health

[babeofbryan]

No one wants to hear how bad your health is but its life I guess. I go for regular blood work and paps and mammos, etc. Never thought anything of it. Fast forward to June 2022. I ate lunch with a drug rep and my boss. Dr. I. He liked how the drug sounded and said why don't you take it Margaret? So all excited because yes I am the test pt in our office, we checked my labs. My kidneys are not working! So I go for more labs and some sonograms, ad nauseum. Then I am sent to a Nephrologist. So apparently my kidneys are supposed to be 9-12 centimeters and they are 6. The words the Neph. Dr used are "This is bad, very bad". She sends me to a cardiologist who I have worked for before. He found my heart was strong. The neph. dr told me I had 6 months before either a kidney transplant or home dialysis. If I go into dialysis I cant have my dogs in the bedroom and I have to have a spotless house. I am the first to tell you it is not spotless. But it is reasonably clean. So now I am decluttering etc. Trying to figure out how to tell my big girl Lady she cant sleep on my feet anymore. Geez. So anyway, transplant clinic sees me way faster than I imagined Did all kinds of tests, 19 vials of blood, ct scan, chest xray, ekg, saw the surgeon, her Nurse Practioner and another Nephrologist. They say I am a viable good candidate. I have living donors who have volunteered. Which blew me away. Two are former employees.
Fast forward to yesterday, see the Nephrologist again here in my city. She said your numbers have improved. I think you may have two years before we do anything. Then the Transplant clinic called and said I was discussed with the transplant team and I am on transplant team inactive so guess I can live it up eh? Nope, I will continue to live better, eat better and no more alcohol, sodas and such. So there is my life in a nutshell. Nutty huh??