Re: My Update

[Guest guest]

Suzanne,

I'm simultaneously sorry to hear about all you've gone through (I

realize I probably don't know the whole of it) and happy for your

success. This has got to be the point where you turn the corner.

It's wacky - for lack of a better term - to just wish that we could

get back to the place we were at before even beginning to try to

conceive. I hope you do get a fresh start soon. Although a good bit

of my health problems are not AS related, the onset of nearly

everything I'm trying to deal with began post-first-pregnancy.

However we manage to come by our children, we'll know how fortunate

we are! Today I told a neighbor up the road a little bit about my

health history and fertility issues of the past few years. She told

me that she and her sister both wanted kids - yet she had triplets

(now teenagers) and her sister was not able to bare children.

Strange how things work out. The happy part - her sister adopted and

couldn't be happier!!

Take care, Suzanne (and your dh too)

J.

[Guest guest]

,

Glad to hear you're doing well!

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On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 03:40:09 -0000, " demauriacteach "

wrote:

>

[Guest guest]

,

Glad to hear you're doing well!

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On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 03:40:09 -0000, " demauriacteach "

wrote:

>

[Guest guest]

Gladys,

I also was only prescribed estrogen following my 2nd hys/lap in May.

When I questioned this, Dr. Neuwirth said that he was trying to do

all he could to build up my lining and that he wasn't concerned with

a " forced " flow.

I took estrogen for 3 weeks, off one, then three weeks again. I did

not have a period (other than one day in early July where I noticed

the faintest sign of light brown spotting) between that time nor

since then. I don't have any indication of what state my lining is

in so I don't know if this treatment helped or not.

And thanks for your good wishes on my pregnancy. So far, so good. I

have my perinatal appt. tomorrow and will have hopefully gain more

information on where the embryo has implanted and our chances for a

successful pregnancy.

Tricia M.

[Guest guest]

Gladys,

I also was only prescribed estrogen following my 2nd hys/lap in May.

When I questioned this, Dr. Neuwirth said that he was trying to do

all he could to build up my lining and that he wasn't concerned with

a " forced " flow.

I took estrogen for 3 weeks, off one, then three weeks again. I did

not have a period (other than one day in early July where I noticed

the faintest sign of light brown spotting) between that time nor

since then. I don't have any indication of what state my lining is

in so I don't know if this treatment helped or not.

And thanks for your good wishes on my pregnancy. So far, so good. I

have my perinatal appt. tomorrow and will have hopefully gain more

information on where the embryo has implanted and our chances for a

successful pregnancy.

Tricia M.

[Guest guest]

Gladys,

I also was only prescribed estrogen following my 2nd hys/lap in May.

When I questioned this, Dr. Neuwirth said that he was trying to do

all he could to build up my lining and that he wasn't concerned with

a " forced " flow.

I took estrogen for 3 weeks, off one, then three weeks again. I did

not have a period (other than one day in early July where I noticed

the faintest sign of light brown spotting) between that time nor

since then. I don't have any indication of what state my lining is

in so I don't know if this treatment helped or not.

And thanks for your good wishes on my pregnancy. So far, so good. I

have my perinatal appt. tomorrow and will have hopefully gain more

information on where the embryo has implanted and our chances for a

successful pregnancy.

Tricia M.

[Guest guest]

Good luck Tricia M tomorrow at your appt. Hope all goes well. I am

not sure if I asked you, but could you possibly add your pregnancy to

the pregnancy chart. thanks

Poly

[Guest guest]

Good luck Tricia M tomorrow at your appt. Hope all goes well. I am

not sure if I asked you, but could you possibly add your pregnancy to

the pregnancy chart. thanks

Poly

[Guest guest]

Good luck Tricia M tomorrow at your appt. Hope all goes well. I am

not sure if I asked you, but could you possibly add your pregnancy to

the pregnancy chart. thanks

Poly

[Guest guest]

Hi Jennie,

Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful news on your labs. You are

doing just excellent with your creatinine normal, potassium perfect and great

hemoglobin. I am definitely rejoicing with you on that front!

Sorry to hear about the diabetes though. I know you hate to be taking even

more pills. I hope they help to bring it under control for you.

