Unfortunately, my story is not a good one. I received a kidney transplant 26 years ago and lived a completely normal, healthy lifestyle of being a vegan, with no sugar, no desserts, soda, or processed foods so that my kidney would last this long. I started HRT treatment with a new doctor in March of this year and by August my kidney function went from 77 egfr to 37. My creatinine is usually .9 -1 and now it is 1.62. I am trying to best save my kidney function, but do not know if it will ever return to normal. This has been so devastating as I have always taken the best care of this precious gift of a kidney.