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Why take NOT take notice when eGFR is under 90 rather than 60???
Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: 2 days ago | Replies (7)Comment receiving replies
Hi Cheryl, @cehunt57, thank you for replying.
My eGFR: last week 62; 6 weeks ago and 6 months ago 48; one year ago 74. Since 2017, its been jumping around from a high of 74 to low of 48 6 months ago.
Up until 2 years ago, I was working for a nonprofit 50-60 hours a week with no problem. I've been out of work for another unrelated issue since then. In the last 6 months I have been tired and recently light headed.
Since 2017, my Creatinine has been bouncing around from .87 to 1.25 which was my highest twice this year, but a few weeks ago it went down to 1.0 - I went off Fenofibrate 2 weeks earlier. I do have high protein and iron.
I can tell you these numbers as I just finished inputting the numbers into a Google spreadsheet which really helped putting this into perspective. I'm now doing it for my husband as I took a closer look at his blood tests...that's for another posting. 🙂
I see the Nephrologist next month-only met him in January. He is very nice and spends time and listens. He became a Nephrologist a few years ago from a major med school/teaching hospital.
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@kathymiami having your lab results bounce around sure can be frustrating. Especially when we can’t identify reasons for the improvements or worse ones. My eGFR has bounced too, between 14 - 42 since 2016 when I started really paying attention to it. It is currently 36. I don’t track my creatinine as well as you do (since it figures in to the eGFR). I have protein in the urine, but it has been negligible for awhile now. I have anemia related to my kidney disease. In the past I’ve had to take iron supplements and even iron IV infusions. My iron is stable right now. I also recall experiences of being tired and light headed. The worst was associated with an episode of severe anemia. I think that was before I even knew I had kidney disease and was another unrelated condition. Still my nephrologist asks me if I am experiencing those symptoms (tiredness and lightheaded) when I have office visit follow ups. Could you mention those symptoms to your nephrologist at your next follow up?