DS and Jail

There are two test here once in the er and the other ordered by a doc

I could not get help with medical right away and ended up in the er 

then my primary doc ordered these

 

 

Sodium 137

Potassium 4.1

Chloride 107

Range

135-145 mEq/L

3.5-5.3 mEq/L

96-112 mEq/L

Personal Health Summary, as of Jun. 22, 2016

CO2 23 19-32 mEq/L

Glucose 83

BUN 9

Creatinine 0.51

Bilirubin, Total 0.3

Alkaline Phosphatase 77

AST/SGOT 20

ALT/SGPT 20

Total Protein 5.4

Albumin 2.8

Calcium 8.3

Est GFR, African American >89

70-99 mg/dL

6-23 mg/dL

0.50-1.10 mg/dL

0.2-1.2 mg/dL

39-117 U/L

0-37 U/L

0-35 U/L

6.0-8.3 g/dL

3.5-5.2 g/dL

8.4-10.5 mg/dL

mL/min

Est GFR, NonAfrican American >89

Comment:

The estimated GFR is a calculation valid for adults (>=18 years old)
that uses the CKD-EPI algorithm to adjust for age and sex. It is

not to be used for children, pregnant women, hospitalized patients,
patients on dialysis, or with rapidly changing kidney function.

According to the NKDEP, eGFR >89 is normal, 60-89 shows mild
impairment, 30-59 shows moderate impairment, 15-29 shows severe

impairment and 2 yrs).

 

 

WBC 8.3

RBC 3.76

Hemoglobin 11.4

Hematocrit 33.7

MCV 89.6

MCH 30.3

MCHC 33.8

RDW 14.4

Platelet Count 393

MPV 8.7

Neutrophils # 5.68

Lymphocytes # 1.78

Monocytes # 0.78

Eosinophils # 0.02

Basophils # 0.02

BASIC METABOLIC PANEL - Final result (11/04/2015 9:08 AM)

Component Value

Sodium 140

Potassium 4.2

Chloride 106

CO2 21

Anion Gap 13

Glucose 160

Calcium 7.9

BUN 17

Creatinine 0.62

 

Thank you if you can offer some advice

K

 

I'm so sorry you went through all this but it sounds like you have made a huge impact on others' lives for the good. I'm so glad you're hooking back in here too, we need you.

Looking at your labs I think you will want to continue to focus on protein. The albumin is quite low. Maybe more eggs in your diet will help. I like protein shakes, so I drink a lot of those, or I do when I'm doing what I'm supposed to.

You might also want to work on the iron markers hemoglobin and hematocrit are a little low. So, pork and beef are good for iron. A good supplement is Proferrin, which is a heme iron and you might be able to get a prescription for it.

In addition to getting the right dry vitamin D3 you might want to see if you can get a PTH (parathyroid) lab done and a bone density scan requested by the doc. It sounds like you might have slipped into osteoporosis. I have osteoporosis and had osteopenia pre-DS. They put me on oral meds for that but the injectable meds they use now are much better for us.

Your liver enzymes (AST and ALT) are great! I wish mine were that low.

Please keep us posted on how you're doing. We're here to help each other.

--gina