Got my latest lab results in. Most of it was good news. My protein spill is down a wee bit more - to 550mg. So that is good. Most of my other numbers are still within normal range, although my GFR (filtration rate) is lowering & my creatinine is rising... still in normal range though. A really good surprise is that my white blood cell count is back within normal range. Considering I'm on an immunosupressant & its been really low, I'm happy to have it back to normal.
The only bad news is that my albumin (blood protein) dropped by kind of a lot. It doesn't really make sense because my protein spill is so low; my albumin should go up. My dr. is kind of baffled. So I'm adding some egg whites into my diet to see if that helps. We'll repeat labs in a few weeks.
If my albumin doesn't come up, we'll have to look into other causes... more tests... possibly more illness. Sounds fun. But I really don't think its anything else. And I feel good. I still swell just a bit & the Lasix doesn't work so well because my albumin is low. But I can't complain! Cyclo has been a lot better to me than Prednisone was!
