Biopsies and stuff

Hi everyone..Well monday was D day for biopsy results. It seems I have dodged the bullet but still have some shrapnel wounds. There were no amyloid proteins present in my kidneys. As a matter of fact they found nothing unusual at all until the Nephrologist suddested they have a look at the biopsy with an electron microscope. They found lots of damaged filters and told me I have MCD. That stands for Minimal change disease. What a ridiculous name. It means that I probably will not end up in Renal failure.. Unfortunately the treatment is 75mg per day of prednisolone for an extended period. It is common to suffer relapses and after the third relapse they hit you with some of the chemo//immunosuppressants... It appears most of the complications come from the reaction to medications..My dizziness has been ruled out as hypotesion and now a middle ear disease is suspected ,,possibly meniere's. I have to see another specialist,a neurologist to see why I am losing feeling in my feet. The final indignity is that I must have another scope as MCD is often associated with malignancies.....I don't know why they don't just lay a track and leave a permanent camera up there. I may have survived cc for over ten years ,,nearly eleven ,,but I have had to fight for every minute of it...Thanks again for your kind wishes and support...Ron.