In a message dated 3/23/2004 3:37:16 AM Pacific Standard Time,

jennieeb@... writes:

> Hi all,

>

> I saw my neph today, and everything's still relatively stable, which is

> good. My creatinine is sitting at 0.8mg/dl, my potassium is 4.5, and my

> haemoglobin is sitting at 14.2g/l (which is pretty good for me). The only

thing is

> that my diabetes is a little out of control, so I've been put on more tablets

> for it, which is a pain in the backside.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Jennie,

Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful news on your labs. You are

doing just excellent with your creatinine normal, potassium perfect and great

hemoglobin. I am definitely rejoicing with you on that front!

Sorry to hear about the diabetes though. I know you hate to be taking even

more pills. I hope they help to bring it under control for you.

In a message dated 3/23/2004 3:37:16 AM Pacific Standard Time,

jennieeb@... writes:

> Hi all,

>

> I saw my neph today, and everything's still relatively stable, which is

> good. My creatinine is sitting at 0.8mg/dl, my potassium is 4.5, and my

> haemoglobin is sitting at 14.2g/l (which is pretty good for me). The only

thing is

> that my diabetes is a little out of control, so I've been put on more tablets

> for it, which is a pain in the backside.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Jennie,

Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful news on your labs. You are

doing just excellent with your creatinine normal, potassium perfect and great

hemoglobin. I am definitely rejoicing with you on that front!

Sorry to hear about the diabetes though. I know you hate to be taking even

more pills. I hope they help to bring it under control for you.

In a message dated 3/23/2004 3:37:16 AM Pacific Standard Time,

jennieeb@... writes:

> Hi all,

>

> I saw my neph today, and everything's still relatively stable, which is

> good. My creatinine is sitting at 0.8mg/dl, my potassium is 4.5, and my

> haemoglobin is sitting at 14.2g/l (which is pretty good for me). The only

thing is

> that my diabetes is a little out of control, so I've been put on more tablets

> for it, which is a pain in the backside.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi there Jennie,

Good to hear you are doing so well in sunny Geelong.

Your neph is obviously right with the comment about the diabetes. My

daughter has diabetes, she had a real rough trot with pregnancy, in

and out of hospital the whole time. From what I have learned, you

need to keep it well under control and keep the glucose level within

the normal range for the period of the pregnancy, a big ask I know.

My daughter wants another baby so she is trying her level to get her

blood levels up to scratch. You have the advantage of being a nurse

and probably understand more than most the significance of that.

I am ticking along OK on dialysis, not as bad as it first sounds. The

secret is time management, I have become an avid reader. I have taken

a real interest in fluid management as well as my blood analysis and

I have both well under control with the net result I feel terrific

even when I come off the dialysis machine which is good with the big

60 in sight.

That's all for now, catch you down the track.

Derrick

Sydney Australia

> Hi all,

>

> I saw my neph today, and everything's still relatively stable,

which is good. My creatinine is sitting at 0.8mg/dl, my potassium is

4.5, and my haemoglobin is sitting at 14.2g/l (which is pretty good

for me). The only thing is that my diabetes is a little out of

control, so I've been put on more tablets for it, which is a pain in

the backside.

>

> I also told my neph that my fiance and I are thinking of starting a

family in 2-3 years, and that if my kidney function remains stable

like it is now, would it be safe for us to start a family (also

considering the fact that I have miscarried previously). He said that

he'd be more worried about the diabetes than the kidneys, which kind

of gave me a bit of a giggle. It's kind of ironic that when one thing

seems to be going along fine, something else plays up. Anyhow, he

said just to not wait until I'm 40 before having kids (I'll be 27 in

July).

>

> Anyway, that's me in a nutshell for the timebeing. I hope the rest

of you are all going along OK.

>

> Jennie

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

> Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi there Jennie,

Good to hear you are doing so well in sunny Geelong.

Your neph is obviously right with the comment about the diabetes. My

daughter has diabetes, she had a real rough trot with pregnancy, in

and out of hospital the whole time. From what I have learned, you

need to keep it well under control and keep the glucose level within

the normal range for the period of the pregnancy, a big ask I know.

My daughter wants another baby so she is trying her level to get her

blood levels up to scratch. You have the advantage of being a nurse

and probably understand more than most the significance of that.

