Spent the day at the emergency room at Woodland because my potassium result from yesterday was at 6.4 . Another blood test today showed that it went back down to 5.1. But my BUN went up to 106 from 88 (last Wed). I am taking Kionex powder to control my potassium and seeing a new nephrologist on Monday. My theory is that they gave me too high a dose Epogen for too long, which raised my blood count too much, which depleted my iron and raised my blood pressure a lot. And that must have made my kidneys even worse but the doctor disagreed. I think it makes sense. The ER doctor admitted that he is not familiar with the Epogen drug and neither is my primary doctor. I should have done more research on it. My brother's latest results are not back from out of state so my case won't be reviewed this week, so the transplant is off for now. I hope they tell us the new date soon. My kidneys are getting worse fast.
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