kidney failure and force feeding

How long has he had kidney disease, how old is he, and was it ever at a
critical stage? Did he lose weight?

He's had kidney disease for a year and a half, he's 17 and a half, and it was
never critical but he has lost weight as well as muscle mass (he weighed almost
15 in his heyday and now weighs a little over 10 but remains pretty stable).
When he was first diagnosed, he was not feeling well. Fortunately, for him,
soon thereafter he developed hyperthyroidism for which he takes tapazole. By
continuing to keep him just slightly hyperthyroid, we have kept the kidney
disease from getting worse as hyperthyroidism masks kidney disease. He feels
great although he is also on long-term antibiotics because he deveops a chronic
UTI if he goes off them.

Candace
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