I am ticking along OK on dialysis, not as bad as it first sounds. The

secret is time management, I have become an avid reader. I have taken

a real interest in fluid management as well as my blood analysis and

I have both well under control with the net result I feel terrific

even when I come off the dialysis machine which is good with the big

60 in sight.

That's all for now, catch you down the track.

Derrick

Sydney Australia

> Hi all,

>

> I saw my neph today, and everything's still relatively stable,

which is good. My creatinine is sitting at 0.8mg/dl, my potassium is

4.5, and my haemoglobin is sitting at 14.2g/l (which is pretty good

for me). The only thing is that my diabetes is a little out of

control, so I've been put on more tablets for it, which is a pain in

the backside.

>

> I also told my neph that my fiance and I are thinking of starting a

family in 2-3 years, and that if my kidney function remains stable

like it is now, would it be safe for us to start a family (also

considering the fact that I have miscarried previously). He said that

he'd be more worried about the diabetes than the kidneys, which kind

of gave me a bit of a giggle. It's kind of ironic that when one thing

seems to be going along fine, something else plays up. Anyhow, he

said just to not wait until I'm 40 before having kids (I'll be 27 in

July).

>

> Anyway, that's me in a nutshell for the timebeing. I hope the rest

of you are all going along OK.

>

> Jennie

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

> Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi there Jennie,

Good to hear you are doing so well in sunny Geelong.

Your neph is obviously right with the comment about the diabetes. My

daughter has diabetes, she had a real rough trot with pregnancy, in

and out of hospital the whole time. From what I have learned, you

need to keep it well under control and keep the glucose level within

the normal range for the period of the pregnancy, a big ask I know.

My daughter wants another baby so she is trying her level to get her

blood levels up to scratch. You have the advantage of being a nurse

and probably understand more than most the significance of that.

I am ticking along OK on dialysis, not as bad as it first sounds. The

secret is time management, I have become an avid reader. I have taken

a real interest in fluid management as well as my blood analysis and

I have both well under control with the net result I feel terrific

even when I come off the dialysis machine which is good with the big

60 in sight.

That's all for now, catch you down the track.

Derrick

Sydney Australia

> Hi all,

>

> I saw my neph today, and everything's still relatively stable,

which is good. My creatinine is sitting at 0.8mg/dl, my potassium is

4.5, and my haemoglobin is sitting at 14.2g/l (which is pretty good

for me). The only thing is that my diabetes is a little out of

control, so I've been put on more tablets for it, which is a pain in

the backside.

>

> I also told my neph that my fiance and I are thinking of starting a

family in 2-3 years, and that if my kidney function remains stable

like it is now, would it be safe for us to start a family (also

considering the fact that I have miscarried previously). He said that

he'd be more worried about the diabetes than the kidneys, which kind

of gave me a bit of a giggle. It's kind of ironic that when one thing

seems to be going along fine, something else plays up. Anyhow, he

said just to not wait until I'm 40 before having kids (I'll be 27 in

July).

>

> Anyway, that's me in a nutshell for the timebeing. I hope the rest

of you are all going along OK.

>

> Jennie

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

> Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Derrick,

I'll have to agree, as my IgAN has always been relatively stable, apart from two

occasions when it flared up majorly due to an infection in my leg (this caused

the flare-up on both occasions), whereas my diabetic control is rather poor at

the moment. One of my friends who also has diabetes ended up going into labour

at 32 weeks due to the fact that her diabetes was poorly controlled at the time,

so I certainly understand how important it is for the diabetes to be well

controlled.

Glad to hear that the dialysis is going along well for you at the moment. I

certainly hope it continues that way. And I wouldn't consider 60 to be old, as

my parents are in their 50's themselves, so not too much younger than you.

Derrick Hartley wrote:

Hi there Jennie,

Good to hear you are doing so well in sunny Geelong.

Your neph is obviously right with the comment about the diabetes. My

daughter has diabetes, she had a real rough trot with pregnancy, in

and out of hospital the whole time. From what I have learned, you

need to keep it well under control and keep the glucose level within

the normal range for the period of the pregnancy, a big ask I know.

My daughter wants another baby so she is trying her level to get her

blood levels up to scratch. You have the advantage of being a nurse

and probably understand more than most the significance of that.

