How long can someone with chronic kidney failure (stage 5) live?

Question

I want to find out how long someone with stage 5 chronic kidney failure on acute renal failure can survive with the condition.

My mom apparently 2 weeks ago started having problems with her kidneys (she told me its part of a kidney difficulties she's had since a young age) and today she started declaring that she is going to die after not being able to urinate and having kidney pain. My parents spent the day searching for a clinic in stockton that can do a proper diagnosis (I'm not sure what they found)

My believe is that she has come to the 'death' conclusion from self research that she has been doing for the last few hours or so by researching the condition or symptoms - but I'm not sure what exactly shes been researching or reading.

Answer 1

Get her off the internet and into a doctor's clinic. How do you know she is having chronic kidney failure? She is probably panicking from reading all this stuff on the net. My mom did the same thing when she was having problems with her kidney. She succeeded in convincing everyone that she is dying ... and she was fine after a single operation.

Don't worry. Your mom will be fine. Just see to it that she get's a good clinic and takes all the medications on time, etc.

Answer 2

if she is stage 5 she would already be on dialysis, 3 times a week

If insurance is available look for a family member who can give mom a kidney. i know 2 transplant recipients who are both doing well.