Kidney Fuction

Kidneys

Seeing has kidney function is very important to good health I am being followed by a kidney specialist. Not only are they tracking and caring for me, but they are very interested in how adrenal cancer affects the kidney. (Reminder, the adrenal gland is located on top of each kidney) I am glad they are looking at for both reasons if they can learn anything about this cancer to help other patients in the future I am all for it.

I had great news today, based on the blood tests done to monitor my kidney function it seems that my kidneys object to the body being treated with either radiation or chemotherapy, however, once those treatments are over my kidneys have gone back to proper kidney function. We are all believing that this means that little to no harm is being done to my kidneys. On the graft my doctor showed me he could tell exactly when I had the chemotherapy because then the kidneys started to shut down.  My doctor is so encouraged by this that he doesn’t feel he needs to see me for 3 months. If I get any concerns I can call the office before my next appointment in September. I feel that this is great news. The graft he showed me showed the same affect to my kidneys when I had radiation with the same accuracy. So for the duration of my next round of radiation I am going to try to be sure I keep drinking the Gator Aid daily so that I can help compensate for the irritation the radiation causes the kidneys. I want to do my part to prevent any kidney problems that could develop if I didn’t do this.

I also learned today that the Resource Breeze nutrition drink will be delivered on Saturday. My primary oncologist wants me drinking about 6 bottles of that each day. This is due to my dietary problems with solid food. They will be giving me 8 cases of the stuff. I comes in two flavors orange and wild berry. I have already had the wild berry it was good so I thought I would like to try the orange flavor and give myself a little variety. I also learned from my VNA nurse that there is a way to massage the bladder and that doing so helps to get the last ounce of urine out of the body, this helps reduce bladder infections. That sounds great to me so I have already started doing it. It is very easy and I found it very affective. The kidney doctor was glad to hear that I had been taught that and was going to make it a normal routine in my life. I really think part of the reason the doctors like me so much is because I am very proactive about my health. But it doesn’t matter why they like me I am just overwhelmed with how well they treat ME!

Oh, the doctor and his staff complimented my on both my scarf and hat. So all around I would say I had a great day. I choose each day to concentrate on the blessing of the day instead of the bumps that come along in everyday life for all of us.