I am ticking along OK on dialysis, not as bad as it first sounds. The

secret is time management, I have become an avid reader. I have taken

a real interest in fluid management as well as my blood analysis and

I have both well under control with the net result I feel terrific

even when I come off the dialysis machine which is good with the big

60 in sight.

That's all for now, catch you down the track.

Derrick

Sydney Australia

> Hi all,

>

> I saw my neph today, and everything's still relatively stable,

which is good. My creatinine is sitting at 0.8mg/dl, my potassium is

4.5, and my haemoglobin is sitting at 14.2g/l (which is pretty good

for me). The only thing is that my diabetes is a little out of

control, so I've been put on more tablets for it, which is a pain in

the backside.

>

> I also told my neph that my fiance and I are thinking of starting a

family in 2-3 years, and that if my kidney function remains stable

like it is now, would it be safe for us to start a family (also

considering the fact that I have miscarried previously). He said that

he'd be more worried about the diabetes than the kidneys, which kind

of gave me a bit of a giggle. It's kind of ironic that when one thing

seems to be going along fine, something else plays up. Anyhow, he

said just to not wait until I'm 40 before having kids (I'll be 27 in

July).

>

> Anyway, that's me in a nutshell for the timebeing. I hope the rest

of you are all going along OK.

>

> Jennie

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

> Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Derrick,

I'll have to agree, as my IgAN has always been relatively stable, apart from two

occasions when it flared up majorly due to an infection in my leg (this caused

the flare-up on both occasions), whereas my diabetic control is rather poor at

the moment. One of my friends who also has diabetes ended up going into labour

at 32 weeks due to the fact that her diabetes was poorly controlled at the time,

so I certainly understand how important it is for the diabetes to be well

controlled.

Glad to hear that the dialysis is going along well for you at the moment. I

certainly hope it continues that way. And I wouldn't consider 60 to be old, as

my parents are in their 50's themselves, so not too much younger than you.

Derrick Hartley wrote:

Hi there Jennie,

Good to hear you are doing so well in sunny Geelong.

Your neph is obviously right with the comment about the diabetes. My

daughter has diabetes, she had a real rough trot with pregnancy, in

and out of hospital the whole time. From what I have learned, you

need to keep it well under control and keep the glucose level within

the normal range for the period of the pregnancy, a big ask I know.

My daughter wants another baby so she is trying her level to get her

blood levels up to scratch. You have the advantage of being a nurse

and probably understand more than most the significance of that.

I am ticking along OK on dialysis, not as bad as it first sounds. The

secret is time management, I have become an avid reader. I have taken

a real interest in fluid management as well as my blood analysis and

I have both well under control with the net result I feel terrific

even when I come off the dialysis machine which is good with the big

60 in sight.

That's all for now, catch you down the track.

Derrick

Sydney Australia

> Hi all,

>

> I saw my neph today, and everything's still relatively stable,

which is good. My creatinine is sitting at 0.8mg/dl, my potassium is

4.5, and my haemoglobin is sitting at 14.2g/l (which is pretty good

for me). The only thing is that my diabetes is a little out of

control, so I've been put on more tablets for it, which is a pain in

the backside.

>

> I also told my neph that my fiance and I are thinking of starting a

family in 2-3 years, and that if my kidney function remains stable

like it is now, would it be safe for us to start a family (also

considering the fact that I have miscarried previously). He said that

he'd be more worried about the diabetes than the kidneys, which kind

of gave me a bit of a giggle. It's kind of ironic that when one thing

seems to be going along fine, something else plays up. Anyhow, he

said just to not wait until I'm 40 before having kids (I'll be 27 in

July).

>

> Anyway, that's me in a nutshell for the timebeing. I hope the rest

of you are all going along OK.

>

> Jennie

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

> Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Well it sounds like you had a good appointment. Hope your labs come

back looking good, too.

BRANDY

> Hi everyone.

>

> I had my 2 yr check up on yesterday (2 yrs since my transplant).

> Though I don't know the results of all of my labs, things look

good.

> My serum creatinine is 1.7, which is my baseline. My BUN is 13. My

> Prograf level was within the acceptable range. I also inquired

about

> the viral tests they had sent out when I was hospitalized in March.

