Now, I have kidney disease.

[bldoink]

Yes, I think we're all happy to see your success. And may you experience continued improvement.

[Old Guy]

Great gains tomas1! Glad your surgery wasn't so bad.
Prepping for my next go-round as I type. Hope this one isn't as bad as #1 was.

[tomas1]

Congratulations, Tomas. Twenty-eight to 35 in a month sounds like a nice jump.

How did you discover the kidney problem originally?

We discovered the GFR was very low from a routine blood work and they scheduled me with a nephrologist.
I was also showing many symptoms of kidney disease, but I actually thought it could be Covid or a heart problem. I took a home Covid test and ruled that out. Before I could ask to see a cardio, we noticed the kidney numbers.

[tomas1]

I got the catheter out this morning and now I'm drinking lots of water, and hoping to pee.

[tomas1]

I'm surprised at the amount of clotted blood that's involved. I had a tough night, but today, I don't have clots, but do pass blood with every eliminaton.

[Old Guy]

I'm surprised at the amount of clotted blood that's involved. I had a tough night, but today, I don't have clots, but do pass blood with every eliminaton.

Sorry to hear of your tough night, I had one too. Round #2 yesterday wasn't as bad as #1 thankfully.
Blood in my urine is what started my ordeal. Hopefully we'll both get over this.
Be well tomas1!

[tomas1]

I had another blood draw today. Tomorrow is the make or break test. I'll be devastated if the GFR isn't more improved. That will show that I really have bad kidney disease.

[bldoink]

I'm a bit surprised that you would expect your levels to be stabilized so soon afterwards. I'd think it would take longer. I hope you get the results you want.

[tomas1]

I base that hope on the blood test I got in the hospital the day after surgery. The creatinine level came down quite a bit. I'll have to check to see the actual percentage. That's what is giving me hope today. I'll give the answer, good or bad tomorrow.

[tomas1]

I had another blood test on 5/23 and the creatinine had gone up to 1.98. That still kept me in stage 3b, but I was disappointed. I still had swelling at the urethra and trouble peeing. I hope that's what caused the disappointing result.

I'm to have a follow-up appointment with the kidney doc tomorrow and had blood taken today. I should know the results either today or tomorrow for sure.