Category: CKD
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On second thought…
An excerpt from my book on kidney disease… When I told my friend I had few symptoms, I began to realize I was not entirely correct. I had the following symptoms that might be related and some that might not: I then concluded my health was in some respects like that of an octogenarian. I…
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I’m good!
Excerpt from my new book on kidney disease… Someone asked me recently how I was doing. I said what my doctor said, “I’m doing well, for someone who is not doing well”, or words to that effect. Basically he was saying that for someone with stage four kidney disease, I was tracking reasonably well, but…
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Protein is too high!!!
Excerpt from my new book on living with kidney disease So, I was doing some volunteer work in town, and I was painting benches for about 4 hours in the sun. Normally I would be okay with that, but this time out I got super weak, and didn’t feel great. Later that day I had…
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I’ll stand pat
An excerpt from my new book on kidney disease… So, I figured I could sue my doctor but then I reconsidered. I am a Christian. Does that give me a degree in morality? Not necessarily, but Christians aren’t to sue other Christians. I figure we can’t love people while suing them for the shirt off…
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A rant on expectations
From my new book on Kidney Disease… So in the beginning, I was asked a simple question. It was as though I was at the drive-up window at Jack in the Box, and I got to decide if I wanted French fries or onion rings. I had been diagnosed as having Stage 3B Kidney Disease,…
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Who’s the culprit?!
From my new book… So what caused my CKD? Was it hereditary? Did my lifestyle bring it about? Was it sin? Maybe just something God is using to shape my life?10 Was I wrong to think I did something to deserve CKD or to assume God allowed it to bring me favor through adversity? That…
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GFR Blues
From my new book… So, I downloaded my bloodwork from the hospital website and noticed my Glomerular Filtration Rate (or GFR) numbers from the past five years. The GFR was a normative 60 in the mid to late 2018, but in 2020, it was 53, and in 2021, it was 42, but my doctor never…
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New Book, Next Chapter
Here is the next chapter of my new book on kidney disease, “timestamp” Hit me again? So I went in to Kaiser to see a Nephrologist. This was new territory for me. I was concerned, and so I ought to have been. The specialist, in retrospect, glossed over some items, and later, too, the nurse;…
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New Book Cover: Timestamp
And Sample Chapters… this book was formerly called, “Hit me once”, and was also titled, “into the grey”… Middle age After remarrying, to a San Jose native, I moved to her domain, and became a local apartment dweller. I had been in sales support (telemarketing) for loans and mortgages in Pennsylvania, and secured a position…
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Chapter 2 of my New Book
About CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease I’ll try to publish several chapters to my blog before going on to publication (this book is not yet completed) Bipolar 1? After the holdup in New York, my stepfather drove me to Pennsylvania, where he and my mom were then living. I was unstable in mind, and soon would…
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