Category: Health
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Peripheral Neuropathy?
Soaking the feet Elevating the feet Taking Tylenol
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GFR holding…
So I was not dieting super-well. I was having two pieces of bread minimum per meal, my pizza had pepperoni & sausage action, and I was having some salty food and a fair amount of red meat.
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Unmentionable symptoms
Sometimes I venture into the grotesque; it is not by design, but it occurred to me the other day that I can look to bloodwork results or doctor’s remarks to indicate the state of my kidneys, but I can also use some weird symptoms as well. Please avoid the next two paragraphs if you are…
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Acquire temperance
Prince Hamlet advised the players in Shakespeare’s play to, “acquire and beget a certain temperance that would give their (drama)… smoothness”, but with my CKD, my body no longer regulates temperature correctly at all times.
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Borderline Personality Disorder?
So why am I still flip-flopping about a lawsuit? I spoke with a friend recently, and shared the news. My old primary care doctor called me on my cell and personally apologized for potentially shortening my lifespan.
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Recalibration
So I always have to remember my diet. My eating habits are really important to my GFR and kidney health. No, the kidney’s don’t regenerate, but if I want to maintain my GFR for longer, diet might help.
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Shock and suspicion
I was shocked to learn some of my kidney blood test results were redacted from my hospital health records…
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What to do?
Another excerpt from my new book on living with chronic kidney disease…
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My CKD nurse is kind
Another chapter from my book on chronic kidney disease
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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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