09-01-2018, 07:52 AM
mrlynn wrote:
Gene, I asked Dr Janie (my wife, now retired) about your complaint of being tired. She says that there are a multitude of possible causes (anemia is a just one), and you should get worked up by your internist. Some kidney specialists will follow the whole patient, but others will concentrate just on the dialysis numbers and not pay attention to other factors. Hence her recommendation to see an internist who will do a general workup for fatigue.
Good luck!
/Mr Lynn
Thank your wife for me. I am constantly being given "labs" to track my condition. When I first started dialysis my blood count was low, so they began giving me sometime to boost my red blood cells.
According to the most recent labs I am doing well in all the tests of my condition. They did find that my thyroid function was low, so I now take a thyroid medication.
My pulmonologist had me take another lung function test and he told me that I am doing better by a huge amount than other men in my age bracket.
I do have some narrowing of my air passages, but apparently it isn't nearly as bad as I had thought.
He did proscribe trazadone for both my sleep issue and my depression.
Time will tell if it is helpful.
Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend, mrlynn and all of my forum buddies!