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Latest physical Lab results are back. My EGFR Non-African American value is 25ml/min/1.73m2. Normal is >60. Referral to a Nephrologist ,Woo Hoo--February 2022. I asked to be placed on a waiting list for an earlier appointment. Hope I live that long. If I don't, I'll let you know. I hope I get my Helm Komodo watch to wear before they box me up.  If you're goin' through hell, keep on going. Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it. You might get out before the devil even knows you're there. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | ||
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I've had medication related temporary ARF; avoided dialysis but was put on a renal diet for months. Not a happy point in my life. Best wishes for you. I'm curious why God made kidneys so weak that even with redundant systems, it's still not enough. "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book | |||
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Good luck to you. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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You are in my thoughts and prayers…hang tough my friend. ******************************************************** "we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet | |||
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Best wishes and good luck | |||
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I’m sorry to heart it, Johnny. I hope you get in sooner than that. For what it’s worth, I know how you feel. Different organ, but the result is the same. “You’re telling me this and you’re not going to give me a followup until when?” Don’t do what I did and read everything on the Internet like it all applies to you. Just talk to your doctor when you can get in and eat healthy until then. I’ll be praying for you. ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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You've got friends here pulling for you however we can. Sorry for the bad news. I know nothing about how bad it is, I'm sorry regardless. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The trouble with our Liberal friends...is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." Ronald Reagan, 1964 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Arguing with some people is like playing chess with a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon will just take a shit on the board, strut around knocking over all the pieces and act like it won.. and in some cases it will insult you at the same time." DevlDogs55, 2014  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.rikrlandvs.com | |||
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Develop a good relationship with your nephrologist. Listen to what he has to say and you can have a long life. Unless you live in BFE there should not be such a wait. Look at other options in your state. | |||
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Ouch! Six month wait..is that with the VA or DoD? I would think you could get in earlier through network providers.... | |||
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Best wishes! End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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Wow, hang in there. Prayers up, pulling for you. Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark. “If in winning a race, you lose the respect of your fellow competitors, then you have won nothing” - Paul Elvstrom "The Great Dane" 1928 - 2016 | |||
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| Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar |
That is not VA or DOD, it is a referral through the Baptist Health system here in Arkansas. If you're goin' through hell, keep on going. Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it. You might get out before the devil even knows you're there. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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Thanks, Johnny. As others have said, listen to your doc, and hang in there until then. | |||
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Good luck! Hopefully they can move that date up, that is ridiculous. Prayers said. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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https://www.beatkidneydisease....o1&vendor=empoweredh Hope this may help you, you'll have to copy and paste as I don't know how to post links. Prayers up for you Sir!! _________________________________________________ "Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God." --- G.K. Chesterton | |||
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Prayers | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
Stage 4 is bad, right? It's not like Defcon levels where lower is worse?
From... like, the other side?!?!
If you don't, will you be holding a karma? Well, at least your spirits (*) seem good. Good luck, man! (*) See what I did, there? "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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The VA might get you in quicker. If they can not get you an appointment within 30 days they have to schedule with community care. Some VA centers are pretty good, some not so good. Where I live the VA is better than the civilian centers. If you are eligible for VA care, no reason you can't receive care from the VA and civilian doctors at the same time. _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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Hang in there Johnny. My mom's 87 and has been in stage IV for over a year. She's still doing very good and hasn't slowed down one bit. | |||
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Man. Yeah, I'm not waiting until February. Find another health system. Mine could get you in in a month or less. Gotta be someone around that can get you you sooner.  | |||
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