← Return to When to be concerned about eGFR?

Discussion
sharlea1313 avatar

When to be concerned about eGFR?

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) | Last Active: May 22 9:44am | Replies (36)

Comment receiving replies
Profile picture for jeg321 @jeg321

How concerned should we be with the individual matrix verses the overall matrix in the Comprehensive Metabolic panel??
Also, can anyone speak to having gallbladder removal and its potential impact on kidney functions if any??

Jump to this post


Replies to "How concerned should we be with the individual matrix verses the overall matrix in the Comprehensive..."

My eGFR went from 39 to 17 in 6 months and no one can tell me why
Within a month it is up to 22. Still no answers

@jeg321

I had my gallbladder removed in 1977. No stones. It was malformed so my doctor thought it malfunctioned. It was supposed to dump bile into the intestine when I ate but mine didn't work well. As a result it got infected.

My nephrologists have never commented on my lack of a gallbladder. (I have one nephrologist at my local HMO who also functions as a second "primary care physician". He manages gout and pseudogout, too, instead of Rheumatology which rejected me because I hadn't had a tophus, just a sore toe for three months (that the Foot and Ankle doctor said x-rays didn't show anything broken because nothing was broken) and high uric acid. He seems very well rounded, bright and is very personable. He was responsible for the CKD diagnosis. The second one is at Mayo Rochester and is important because he is the only doctor I've met who has any familiarity with the CKD I have, immunotactoid glomerulopathy. I think I am one of 10 patients in the work with that disorder.)