Re: What Questions Should I Ask My Nephrologist?

[Guest guest]

HI Jill,

On the Yahoo web site, under the files section, I posted a list of questions

that Cy came up with. I will copy and paste them here for you for ease, but

just for future reference, that is where they can be located. Hope this helps.

Questions to ask your Nephrologist

When learning about your disease, it's always been my handle that more is

more. Off the top of my head, a reasonable set of questions might include:

1) What's your urine protein? How is it measured (dipstick, pro/creat

ratio, 24 hour)? Why is it being measured that way instead of some other

way? What significance does the doc read into those values?

2) What metrics does he base that mid-term conclusion on (i.e. GFR, biopsy,

other)?

3) Can he explain any biopsy results (if a biopsy was done)?

4) What's your creatinine level? What range can you expect your results to

fall in? When do you start worrying? How have they changed so far?

5) What markers does he look at for disease progression?

6) How often does he think the disease should be assessed this at this

time? How often does he want to do blood work and urinalysis?

7) What about treatment? How does he treat his other IgAN patients? Why?

8) What's your hemoglobin and hematocrit? If these are abnormal, what does

he recommend?

9) Any dietary restrictions?

10) What is your blood pressure? How often should you be taking it? If

hypertension is a problem, what solutions can he offer?

11) What's the best way to get lab results to you?

12) What medications should you be taking?

13) What is your potassium level?

14) What is your creatinine clearance level?

[Guest guest]

Thanks for digging this up ! As much as I hate " canned answers " , it's

good to see that one of my rants has some value!

Cy

Re: What Questions Should I Ask My Nephrologist?

> HI Jill,

>

> On the Yahoo web site, under the files section, I posted a list of

questions

> that Cy came up with. I will copy and paste them here for you for ease,

but

> just for future reference, that is where they can be located. Hope this

helps.

>

>

>

> Questions to ask your Nephrologist

>

> When learning about your disease, it's always been my handle that more is

> more. Off the top of my head, a reasonable set of questions might

include:

>

> 1) What's your urine protein? How is it measured (dipstick, pro/creat

> ratio, 24 hour)? Why is it being measured that way instead of some other

> way? What significance does the doc read into those values?

> 2) What metrics does he base that mid-term conclusion on (i.e. GFR,

biopsy,

> other)?

> 3) Can he explain any biopsy results (if a biopsy was done)?

> 4) What's your creatinine level? What range can you expect your results

to

> fall in? When do you start worrying? How have they changed so far?

> 5) What markers does he look at for disease progression?

> 6) How often does he think the disease should be assessed this at this

> time? How often does he want to do blood work and urinalysis?

> 7) What about treatment? How does he treat his other IgAN patients?

Why?

> 8) What's your hemoglobin and hematocrit? If these are abnormal, what

does

> he recommend?

> 9) Any dietary restrictions?

> 10) What is your blood pressure? How often should you be taking it? If

> hypertension is a problem, what solutions can he offer?

> 11) What's the best way to get lab results to you?

> 12) What medications should you be taking?

> 13) What is your potassium level?

> 14) What is your creatinine clearance level?

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for digging this up ! As much as I hate " canned answers " , it's

good to see that one of my rants has some value!

Cy

Re: What Questions Should I Ask My Nephrologist?

> HI Jill,

>

> On the Yahoo web site, under the files section, I posted a list of

questions

> that Cy came up with. I will copy and paste them here for you for ease,

but

> just for future reference, that is where they can be located. Hope this

helps.

>

>

>

> Questions to ask your Nephrologist

>

> When learning about your disease, it's always been my handle that more is

> more. Off the top of my head, a reasonable set of questions might

include:

>

> 1) What's your urine protein? How is it measured (dipstick, pro/creat

> ratio, 24 hour)? Why is it being measured that way instead of some other

> way? What significance does the doc read into those values?

> 2) What metrics does he base that mid-term conclusion on (i.e. GFR,

biopsy,

> other)?

> 3) Can he explain any biopsy results (if a biopsy was done)?

> 4) What's your creatinine level? What range can you expect your results

to

> fall in? When do you start worrying? How have they changed so far?

> 5) What markers does he look at for disease progression?

> 6) How often does he think the disease should be assessed this at this

> time? How often does he want to do blood work and urinalysis?

> 7) What about treatment? How does he treat his other IgAN patients?

Why?

> 8) What's your hemoglobin and hematocrit? If these are abnormal, what

does

> he recommend?

> 9) Any dietary restrictions?

> 10) What is your blood pressure? How often should you be taking it? If

> hypertension is a problem, what solutions can he offer?

> 11) What's the best way to get lab results to you?

> 12) What medications should you be taking?

> 13) What is your potassium level?

> 14) What is your creatinine clearance level?

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for digging this up ! As much as I hate " canned answers " , it's

good to see that one of my rants has some value!

Cy

Re: What Questions Should I Ask My Nephrologist?

> HI Jill,

>

> On the Yahoo web site, under the files section, I posted a list of

questions

> that Cy came up with. I will copy and paste them here for you for ease,

but

> just for future reference, that is where they can be located. Hope this

helps.

>

>

>

> Questions to ask your Nephrologist

>

> When learning about your disease, it's always been my handle that more is

> more. Off the top of my head, a reasonable set of questions might

include:

>

> 1) What's your urine protein? How is it measured (dipstick, pro/creat

> ratio, 24 hour)? Why is it being measured that way instead of some other

> way? What significance does the doc read into those values?

> 2) What metrics does he base that mid-term conclusion on (i.e. GFR,

biopsy,

> other)?

> 3) Can he explain any biopsy results (if a biopsy was done)?

> 4) What's your creatinine level? What range can you expect your results

to

> fall in? When do you start worrying? How have they changed so far?

> 5) What markers does he look at for disease progression?

> 6) How often does he think the disease should be assessed this at this

> time? How often does he want to do blood work and urinalysis?

> 7) What about treatment? How does he treat his other IgAN patients?

Why?

> 8) What's your hemoglobin and hematocrit? If these are abnormal, what

does

> he recommend?

> 9) Any dietary restrictions?

> 10) What is your blood pressure? How often should you be taking it? If

> hypertension is a problem, what solutions can he offer?

> 11) What's the best way to get lab results to you?

> 12) What medications should you be taking?

> 13) What is your potassium level?

> 14) What is your creatinine clearance level?

>

>

>