Some surprising good news from blood work today!

Scottie22 said:

Way to go Djinnie

So glad to read your good news on blood work.  I have been reading your recent posts and saw that you were going through a bad patch.  You were so very kind to me with your help at the beginning of my journey along this route and I will always be grateful for that.  So I will be thinking of you over the Christmas period as always and hoping that you are able to spend as little time in the bathroom as possible. Enjoy!!

J, 

Thank you for all those lovely comments ladies and gents, that's very kind of you!  

Scottie my friend how nice to hear from you, it's been a while. I often think of you how are you doing? Do you have family coming over for Christmas?  it's seems so long since we last talked about that doesn't it? My daughter Emma is coming over from New York, this will be the first Christmas we have shared in 4 years. It's going to be great I miss her so much, we are pulling out all the stops when it comes to Christmas decorations this year. When we lived in Texas we bought masses of decorations and my husband has adorned the outside of the house with the teardrop lights, reindeer and Santa for the first time. Christmas is very low key here, at night the only lights are the stars. When we turn these on the village will have a fit, they will think we have gone seriously doolally! We will probably have the Mayor round within a few days,lol,  Still it will be fun:)

I am hoping to stay out of the bathroom as much as possible. My husband thinks I should make better use of my time in there and start the retiling, save him doing it after Christmas, cheeky bugger!

I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas, and all the best for the New Year:)

Djinnie xx

danbren2 said:

So Happy!

Djinnie,

     That is wonderful news! Hope everything just keeps getting better and better for you!

                                                Warm wishes to you and your family for the holiday season!

                                                 Brenda

Hi Brenda, I haven't had a chance to speak to you in ages, thankyou for your best wishes! I hope you are doing well, I wish both you and your family a great Christmas and the happiest of New Years!

Djinnie xx

Positive_Mental_Attitude said:

Excellent news, Djinnie. 

Excellent news, Djinnie.  firedude, how are you doing?

Thank you firedude and P_M, I appreciate it. I hope you are both doing well?

Djinnie

Srashedb said:

Excellent!!!

DJ, what wonderful news and an early Christmas gift. 

my husband finally went to a nephrologist who did a full (and, I ,aen full) blood test that I have been combing through 

the creatinine was higher (1.68) so the radiologist did not want to use contrast and would not do scans without it, 

when the order reads "with and without contrast), why could they not have done the without part???

but today it is your good news that this is about 

Sarah

2014-12-15

Hi Sarah, that's a bummer what does the Oncologist have to say? I agree about the scan, if they could do the first option at least you would have some information far better than none at all. I was given just half the contrast one time because my creatinine was a little out of whack. Could they not put your husband on saline the day before for maximum hydration. That's one thing my Oncologist is hot on the previous day I have to drink at least three litres of water, then a litre before the scan and two afterwards. Is that how it works in the States?

Djinnie x