Glad I found this forum…looks like a great bunch of folks on here helping each other out!
I am technically still DX’d with only Metabolic Syndrome and have not done enough in the past to deal with this and am currently dealing with a Kidney scare.
So, this year, in 2010, I want to change that and get serious before IT gets MORE serious.
Figured it might help to put this in writing to hold myself accountable.
Here is my baseline…At some point in the future, I expect to look back at this and and be like pffffftttt!!!
DEC 2009 Labs:
Weight: 250
Height: 6"3
Age: Turn 40 in March..ugggh!
Meds: Metformin XR 500mg x 2
A1C: 6.3…controlled, but not good :confused:
Base Metabolic Panel:
Glucose, Serum: 122 🙁
BUN: 15
Creatinine,Serum: 1.27…the absolute TOP of the lab’s ref range:(
eGFR: >59…this is all that is on the lab report, but I calculated estimates myself, using several different equations…my results ranged from 67 – 72…not sure how impaired this is considered and whether it can be improved.:confused: :confused: :confused:
BUN/Creatinine Ratio: 12
All others within lab reference range
Hepatic Function Panel
All results within lab reference range
Lipid Panel
Cholesterol Total: 246
Triglycerides: 524
HDL: 32
These are just terrible…hoping for dramatic improvement this year.
CBC with Differential Platelet:…nothing abnormal in these
Urinalysis Gross Exam
Specific Gravity: 1.021
PH: 6.0
All other NORMAL except…
Protein: 1+ 🙁
Creatinine, Urine: 205…still within lab reference range
Microalbumin, Urine: 361.3 😮
Microalbumin/Creat Ratio: 176.2 😮
Obviously need to get these checked further, but I’m hoping it’s mostly due to dehydration and that this test was an outlier…Kidneys have always been normal in the past…this is a bit scary, considering how high it is for the first time.
Looking forward to the conversation!