Contrast wrecked my kidneys. Between 2013 and 2020, I had more than a dozen procedures.
My husband had surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm last July. The surgery went longer than average, 4.5 hours, which used a lot of contrast dye. He went in to surgery with Stage 3 Chronic Kidney disease and the right kidney atrophied. We had no idea he even had kidney disease or that the right one had shrunk (He went to appointments alone, not sure if it was said to him and he didn’t comprehend it or what). Every month since the surgery his kidneys got worse until he was in kidney failure with a gfr of 11. We are now doing peritoneal dialysis at home, I am giving it to him. A lot of work but of course he’s worth it.