Fibrillary glomerulonephritis

@jennifer208, I am glad to know that you have access to Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale in just 5 days. A longer wait than that would be troubling, in my opinion. I don't have personal experience or special knowledge about glomerulonephritis, but my best friend in college had the disease, and we sort of dealt with it together. That was 65 years ago, though, and I assume medical science has a lot of new therapies for dealing with your disease. Be assured that you're hooked up with the best medical specialists in the nation, and they will ask you to give them your full attention and support in addressing this malady.
Martin

Thank you so much for your info. I really appreciate it

@jennifer208 Welcome to Mayo Connect. We are a diverse group of people, patients, family members and caregivers alike. We cannot diagnose, but we do offer our experiences and support to others on similar journeys. As a rare kidney disease patient myself, I know how mystifying it can all be. Here is information from the Mayo Clinic website https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/glomerulonephritis/symptoms-causes/syc-20355705
It appears there is a nephrologist on the Mayo campus in Arizona who treats this, and you may very well be referred to him [Musab S. Hommos, M.B.B.S.]
How are you feeling today? Was it a long journey to diagnose your condition? Please keep in touch with us, and let us know how we can help you.
Ginger

I also have this same disease and am currently stage 4

@jennifer208 Is your appointment today? I hope you can gather some insightful information!

I have an ultra-rare kidney disease also, diagnosed in 2015, called Type III Collagenofibrotic Glomerulopathy. There have been less than 50 patients in the world. There are collagen fibers depositing on the filtering components of my kidneys. Right now I am Stage 3b, and trying to hold my function as well as I can by diet and lifestyle.

We will be looking forward to hearing from you.
Ginger

Hi @vhussey29, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. How long have you had glomerulonephritis? How are you doing?

Not sure. Was diagnosed on Jan 10. But I'm trying to find clinical research on it.

So I go Feb 14 to my nephrologist here in Idaho the 14 of February. I don't know what she's going to do. But when she told me she said as of now there's no treatment available. The Mayo clinic told me to get a bone marrow biopsy. Can't do that til the appointment with my doctor. So I'm searching to see if there are any clinical trials research out there for my disease. I also was told it's very rare

So I was diagnosed with fibrillary glomerulonephritis in Jan. I had a check up today hoping I would get news of what's causing it. But my doctor said she doesn't know and will monitor me every three months. I went to the mayo clinic in Scottsdale end of Jan and they said I should get a bone marrow biopsy. So today I asked her if we could do it. She said she doubts that it will say anything but she did put a request in that I get one. So now waiting to get that. I guess I'm just frustrated because I'm told my kidney function will decline and if we have to do dialosis we will. But why can't we fix it

Hi @jennifer208, I moved your latest message to the original discussion you started on glomerulonephritis so that you can stay connected with the members who know your story. Jennifer, did the doctors at Mayo Clinic explain what a bone marrow biopsy might be able to indicate? Are the Mayo doctors coordinating with your local doctor?