Sorry Guys, I just HAD to start this one!
OMG, OMG, OMG!! I just had a lovely chat with the Nephrologist's secretary trying to speed things along with getting me an appointment since it's been 3 weeks now since my MD said she wanted me to see the specialist. As we were talking, she pulled up my lab results and was floored to hear me say I thought I was in Stage 3 kidney disease!! I told her how I had come by that conclusion and she said it made no sense. My serum creatinine would have to be in the 3s to have kidney disease!! It's .99. She said if the GFR calculator I was using on the National Kidney disease website was accurate, then she and everyone in the office had kidney disease!! She is going to run everything by the doc but I and she have the feeling he's going to say "She doesn't need to see me-what is she being referred for!!". Now I know this woman isn't a doctor or even a nurse but she sees lab results and patients every day and if she says this whole thing doesn't make sense then I am leaning towards believing her. I think that if the doc does want to see me, she will try very hard to get me in sooner than October which is when they're booking into. She also said my A1c levels put me in the high risk category for Diabetes II but not in the "you have it" category and she doesn't know why my MD told me I did.
Anyway, I feel like a HUGE weight has been lifted from my shoulders. I know I have to wait for the final say from the nephrologist so I'll try not to get my hopes up too high but if he says the same thing she did, then all I have to do is worry about my sugar, sodium and weight and that I can do with the help of the nutritionist in August as well as really buckle down and get back on track myself. Put the Lorna Doones down Pam!!
Oh it's going to be a great weekend and week off! New car (used but new to me) tomorrow, vacation next week and NO KIDNEY DISEASE!!!!!
:happy: :l
OMG, OMG, OMG!! I just had a lovely chat with the Nephrologist's secretary trying to speed things along with getting me an appointment since it's been 3 weeks now since my MD said she wanted me to see the specialist. As we were talking, she pulled up my lab results and was floored to hear me say I thought I was in Stage 3 kidney disease!! I told her how I had come by that conclusion and she said it made no sense. My serum creatinine would have to be in the 3s to have kidney disease!! It's .99. She said if the GFR calculator I was using on the National Kidney disease website was accurate, then she and everyone in the office had kidney disease!! She is going to run everything by the doc but I and she have the feeling he's going to say "She doesn't need to see me-what is she being referred for!!". Now I know this woman isn't a doctor or even a nurse but she sees lab results and patients every day and if she says this whole thing doesn't make sense then I am leaning towards believing her. I think that if the doc does want to see me, she will try very hard to get me in sooner than October which is when they're booking into. She also said my A1c levels put me in the high risk category for Diabetes II but not in the "you have it" category and she doesn't know why my MD told me I did.
Anyway, I feel like a HUGE weight has been lifted from my shoulders. I know I have to wait for the final say from the nephrologist so I'll try not to get my hopes up too high but if he says the same thing she did, then all I have to do is worry about my sugar, sodium and weight and that I can do with the help of the nutritionist in August as well as really buckle down and get back on track myself. Put the Lorna Doones down Pam!!
Oh it's going to be a great weekend and week off! New car (used but new to me) tomorrow, vacation next week and NO KIDNEY DISEASE!!!!!
:happy: :l
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