I'm feeling better, physically. Tests showed that my joyous adventure last week was due to a bacterial disease called campylobacter. Luckily, I did not object when my doc pressed antibiotics on me, because otherwise I would still be sick today, since it was a bacterial problem and wasn't going to go away on its own ( Read more... )

So ... I'm trying not to make any assumptions about this ... I mean, my nephrologist has said that creatinine levels just naturally vary ... but ...

Okay, so I had blood drawn last week in preparation for this coming Wednesday's appointment with the nephrologist, and the test results just arrived in the mail:

My creatinine level tested at 1.23, ( Read more... )

I had my first acupuncture appointment yesterday at AIMC (Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College) and am hesitant to go back ( Read more... )

Woke up around 5:30 a.m. with a terrible headache, so I washed my hair-something I often do now if I wake early with a bad headache, because I might as well take care of something I can do in that state, right?-and now I'm still only mostly awake, waiting for my head to feel better, so I thought I'd write about yesterday's appointment with the new ( Read more... )

I had blood drawn yesterday, and my doctor immediately emailed me upon receiving the results, because the kidney numbers aren't very good. Creatinine=1.51, eGFR=42. She urged me to consult with my nephrologist. I don't currently have one, of course, but I'll be meeting with the new one on May 7th ( Read more... )

I got new lab results from my blood draw on 3/13/14. My doctor's office now participates in the Sutter Health Online program, which allows me to look up my lab results online pretty much as soon as the doctor has them, which TOTALLY rocks ( Read more... )

Lab Result Timeline (for phone convo with nephrologist 2/3/14)
8/30/10: creatinine 1.19 (a little high), eGFR 50 (low ( Read more... )

I received my lab results from my 2/7/14 blood draw, and ... drum roll, please ... they are back to the numbers we saw in August! WTF?

creatinine: 1.36
eGFR: 48BUN: 13 ( Read more... )

I finally got my latest blood draw yesterday. The nephrologist or her office never sent the lab order, so I finally had to call them up & make them fax it to the lab.

So the blood has been drawn & I can stop analyzing the sodium content of every morsel of food I eat. I can eat whatever I want! I can eat raw baby carrots & not feel like I'm taking up ( Read more... )

Talked to my meds doc today, and he said that I should be looking at the BUN (blood urea nitrogen) in my lab results, in addition to the creatinine, GFR, and sodium levels. He says that the BUN is a good measure of dehydration, and that the creatinine level should be considered in relation to it, rather than by itself ( Read more... )