Guest guest Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 Okay. So, protein evidently isn't the enemy I was once lead to believe. When I saw my kidney doc for the first time some 14 years ago, my creatine clearance was over 3. That was quickly resolved with mostly high blood pressure medication. I have been in the 1.8-2.0 range for many years now, and I have become less and less concerned withe protein intake as I have added it back in, and not seen the creatine clearance go back up. With what you say, I think I may put that beast to rest now. Actually, my microabulum protein (that's a very wild guess at the spelling) is very good the kidney doc says. And, I have virtually no protein in my urine. Maybe I'll feel a little more at liberty now to use protein as a sustainer and not carbs when it's necessary. Dave ---- Original Message ----- From: Daubenmire To: blind-diabetics Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 5:25 AM Subject: Re: latest blood results Hi Dave. I eat 3 meals a day and at each meal, 30 grams of carbs. So my total carbs a day is 90. I.E 30 for breakfast, 30 for lunch, and 30 for dinner. When I say carbs, I mean carbs... bread, cereal, etc. and in between meals I eat meat such as cheese, turkey, etc. and snack on a salad if need be. I don't watch my protein intake any more since after reading bernstein's book, I realized that it isn't meat causing the kidney damage but rather my high blood sugars. My kidney doc says he doesn't ever see me needing a transplant as long as I keep things / my a1c at 5.3 like I have been. He feels that could preserve my kidneys for the rest of my life since the high sugar in the blood isn't there to destroy them. Regards, latest blood results > > Hi All. > > ok, just got my lab results in as follows: > > a1c 5.3 > > trigliserites 53 > hdl 59 > ldl 86 > total cholesterol 156 > > > Pat, there was a slight increase in my creatine and bun. Before my > creatinine was 1.7 and now it is 1.8. my bun was 22 and it was 23. My > endo doc, not my kidney doc, says to back off protein some but I don't > see that 1 point as a big deal and am figuring next 3 months it could be > back down. I was wondering what you felt about the slight increase there > and what you have done in past to try to get it back down. > > BTW my endo is faxing my kidney doc the lab results today and I am betting > he will say it isn't a big deal too but my endo is super agressive which I > love. > > Thanks. > > > Regards, > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 Anyway, what's " lol " ? Dave latest blood results > > Hi All. > > ok, just got my lab results in as follows: > > a1c 5.3 > > trigliserites 53 > hdl 59 > ldl 86 > total cholesterol 156 > > > Pat, there was a slight increase in my creatine and bun. Before my > creatinine was 1.7 and now it is 1.8. my bun was 22 and it was 23. My > endo doc, not my kidney doc, says to back off protein some but I don't > see that 1 point as a big deal and am figuring next 3 months it could be > back down. I was wondering what you felt about the slight increase there > and what you have done in past to try to get it back down. > > BTW my endo is faxing my kidney doc the lab results today and I am betting > he will say it isn't a big deal too but my endo is super agressive which I > love. > > Thanks. > > > Regards, > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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