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Originally Posted by lilu9570
I have. I looked looked at all of his threads and put the subject kidney disease/ kidney failure in the search line to see what information that I would get from the forum. I just am trying to figure out if renal failure is a co-morbidity or if it is going to inhibit my ability to have WLS. Does anyone know?
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I'm pretty sure that if your weight has caused the kidney failure, it would be considered a co-morbidity. However, if say you had diabetes caused by your weight and the diabetes was causing your kidney failure, the co-morbidity would be the diabetes.
I have done some research on the subject as I became a prolific kidney stone producer post-op. You'll need to discuss WLS with your urologist/nephrologist as there can be some issues. Rapid weight loss creates a lot of uric acid that can be a problem, and protein shakes drop a lot of amino acids into your system and that can tax your kidneys. HTH