Richard Gere and Julia Roberts had obvious chemistry upon their first meeting. However, Richard was not planning on taking the role. He was on the phone ready to turn down the part when Julia slid him a post-it note with the words please say yes written on it.
Without life-sustaining dialysis or a kidney transplant, once a person with kidney disease reaches Stage 5 (end stage renal disease (ESRD)), toxins build up in the body and death usually comes within a few weeks. The decision to stop treatment should be an informed and voluntary choice.
Dialysis is helpful, but with the duration of dialysis, patientsâ survival rate decreases as well. Therefore, many patients wonder how long kidney disease can last at stage 4. Stage 4 kidney disease is characterized by GFR 15-29mls/min/1.73m2. GFR is the abbreviation of Glomerular Filtration Rate which reflects the renal filtration function. Low GFR means kidney can not filter blood successfully within the limited time.