When I saw my transplant nephrologist on Monday, he agreed that now was the right time to begin operation prednisone taper (and ultimately discontinue). I’ve been on prednisone in varying amounts since I was first ...
It’s a good thing to talk. Talk about stuff. I go back and forth when it comes to the above statement. Sometimes…I don’t want to talk about stuff, because I know, mid story, it’ll make ...
So I did have an amazing new year. I pretty much rested on New Year’s Day and prepared to go to work the following day. When I woke up, I felt a dull ache in ...
As I promised in the past, I took a picture of each of the medications that I take. Pantaloc- I used to use this twice a day for my reflux, but I was told that ...
On Monday I went to see/meet my nephrologist for the first time. His name is Dr. Kim. He’s really nice and really funny as well. I’m happy to say that my blood work looks really ...
It has been almost 20 days since the kidney transplant. I had the pleasure of getting my staples out 3 days ago…all 20 of them. My transplant coordinator took them out. She told me that ...
I’m getting worried about my blood work. I last did blood work in early October. My forever dropping hemoglobin at that time was 66 (or 6.6). I don’t have an appointment to get a scope ...
Man these headaches are irritating. I hope the ENT can “fix them” when I see him on Thursday. Yesterday was my rheumatology appointment. After my friend Jennifer’s story about Moronica, I went to my appointment ...
I sit here doing my best to type. My ears are still plugged. My head hurts. My uppers arms/shoulders as well as my thighs/hips hurt. I went to see my nephrologist on Thursday. My hemoglobin ...