A Good Report

by becky on June 16th, 2009

Every month I attend “planning rounds” at my kidney doctor’s office.  Planning rounds means I meet with my dietitian, my social worker, my nurse and my doctor and we make adjustments or changes to my treatment.  Today was one of my best meetings ever.  My dietitian was practically glowing when she handed me my “report card” (tells me how well I’ve been doing with different levels).  Here are some of my improvements:

Level - My Value – [My Goal] – Last Month’s Value
Phosphorus – 5.0 – [3.5 - 5.5] – 8.4
Calcium Corrected – 9.1 – [8.4-9.4] – 10.2
CAxPHOS Corrected – 45.5 – [85.7
PTH Intact – 309 – [150 to 300] – 493
Potassium – 4.6 – [3.5-5.5] – 5.2
Hematocrit – 33.6 – [33% or higher] – 36.1
HA1c – 7.5 – [4.0 - 7.0] – 7.9 (better)
Albumin – 3.4 – [4.0 or higher] – 3.5 (not so good – protein)

The doctor said my blood pressure was perfect.  He also took me off another medication which means 6 less pills a day for me – I take quite a few.  Overall, I think it is an excellent report.  I really struggle with eating enough protein; the doctor recommended whey protein powder and the dietitian recommended Zone bars.

Thanks to everyone for your support and especially for your prayers.  Next week I have my transplant evaluation at UAB (Birmingham) and the following month I have one at Vanderbilt in Tennessee.

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2 Responses to “A Good Report”

  1. kelli says:
    June 16, 2009 at 8:19 pm

    Those numbers look better than mine, LOL. How is your BUN and Creatinine doing?

    GREAT JOB!

  2. jennifer says:
    June 17, 2009 at 7:32 am

    I AM REALLY GLAD YOUR REPORT CAME BACK SO WELL! IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR A CHANGE ISN’T IT. SCOTT DOES DRINK SOME PROTIEN DRINKS. HE MAY CAN TELL WHICH ONE TASTE GOOD. HE MIXES THEM WITH MILK AND HE PUTS BANANAS AND STRAWBERRYS WITH IT. REMEMBER PEANUT BUTTER IS A GREAT SOURCE OF PROTIEN. I EAT IT ALOT WITH A APPLE. I ALSO FOUND SOME BARS AT THE DOLLAR STORE THAT HAS ALOT MORE PROTIEN THAN OTHERS I WILL TRY AND PICK SOME UP FOR YOU TO TRY. YOU DON’T NESSASARLY HAVE TO EAT A TON OF MEAT. I DON’T THINK YOU CAN EAT CHEESE CAN YOU? MAYBE WE CAN SWAP IDEAS BECAUSE I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR BETTER THINGS TO EAT. REMEMBER PROTIEN GIVES YOU ENERGY!!!!!

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