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9 years ago
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Latest health specs.
CAT scan
The CAT scan was done without contrast. There does not appear to be a return of cancer!
Interestingly examination of the spine finds the disc between L5-S1 in degraded. Not that it ‘is’, but that it confirms why I have back pain there.
Blood chemistry
Nothing really ground breaking. Creatinine is now at 1.75, still high compared to a person in perfect health, but greatly lower than my high at 2.15 .
My GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE (GFR) is 46, which puts me at Chronic Kidney Disease stage 3a. To put that in perspective, the typical average for a healthy man in their 70’s would be 75, so I’m far below a person who is decades older.
When I questioned my Nephrologist about dialysis and fistula installation she cautioned me that we should not even be talking about that. So long as my hypertension is kept under control I should loose only approximately ½% off my GFR each year. So 45.77, then 45.54, then 45.31 etcetera. Given typical lifespans of US males I’m not likely to need to worry about it.
Since I have limited kidney function my vitamin D is also very low and I’m now on a supplement to bring that back into spec. I also have secondary hyperparathyroidism which is related to the low D and the Chronic Kidney Disease. Given time my nephrologist expects to get the thyroid under control.
CAT scan
The CAT scan was done without contrast. There does not appear to be a return of cancer!
Interestingly examination of the spine finds the disc between L5-S1 in degraded. Not that it ‘is’, but that it confirms why I have back pain there.
Blood chemistry
Nothing really ground breaking. Creatinine is now at 1.75, still high compared to a person in perfect health, but greatly lower than my high at 2.15 .
My GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE (GFR) is 46, which puts me at Chronic Kidney Disease stage 3a. To put that in perspective, the typical average for a healthy man in their 70’s would be 75, so I’m far below a person who is decades older.
When I questioned my Nephrologist about dialysis and fistula installation she cautioned me that we should not even be talking about that. So long as my hypertension is kept under control I should loose only approximately ½% off my GFR each year. So 45.77, then 45.54, then 45.31 etcetera. Given typical lifespans of US males I’m not likely to need to worry about it.
Since I have limited kidney function my vitamin D is also very low and I’m now on a supplement to bring that back into spec. I also have secondary hyperparathyroidism which is related to the low D and the Chronic Kidney Disease. Given time my nephrologist expects to get the thyroid under control.
Not bad, all things considered.