Tag: Chronic Kidney Disease
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My diet has changed…
So my diet is in flux. I am on a campaign to eat only my portion. My share. Biblically, it was suggested in a group I attend that if one is in habitual sin, one might not be in the faith. I thought of my food addiction and took the statement to heart. I also…
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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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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 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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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) Coming up So I grew up in Berkeley and Albuquerque, mostly. My mom was a book buyer and librarian, and is now retired and living in California. My stepdad died…
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