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It's kind of eerie how many times we follow in our parent's footsteps in ways we are sometimes unaware of.  About five or so years ago I had kidney failure and was unaware of it. It just so happened that I hadn't been able to see my Dr for several yrs and when I finally did he took urine samples and a blood withdrawal. To my dismay, my kidneys were in failure stage and he said we needed to see if we could restart them. I was relieved that at least there was a chance that they weren't totally gone. I didn't savor the idea of dialysis and was really upset by this whole thing.  Let me digress here for a moment to give you an idea how all this happened. For 30 plus yrs my blood pressure was 185/90 plus and they just couldn't get it to come down.  I was sitting in my NP's office and she kept looking at me with a very concerned face. Finally, she told me my bp was 225/whatever and I should go to the emergency ward in Everett 15 miles away for observation. Mind you that was at about 2 pm and my friend drove me over and stayed with me until they booked me in. Well at midnight that night I was back to normal(185/90). They released me and I had no way to get home so I waited for my ride to return at 4:00 am. This episode is what caused me to be changed from an NP to a Dr who immediately began to try different things to get a much better result. My bp is now averaging about 120/80 to 135/84. I have lost about 50 - 60 pounds just eating a regular diet but much smaller portions. Last week I went to my kidney Dr and he reduced a medicine and told me my kidney function went from 40% when I last saw him to 58% and he was very happy with those results. The normal standard appointment time of every 3 months is now every 6 months. With everything that has happened this last ten yrs, I feel very fortunate to be alive. As I said at the beginning that it's eerie how we follow our parents in odd ways, you see my Dad died of kidney failure simply because he would not get treatment of any kind! Thank God for all the good things in my life!

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Hang in there BPD - just remember there is no cure for bring an >IDIOT< - trust me - I've tried them all

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3 hours ago, TBB said:

Hang in there BPD - just remember there is no cure for bring an >IDIOT< - trust me - I've tried them all

"Being," perchance?

Lol, Big Papa Joe, he just proved sumptin' or udder.

Hang in there, buddy (not you, TTB, him!!!).

Lol, again.

Ayaq

 

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Alright Biggie !! great news  !!  just stay with your program buddy and stay the course...oh yeah,and get yer ass in cod 5 DM or Cod4 Ace so I can kill you while you slice away.....on guard !!

 

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I´m proud of you.

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Well done BPD. Glad to hear you are seeing improvement in the numbers.

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That's Great Bud!! I have to do those appointments also....stage 3 failure here. Gotta keep an eye on it. Glad you caught it in time. Have a Blessed day!

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Good to hear that your health is moving in the right direction. keep it up . 

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