One Diagnosis And A Trip To The ER

Well, yesterday, the Nephrologist gave me a diagnosis about my kidneys. Apparently I have IgA Nephritis, which is an autoimmune kidney disease. I don’t know much about it except that I’m taking the wrong blood pressure med for it and that she’ll be changing that to something that will treat both my high blood pressure and the IgAN — apparently high blood pressure can be caused by kidney malfunction. I’m seeing her on Nov. 2nd to get more details.

However, she did say that IgAN is not the cause of my muscular soreness/pain and many of the symptoms that sent me to the doctor in the first place. (I did see that IgAN does cause fatigue though.) So, I’m back to the drawing board there.

Also yesterday, I ended up in the ER where the Nephrologist sent me after I complained of pain in my kidney area that kept me up all night the night before. Tylenol just wasn’t doing anything and they’ve banned me from anything like Alleve, asprin, advil, etc. The pain was radiating across my back and I was feeling queasy. She wanted to get a cat scan of my kidney but the hospital refused to “fit me into it’s schedule”, so she sent me to the ER, which meant that I got a cat scan of my kidney at the hospital plus some blood work, but it took all friggin’ afternoon. I was starving when I left.

It turns out I have a hematoma, but it’s just the hematoma I had as a result of the procedure that they knew about and didn’t tell anyone. It’s actually smaller now than it was the day of the procedure. They think what’s happening is that my body is just getting around to re-absorbing the hematoma which is why the increased pain. So…they’ve given me a prescription for Vicadin, told me to put heat on it 4 times a day to speed up the process, and call my doctor on Friday if I’m not feeling better…oh, and rest a lot.

So, now I’m at work, about to fall asleep at my desk with a bunny-shaped heating pad stuck to my back…

And it still hurts.

tags: IgA Nephritis, ER, autoimmune kidney disease, hematoma, health, wellness

One comment

1. on October 25, 2006 at 11:46 am

   Tamara said:

   Oh lordy, the fun never ends! I’m glad you’re medicated, but working on Vicodin? Not so much!

   Hugs!

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