Friday, March 22, 2013

Results Are In

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!