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What are good creatinine levels for donor after kidney donation?
Transplants | Last Active: Mar 17 5:24am | Replies (28)Comment receiving replies
My opinion- not medical advice, is that you have a new normal after donating.
1.44 could be considered high for a 25 year old healthy person with 2 kidneys but average for a 50 year old with 1. It seems like comparing apples to oranges.
That being said, if it concerns you at all, ask for help from the place you donated.
My Dr tends to blame any variance of my lab numbers on having donated, even when they are within normal range and is sure having 1 kidney will " catch up" with me at some point, even though there is no indication of any health problems in the past 5 years . Gosh he's terrible, I really need a better Dr.
Anyway, even though Mayo doesn't cover my labs after the 2 year mark, they said I could always call with questions and if I ever had problems with kidney to let them know so it sounds like they would always be available for donors.
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My mental radar would be flashing too, if the Dr made a comment like that, I personally been thru' of couple of such Dr's in my life time... I just stopped going to those Dr's. .. sometimes when in doubt I ask my wife to accompany me to the Dr's visit ... and that is a like a second opinion ...which has worked well and probably today I am alive - still writing this note...( had a horrible experience when my kidney function was nearing GFR 10 and Dr was refusing to give me a reference to the transplant center... saying I was not yet ready for a transplant...can you believe that happened till today ... I am still furious at that Dr making such statements !