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Hi, all,
I've had PTSD so long I was on meds to the point that I've got permanent kidney damage. It settled down in the last year and I could work and do most things, thankfully. But every 3 months I have to have a comprehensive checkup by a kidney specialist.
I'm having one tomorrow. The point is to find out how much kidney function I have left, which is how much energy I run on.
Last year my total kidney function was down to 40%, headed toward dialysis range. Eek. But by following treatment, at my last appointment in October I found out it had risen to 50%--yay!
Not like being young again, but really great in moving away from dialysis or, worse, needing a kidney transplant. That's what I'm hoping for again.
Please cross your fingers, send good, vibes, or pray (your choice or all 3, if you like) for a good report from the kidney doc tomorrow.
Thanks, and blessings all,
Mujicaptsd
I've had PTSD so long I was on meds to the point that I've got permanent kidney damage. It settled down in the last year and I could work and do most things, thankfully. But every 3 months I have to have a comprehensive checkup by a kidney specialist.
I'm having one tomorrow. The point is to find out how much kidney function I have left, which is how much energy I run on.
Last year my total kidney function was down to 40%, headed toward dialysis range. Eek. But by following treatment, at my last appointment in October I found out it had risen to 50%--yay!
Not like being young again, but really great in moving away from dialysis or, worse, needing a kidney transplant. That's what I'm hoping for again.
Please cross your fingers, send good, vibes, or pray (your choice or all 3, if you like) for a good report from the kidney doc tomorrow.
Thanks, and blessings all,
Mujicaptsd
Very best wishes- Guayaba
Hold your spirit high and in dark moments it will glide on through
- Billybird
The good: yay! I do have a little uptick in kidney function--up to 53%. That's moving a little more away from dialysis and, worse, transplant. Also, my diabetes blood sugar level is rock steady, from keeping on the strict diet & exercise. Awesome.
The bad: I have high blood pressure for the first time ever, but it's treatable with pills. I have some small internal bleeding, though, that I have to see a surgeon about next week. Hope it's just something minor in the gastrointestinal tract.
I let my boss know I might have to miss one class next week to see the surgeon. She's tough--I took zero sick days this past semester, and she still told me the story of a colleague before me I never met. This colleague got cancer and supposedly worked until the day she died of it.
Hm. Doesn't sound like the kind of standard-setting that's very flexible to work with me on this. Oh well, we'll see about next week. I'm trying not to forecast anxiety, know what I mean? I have to compensate for the PTSD urge to catastrophize (fight). On the other hand, I need to be prepared to assert my patients' rights with my boss, if need be (not flight).
Any thoughts on how to do so with balance, dignity, and diplomacy that deals with the real and keeps PTSD paranoia in check?
Blessings and thanks, all.
Muji
It IS SURGERY -- That is MAJOR stuff in your LIFE. Get what I mean?
I had bleeding in my bladder. ---was full of blood. And I did not need surgery. But your case is - may be different. I wish you luck. And don't even ask ME about CATASTROPHIsing !!!! ...I am good at it.