what do you do if two separate conditions need two different diets??

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2. My daughter has both these diseases - diabetes and kidney disease.

She has had severe edema, and had a kidney biopsy to identify the problem, identified as membranous nephropathy. (There is a longer word - glomur.... - which I don't remember off-hand , but the first one- membranous nephropathy.

We were told that her kidneys are throwing off too much protein, making her anemic; body not making enough red blood cells because of lack of protein. Some protein is necessary to maintain health.

She has been given Lasix to remove fluid, and has also had restrictions on amount of fluid taken in.

The whole thing is very complicated; daughter has been hospitalized 5 times since Oct., culminating in a stroke in early March which has left her right arm and hand without movement, and she is now aphasic. Her whole life has been changed for the future, depending how much speech she regains, etc.

I hope your family member can keep all these elements under control and live a full, vigorous life.