No, it doesn't run in my family. The urologist I saw did think that I had probably had this kidney issue since birth, but I hadn't mentioned the boric acid thing to her (I didn't realize it would be relevant at the time, and also doctors kind of scare me).
I'm being referred to a CT scan (to take a closer look at the cysts and see if they are really cysts), as well a a renogram (??) to test my kidney function.
But! It looks like my blood was tested for creatinine and it looks like it was normal (73 and the range listed is 45-90 mmol/L). My estimated GFR was also normal (85, expected range is above 59). So that's reassuring! (Obviously doesn't change the fact that I need to find out what's going on with my kidney, but still.) Do you know, if I had one kidney functioning, but not the other, would that still show up on a creatinine test?
Thanks you for your comment. It's really reassuring!
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Date: 2012-07-06 05:23 am (UTC)I'm being referred to a CT scan (to take a closer look at the cysts and see if they are really cysts), as well a a renogram (??) to test my kidney function.
But! It looks like my blood was tested for creatinine and it looks like it was normal (73 and the range listed is 45-90 mmol/L). My estimated GFR was also normal (85, expected range is above 59). So that's reassuring! (Obviously doesn't change the fact that I need to find out what's going on with my kidney, but still.) Do you know, if I had one kidney functioning, but not the other, would that still show up on a creatinine test?
Thanks you for your comment. It's really reassuring!