Guest guest Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 Welcome to the group!! I don't know what I would have done with out it when I was first diag. (2 months ago) Much luck with your biopsy on Tues. I will be thinking about you and praying for you!! P --- mrselly13 wrote: > Hello everyone - > > I just wanted to post a quick introduction. I've > been reading about > all of you and thought it rude to not say hello. > > I was diagnosed with IGAN in 2001 after a kidney > biopsy. Doctors > said chances were I had had it much longer, but that > it seemed I was > being treated for individual symptons instead of > anyone looking at me > as a whole. (sudden high blood pressure, swelling in > the legs and > ankles, extreme headaches and fatigue) At that time > I was started on > Lisinopril, Lipitor, and fish oil. Since then we > have added Lasix to > the list along with Potassium. Diagnosis was we > seemed to have > caught it early and vist every six months. > > Well, went to the doc on Monday and it seems that > all the levels that > had been stable every six months have decided to > increase this last > set of labs. It's a new doc so we spent a lot of > time going over > past labs and history. He wants to do another > biopsy to see what the > damage difference is between 2001 and now and if we > need to add > steroid treatment or something else. > > I found this group via the website Pierre has on > IGAN - a lot of good > information and I've sent the link to my family. > They are all in the > first few stages of acceptance (anger, denial, etc). > I've come to > accept what's going on and as long as the doc hasn't > said dialysis > I'm okay with this. > > With that said, however, I am a bit nervious about > this second biopsy > (scheduled for Tuesday) and it's results. I'm > really happy to have > found a group of people who are in the same " boat " > and I can talk > about this without having to explain everything we > know or don't know > about IGAN. > > I look forward to getting to know you all better. > > Elloise > > > > > > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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