I’m a worrier by nature, and just recently I started thinking about perhaps seeing a nephrologist to have a complete evaluation of my kidneys.
Both my mother and her mother died of renal failure at young ages (mom was 54, grandma 57). They were both T2 diabetics, mom was very non-compliant, I don’t know about grandma, she died when just before I was 2.
So I started thinking about my risk for renal disease, both family history wise and diabetes wise.
I have regular f/u with my internist with blood work and urine tests, none of which show any kidney damage….but at times I worry.
If you were me, would you see a nephrologist just because…or would you wait until there’s a real reason to?