November 29th, 2006
Quote of the Day: On Heroes
Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they’ve stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments.
– Kevin Costner
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November 29th, 2006
Trying Something Alternative
I spent Monday focusing on my stomach.
Well, sort of.
Monday morning, I met with two GPs, who specialize in alternative medicine, specifically nutrition. Rather, I was referred to them to get counsellings on what changes to make to my nutritional diet to decrease inflammation in my body since I can no longer take anti-inflammatory drugs due to my kidney disease. I guess I kind of expected to get a list of foods to avoid and a list of foods to eat and a sample diet and have that be it, but that’s not really how it went.
First, I’m being referred to
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Tags: Wellness, alternative medicine, nutrition, acupuncture, IgAN, fibromyalgia, anti-inflammatory diet
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November 2nd, 2006
2 Specialists Down, 1…or 2 To Go
It’s official. It’s a relief to know that I have two diagnoses and two treatment plans now.
The kidney biopsy results apparently led to both diagnoses.
IgA Nephropathy
It’s an autoimmune kidney disease, as I said. The Nephrologist said the prognosis is very good. We have caught it very early — though probably I had it 4 years ago when I saw that Nephrologist who didn’t really run any tests and just dismissed me so I could have caught it even sooner. My kidney functions are still excellent and don’t appear to be damaged yet. She is changing
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Tags: IgAN, fibromyalgia, GI specialist, kidney biopsy, SED rate, rheumatologist, nephrologist, blood pressure, wellness
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November 2nd, 2006
Thursday Thirteen Discombobulated Worries This Week (#11)
My brain is way too scattered and full of anxiety to focus on one particular nifty topic this week. So, now you get to see the really true discombobulated, highly anxious me.
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- What if the sale on the little red house falls through and I don’t get it?
What if the sale on the little red house doesn’t fall through and I do get it and it turns into a money pit?- What if those nice flippers are taking advantage of me because I’m a naive first time buyer and I don’t know what I’m doing?
- What if my dog is depressed? He’s been lethargic and hasn’t been eating at home, but the doggie daycare folks say he’s hyper and playful there. Maybe he just hates me.
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October 25th, 2006
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
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Tags: IgA Nephritis, ER, autoimmune kidney disease, hematoma, health, wellness
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