bit of weight over the summer and I wanted to be sure she was eating enough).
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or comments!
Eve & Gazza