Thanks Jer for using me as your lab rat, LOL.

Did a Nephrologist do tests on you and tell you that you had Stage 3b Kidney Disease? or are you reading your blood tests and self-diagnosing?

Did you know that Dehydration can cause all of the "off" levels that you listed? Regardless kidney damage can be reversed and its not an automatic sign of the Grim Reaper knocking and time to talk of 'enjoying what time you have left". I"ve lived with 1 good Kidney and Liver Disease for years, years!

See a good Nephrologist and find out what's going on and don't make any life altering decisions until you do.

Oh btw, my daily med count is down to 18, so you may have passed me up by now! lol

Take care Jer.
Kat

Thanks for the info Ocp. I hope it is merely dehydration but I have been drinking 2-3 bottles of water a day. I know dehydration can cause high BUN, but never heard of it reducing kidney function so much. Also, my urine was not thick and concentrated. Dehydration makes you have thick concentrated urine. I also have a high level of Ketones in the blood and high levels of protein. My ketones are between moderate and high. My blood sugar is not high enough for DKA, but something is happening. Maybe all will go back to normal after gallbladder is removed. I had another attack tonight. I ate all fat free food and still had an attack. Was able to hold down enough Norco to barely take the edge off of it and keep my food down, only because they prescribed me Zofran. It dissolved under the tongue. So I got to keep down 200 calories today. But I'm done eating anything now, not even drinking tea. I am going to get this surgery done fast. The attack lasted 2 hours, then I felt the thump again like a stone moved and the pain went from a 8-9 down to a 2-3. I hate this. I am so hungry craving foods and cannot eat. :-(

Drink clear broths and jello, fluid tends to make you feel full, but not aggravate the system. Soft foods like oatmeal or cream of wheat that are high fiber, will make you feel full and not piss off the gall bladder.

How long till your surgery? And you have to behave foodwise after the surgery, you can have "phantom" gall bladder attacks for up to 9 weeks post op...they suck.

Hi blizzard. Are you prescribed any diuretics? My rheumatologist prescribed me a diuretics but failed to order any potassium. I ended up in the er with dehydration. And, yup, I was diagnosed with Accute kidney Failure. I’d be interested to know if the doctor re-orders your labs.. I’m a retired RN and have never seen numbers like that. Beyond panic level.
Hang in there blizzard. It’s been a long ass 2 yrs for me too. There’s got to
be a light at the end of the tunnel that ain’t an oncoming train. Hugs, Dianna.

Ocp’er, You accomplished a lot in the last several months! My hat’s off to you

Hey Dianna, don't see you around much!! Hope your doing well. I'm doing okay, winter will be the test. So far I'm stubborn enough and a big enough pain in the ass to get most of my Dr.'s to work with me, but that's not a big secret! lol

Hey K. I’m coming towards the end of lonnnnng year. Was hospitalized in Feb with pneumonia. Went home after 6 days (Dr knew I was ready to string the sheets out the window,lol. 3 weeks later I was checking my O2 sat and noticed my heart rate jumped from 70 to 130.

I remember thinking “Oh crap, I’ve got to call 911 again. Turned out I had afib.. Thankfully, I responded well to the meds (as if I needed more meds).

My hip is shot, I have 2 impinged nerves trying to drive me nuts.

Other than that, life is good.

And yes, winter is coming...........It helps to have a sense of humor, right?
Take care K and everyone else in this family.

Hey Dianna, I've been doing semi-okay since getting off all the narcotics., managing pain in multiple other ways. Winter will be the true test. I jsut had knee surgery a few weeks ago and had to deal with that sans narctics, boy was it fun!!!! My ortho was really good with blocks, Lido injections and my trusty Polar Cast machine so it wasn't too bad. I'm back to normal pain now.

I'm in the middle of my Dr. and Pulmanologist trying to get my lungs to work right, they keep wanting to not work at the drop of a hat, and it getting old..

All the main stuff is mainly under control and doesn't bother me too much. I'm still working so I'm good. I may have to have Thyroid surgery if it doesn't stop misbehaving itself, but we'll see. Other than that same old crappy body.
I'm glad it sounds like your doing faily well, we miss you around here girl!!!!!

Behave my friend and take care of you and yoru family!

Gr8ful !!!

Wow.. so great to :see" you.
I almost never come to DS any more.
What a pleasant suprise.

Hey, K....
Good to see you, too.

Hugs

I'm sorry your thyroid is acting up Ocp. They are determined to cut everything out of you aren't they :-(! I just got home from the Gallbladder surgery. I had two more severe attacks after I left the ER. I had one while eating a banana and another the next day after having eaten nothing at all. I had two problems with my GB. One was that it was barely functioning and close to being infected, and the other was a stone possibly blocking the common bile duct. They put in on IV antibiotic and had to reverse my anti-coagulation with 5 bags of blood plasma. I'm no lovenox injections now every 2 hours and In the process of building back up my INR. I haven't clotted yet, so all is good. Just had massive pain after the surgery from gas. Once I started burping it up and passing gas I no longer needed the 5 mgs of Diladed injections every 5 hours. I only had about 5 injections, then refused it and it started getting better.

I'm living on Pepcid and Zofran now. Without these drugs I am sick in my stomach. I'm behaving period lol. It's time to make changes. I just can't go low carb now to control diabetes because I might stay all low fat and veggies and just use some insulin to correct the higher sugars. I guess I had 42 years of abusing my body and now my body Is telling me to stop. Time to live off baked salmon, tuna, boneless skinless chicken, and veggies. It beats level 8 pain. The anesthesiologist tricked me because I looked nervous lol. He said he was giving me a shot to relax me and then I don't remember anything after that cept for waking up shaking cold and in the OR. I don't ever want any kind of surgery again. None. You are one tough lady Ocp with all of those surgeries. I'm surprised you don't have PTSD just from all of those surgeries. I might also stick to a kidney diet too seeing how I might be prone to kidney issues. Just hit this stuff head on.

My BUN went back to normal. My Creatinine is now normal, and my EGFR is up to 60. Maybe it was the GB messing with my numbers? I will still keep an eye on the kidney's though. When I went back to the ER my liven enzymes had nearly doubled so they said a stone was possibly blocking a duct. The liver enzymes were up to almost 200 on both of them. I don't recall the name on the enzymes though, and one marker was up for possible infection. All is good though. I woke up and no clots yet.

Hey that shot of milky while heaven, does the trick every time....you remember nothing! lol I usually get to the "count back from a 100" part, I've tried to beat that a few times...lol..never get very far. I'm glad you survived surgery and are back home safe and sound, and that your labs are back in the normal ranges. I figured it was something with all that was going on.

I'm not a foody, by any means, I actually really hate food, but I do know people with my "diet restrictions" that find some really good recipe's and I pretty much live on chicken breast and fresh fruit and veggies, no fat, no carbs, no processed foods, nothing with any amount of high fructose corn syrup, no carbonation, etc. There are tons of recipe's on the Net...do some research and learn to use spices to make bland taste good.

When Seth is home he eats the same things I do, his just gets jazzed up and he never complains, and he is a foody. Hang in there my friend all will work out.

I really am glad your better, safe and have less to worry about. Be a good patient and heal!!!

Kat