My Kidney Crisis - Good News Update

[Zappit]

Not out of the woods, yet, but it's a good sign.

 

[ThatNickGuy]

Interesting quirk - the IV I'm taking is giving me aggressive, relentless hiccups. Nothing dangerous, but it's a curiosity..

Could be worse.


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But seriously man, we're all prayin' for ya. I thik Shego's sacrificing a couple of bulls in your name.

 

[Allen who is Quiet]

Could be worse.

ಠ_ಠ

 

[ThatNickGuy]

I...no, no no. That's not what I meant. Then again, glass-shattering hiccups would be kind of awesome.

 

[Chibibar]

I'm on the organ donor's list (but only if I get killed) please don't kill me.

I am glad treatment is getting better, but look at the bright side, you should be glad that you DID mess around with those high blood pressure machine and discover this early enough to still be treatable.

Curiosity, is it both? or just one? (I am not familiar on the disorder)

 

[IronBrig4]

This is good news! Let there be joy and celebration throughout the realm!

 

[North_Ranger]

Yay!

 

[Zappit]

Ugh. Just got home after four days in the hospital. Got a badass flu, got severely dehydrated, and it put my kidneys in trouble to the point that dialysis and transplant seemed inevitable. Went into the hospital the day after Christmas. Recovered, got back to my baseline numbers, still feel like shit and fighting a minor infection in my face, but doing much better right now. But man, I just out and out lost most of a week from this.

 

[doomdragon6]

That sounds no good.

 

[Zappit]

It sucked pretty hard. They actually ran a fairly rare test on my salivary gland - threading a camera up the duct - to check for blockages before ruling that an infection.

 

[sixpackshaker]

ow.

 

[Zappit]

ow.

You know what? - It wasn't as bad as some of the other stuff I've had done. It was just a really, really weird sensation, especially when they pumped in dye. It's like salivating in reverse, with some minor pain.

 

[Zappit]

So...the latest test results came in - and it's looking like I'm heading towards remission. Surprising, particularly after my hospital stint. But really, really welcome news. Little to no blood or protein in the urine - it's suggesting that things are going well, and I might be able to start getting off the immuno-suppresants fairly soon. Fingers crossed.

 

[Gared]

Good luck!

 

[doomdragon6]

Excellent news!

Also, I just ready the salivation thing. JESUS.

 

[ThatNickGuy]

 

[Zappit]

Excellent news!

Also, I just ready the salivation thing. JESUS.

Heh. Like I said, sounded worse than it actually was.

 

[Siska]

So are they putting you on some kind of diet for the rest of your life, or is it managed with pills?

 

[Zappit]

So are they putting you on some kind of diet for the rest of your life, or is it managed with pills?

Little of both. Mostly for high blood pressure. Keeping that down protects the kidneys. I've got another pill for the kidneys themselves.

 

[Ravenpoe]

Little of both. Mostly for high blood pressure. Keeping that down protects the kidneys. I've got another pill for the kidneys themselves.

And a special diet of kidney beans!

...

I'll just go.

 

[Zappit]

Eh - had some infusions done this week - always knocks me on my ass pretty hard. No energy to draw, so I'm way off draw a day, and I'm not going to make it this Friday for Pixel's update. I had a huge buffer, but these health setbacks have absolutely depleted it.

 

[Zappit]

Some good news - the latest tests came back (half of them, at least) and my numbers were the best they've been since I started treatment - getting very close to normal, healthy readings. Waiting on the blood tests, but things might be looking kinda...good.