Is there anyone here dealing with Renal Failure?

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4. I hope I don't get to that point. I've got SLE lupus and lupus nephritis

but thankfully I'm at Stage 1 and treating with steroids, lisinopril, and plaquenil. I'm so scared of renal failure and the disease's progression that I'm being a good boy when it comes to what goes in my body now. I was a HUGE beer nerd, but that went out the window after my diagnosis in late March. So now I sit and research my fate as I wait for a decision on disability. They tell me I can't work (used to work on ships at sea, now that's out of the question).

I always thought your body was supposed to crap out on you sometime after 70, not halfway there. And at that, it would be passively giving out, not actively attacking itself from the inside out.

Good luck. We all need it to survive.