I had another renal scan yesterday, 3 weeks after the last one. Unfortunately the results were basically the same, if not slightly worse. Before flow was measured 70R/30L, but now the left was measured at 26%. I'll just call that the same, for my own sanity, and chalk it up to test to test variability. I was able to make it the full length of the test this time before my bladder exploded due to the lasix, whereas last time I couldn't quite make it and they had to extrapolate more. The good news is, still no sign of any obstruction, so the lymphocele is either gone or hasn't reformed in a critical area, so it looks like I'm out of the woods on that. Except that it looks like my left kidney may have sustained some pretty serious damage from this. It's not dead, there's still blood flowing to it, and it is working a little bit which is good, because otherwise I'd have to get another surgery to have it removed.
I have my monthly follow-up visit with my DC area onco today where I'll be asking a lot of questions and getting my Cr numbers rechecked again. Will also be on the phone with Dr. Sheinfeld's office this week getting their read on it, or more accurately one of the nephrologists up there. The main question I have is the timeframe you'd expect to see improvement in - i.e. it'll be as good as it'll get xx months after clearing the blockage. It was probably stopped up for at least two months if not longer, and I'm now just one month out of the procedure that cleared out the blockage, so maybe it needs more time.
My left kidney is still doing about 50% of what it should be doing though, so that's a whole lot better than 0 right?
I have my monthly follow-up visit with my DC area onco today where I'll be asking a lot of questions and getting my Cr numbers rechecked again. Will also be on the phone with Dr. Sheinfeld's office this week getting their read on it, or more accurately one of the nephrologists up there. The main question I have is the timeframe you'd expect to see improvement in - i.e. it'll be as good as it'll get xx months after clearing the blockage. It was probably stopped up for at least two months if not longer, and I'm now just one month out of the procedure that cleared out the blockage, so maybe it needs more time.
My left kidney is still doing about 50% of what it should be doing though, so that's a whole lot better than 0 right?
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