Good news and bad news for me today. This past November my labs showed kidney function improvement. Then the first part of December I landed in the hospital with exacerbation of my COPD. My GFR immediately dropped from 37 to 35 and my diabetes went out of control partly due to respiratory meds, partly due to having to go off my pre-meal insulin doses. It took me all of January to start feeling better.

Now, at the end of February, I feel great. I have lots of energy, decreased pain, generally sleep well. Diabetes is well controlled. Phosphorus, sodium, potassium, calcium levels, etc. are all normal and A1C is 5.9. Blood pressure is good, oxygen level is good.

BUT creatinine is elevated and so is BUN.

And the worst part of it is, GFR (kidney function) has dropped from 37 to 24! I'm back in stage four CKD and we don't know why!
Since everything else is normal I'm wondering if this last round in the hospital dropped my GFR like it did a year ago when I had the flu and COPD exacerbation.

I'm hoping sticking to my vegetarian diet will kick it back up. In fact, I think if it weren't for the diet, it would be even worse. I probably would be dead.

Yes, I know, it's only one lab test.

But I'm so bummed I could scream.