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Sit down, folks, this health update is a biggun.
5 years ago
Copy/paste from my Twitter because I know not all of ya might follow me there.
Alrighty, folks, time for a health update and... hoo boy, it's a doozy.
Recently went to a new general practitioner and he ran the whole gamut of tests and here's what we ended up with:
- high cholesterol
- fluid under my right lung
- high potassium
- proteins in my urine
- high A1C
The cholesterol explains the hypertension, and I already knew my A1C was gonna b shit, but everything else leads to one thing: kidney disease.
I'm gonna be getting more testing done soon, and while it sounds scary, it's not entirely unexpected. Honestly, I feel like it's good that most of my health issues link back to a single root cause, because that means treating that one disease will solve so many issues I have. From researching, one of the things I'll have to do is reduce my intake of juice and milk, which is admittedly far higher than it needed to be, and that'll help not just to lower my potassium, but reduce my A1C as well.
Anyway. Yes, I'm concerned, maybe even worried... but not scared. Being scared is for things I can't do anything about, and this is all stuff I absolutely CAN do something about.
If the universe wants me dead so badly, it's gonna have to try a LOT harder.
As an addendum: my eye issues are close to resolved. I do need surgery for a cataract that resulted from the vitrectomy of my left eye, but besides that, my eyes seem to be doing well. It's just the rest of me that's being a turd.
Update over. 'Nuki out.
Alrighty, folks, time for a health update and... hoo boy, it's a doozy.
Recently went to a new general practitioner and he ran the whole gamut of tests and here's what we ended up with:
- high cholesterol
- fluid under my right lung
- high potassium
- proteins in my urine
- high A1C
The cholesterol explains the hypertension, and I already knew my A1C was gonna b shit, but everything else leads to one thing: kidney disease.
I'm gonna be getting more testing done soon, and while it sounds scary, it's not entirely unexpected. Honestly, I feel like it's good that most of my health issues link back to a single root cause, because that means treating that one disease will solve so many issues I have. From researching, one of the things I'll have to do is reduce my intake of juice and milk, which is admittedly far higher than it needed to be, and that'll help not just to lower my potassium, but reduce my A1C as well.
Anyway. Yes, I'm concerned, maybe even worried... but not scared. Being scared is for things I can't do anything about, and this is all stuff I absolutely CAN do something about.
If the universe wants me dead so badly, it's gonna have to try a LOT harder.
As an addendum: my eye issues are close to resolved. I do need surgery for a cataract that resulted from the vitrectomy of my left eye, but besides that, my eyes seem to be doing well. It's just the rest of me that's being a turd.
Update over. 'Nuki out.
Best of luck, dude.
It's great to see you're not giving up. Good luck with everything!