> They all came back good. Epbstein-Barr Virus (sp?) or EBV was " none

> detected. " The test was developed by Mayo Clinic, but is not yet

FDA

> approved. The Cytomegalovirus or CMV came back as " no amplification

> detected. " It is a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test that was

> developed at Loma University Medical Center (my transplant

> center), but has not yet been FDA approved. The BK viruse test came

> back negative.

>

> Marty

[Guest guest]

Well it sounds like you had a good appointment. Hope your labs come

back looking good, too.

BRANDY

> Hi everyone.

>

> I had my 2 yr check up on yesterday (2 yrs since my transplant).

> Though I don't know the results of all of my labs, things look

good.

> My serum creatinine is 1.7, which is my baseline. My BUN is 13. My

> Prograf level was within the acceptable range. I also inquired

about

> the viral tests they had sent out when I was hospitalized in March.

> They all came back good. Epbstein-Barr Virus (sp?) or EBV was " none

> detected. " The test was developed by Mayo Clinic, but is not yet

FDA

> approved. The Cytomegalovirus or CMV came back as " no amplification

> detected. " It is a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test that was

> developed at Loma University Medical Center (my transplant

> center), but has not yet been FDA approved. The BK viruse test came

> back negative.

>

> Marty

[Guest guest]

Well it sounds like you had a good appointment. Hope your labs come

back looking good, too.

BRANDY

> Hi everyone.

>

> I had my 2 yr check up on yesterday (2 yrs since my transplant).

> Though I don't know the results of all of my labs, things look

good.

> My serum creatinine is 1.7, which is my baseline. My BUN is 13. My

> Prograf level was within the acceptable range. I also inquired

about

> the viral tests they had sent out when I was hospitalized in March.

> They all came back good. Epbstein-Barr Virus (sp?) or EBV was " none

> detected. " The test was developed by Mayo Clinic, but is not yet

FDA

> approved. The Cytomegalovirus or CMV came back as " no amplification

> detected. " It is a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test that was

> developed at Loma University Medical Center (my transplant

> center), but has not yet been FDA approved. The BK viruse test came

> back negative.

>

> Marty

[Guest guest]

Congratulations, Marty, that's great! Not much else to say to that!

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From: mrbluize2003

Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:45 PM

To: iga-nephropathy

Subject: My Update

Hi everyone.

I had my 2 yr check up on yesterday (2 yrs since my transplant).

Though I don't know the results of all of my labs, things look good.

My serum creatinine is 1.7, which is my baseline. My BUN is 13. My

Prograf level was within the acceptable range. I also inquired about

the viral tests they had sent out when I was hospitalized in March.

They all came back good. Epbstein-Barr Virus (sp?) or EBV was " none

detected. " The test was developed by Mayo Clinic, but is not yet FDA

approved. The Cytomegalovirus or CMV came back as " no amplification

detected. " It is a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test that was

developed at Loma University Medical Center (my transplant

center), but has not yet been FDA approved. The BK viruse test came

back negative.

Marty

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[Guest guest]

Congratulations, Marty, that's great! Not much else to say to that!

_____

From: mrbluize2003

Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:45 PM

To: iga-nephropathy

Subject: My Update

Hi everyone.

I had my 2 yr check up on yesterday (2 yrs since my transplant).

Though I don't know the results of all of my labs, things look good.

My serum creatinine is 1.7, which is my baseline. My BUN is 13. My

Prograf level was within the acceptable range. I also inquired about

the viral tests they had sent out when I was hospitalized in March.

They all came back good. Epbstein-Barr Virus (sp?) or EBV was " none

detected. " The test was developed by Mayo Clinic, but is not yet FDA

approved. The Cytomegalovirus or CMV came back as " no amplification

detected. " It is a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test that was

developed at Loma University Medical Center (my transplant

center), but has not yet been FDA approved. The BK viruse test came

back negative.

Marty

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[Guest guest]

Congratulations, Marty, that's great! Not much else to say to that!

_____

From: mrbluize2003

Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:45 PM

To: iga-nephropathy

Subject: My Update

Hi everyone.

I had my 2 yr check up on yesterday (2 yrs since my transplant).

Though I don't know the results of all of my labs, things look good.

My serum creatinine is 1.7, which is my baseline. My BUN is 13. My

Prograf level was within the acceptable range. I also inquired about

the viral tests they had sent out when I was hospitalized in March.

They all came back good. Epbstein-Barr Virus (sp?) or EBV was " none

detected. " The test was developed by Mayo Clinic, but is not yet FDA

approved. The Cytomegalovirus or CMV came back as " no amplification

detected. " It is a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test that was

developed at Loma University Medical Center (my transplant

center), but has not yet been FDA approved. The BK viruse test came

back negative.

Marty

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[Guest guest]

I'm too lazy to send a separate one. I had my check up today. Without

going into too much detail, I will say the labs pretty much stayed the same,

I am still at 30% function, which is good, at least it hasn't gone down.

The only thing that got worse was my proteinuria went from 2.7 gms to 4.8

gms-don't know why. So, he changed my b/p meds-added altace-and then I'll

see him in July again. My H and H came up, HGB from 8.0 to 10.1 and hct

from 27 to 32. Still low, but much improved. I have been approved for the

Aranesp shots, and hopefully will get the first one next week or the week

after. Now that I'm gonna be on a new insurance, I have to go through the

same mess all over again, but DR. Oliver said it shouldn't take as long with

the second insurance (for whatever reason.) My husband came with me to the

appointment, and while we were waiting, he said, " I wonder if that

convertible red corvette with the license plate 'NEPHRO' belongs to Dr.

Oliver. I asked him about it when he came in, he said no, it must belong to

the competition. " (It's really his car, he was just joking.) I said, well

that's really neat, I have one just like it, only my license plate says

" NYMPHO " on it. ( We have a good, that is, comical, relationship, my doctor

and I.) No, I didn't really say that, but I thought about it. Just a

little comic relief for you all.

Update on the job. I started seeing patients by myself today, and I really

do love my job. They're really not giving me much of an orientation. I

guess that's because they're overwhelmed. I was really grouchy about it

yesterday. But today I am taking it in stride. Yesterday I was just

really, really tired because I hadn't had much sleep the night before.

Sleep is a good thing. I have a good relationship with my patients. One of

the ones I saw today, his wife was telling his daughter, " I like this one

better than any of the other nurses they've sent out. " That made me feel

good, though there were really only two nurses before me. I don't know that

much about labs, or kidneys for that matter, but I know assessment and I

know patient care. And what I really love, that I think I get to do more in

home health than anywhere else, is be a patient advocate. Anyway, that's

what's up with me.

Sending you all good thoughts and wishes!

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[Guest guest]

I'm too lazy to send a separate one. I had my check up today. Without

going into too much detail, I will say the labs pretty much stayed the same,

I am still at 30% function, which is good, at least it hasn't gone down.

The only thing that got worse was my proteinuria went from 2.7 gms to 4.8

gms-don't know why. So, he changed my b/p meds-added altace-and then I'll

see him in July again. My H and H came up, HGB from 8.0 to 10.1 and hct

from 27 to 32. Still low, but much improved. I have been approved for the

Aranesp shots, and hopefully will get the first one next week or the week

after. Now that I'm gonna be on a new insurance, I have to go through the

same mess all over again, but DR. Oliver said it shouldn't take as long with

the second insurance (for whatever reason.) My husband came with me to the

appointment, and while we were waiting, he said, " I wonder if that

convertible red corvette with the license plate 'NEPHRO' belongs to Dr.

Oliver. I asked him about it when he came in, he said no, it must belong to

the competition. " (It's really his car, he was just joking.) I said, well

that's really neat, I have one just like it, only my license plate says

" NYMPHO " on it. ( We have a good, that is, comical, relationship, my doctor

and I.) No, I didn't really say that, but I thought about it. Just a

little comic relief for you all.

Update on the job. I started seeing patients by myself today, and I really

do love my job. They're really not giving me much of an orientation. I

guess that's because they're overwhelmed. I was really grouchy about it

yesterday. But today I am taking it in stride. Yesterday I was just

really, really tired because I hadn't had much sleep the night before.

Sleep is a good thing. I have a good relationship with my patients. One of

the ones I saw today, his wife was telling his daughter, " I like this one

better than any of the other nurses they've sent out. " That made me feel

good, though there were really only two nurses before me. I don't know that

much about labs, or kidneys for that matter, but I know assessment and I

know patient care. And what I really love, that I think I get to do more in

home health than anywhere else, is be a patient advocate. Anyway, that's

what's up with me.

Sending you all good thoughts and wishes!

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