{"id":980,"date":"2022-12-17T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T23:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/marathon\/?p=980"},"modified":"2022-12-20T17:15:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T22:15:47","slug":"2-years-after-kidney-donation-completely-back-to-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/marathon\/2022\/12\/2-years-after-kidney-donation-completely-back-to-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"2 years after kidney donation – completely back to normal!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I just had my final post-donation check-up at Baystate. It was nostalgic to make the drive and see the offices one last time – I spent so much time there in 2020! My numbers are even better, so it’s really like I never donated, and I forget about it for weeks at a time. Joyce, the donor coordinator who guided me through the whole process, has retired, but she happened to be in the office working per-diem so I gave her another farewell hug. Nancy, the current coordinator, is another sweetheart, and she emphasized that I can reach out at any time if I have any questions or complications. But I doubt I will. Best of all, the donated kidney is still working well, and Chris says she’s only taking one anti-rejection drug, which is great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ufeff<\/td>Reference range<\/td>Pre-surgery<\/td>Day after<\/td>6 weeks<\/td>6 months<\/td>1 year<\/td>2 years<\/td><\/tr>
Creatinine (mg\/dl)<\/td>0.5-1.0<\/td>0.7<\/td>1.2<\/td>1.1<\/td>1.1<\/td>1.0<\/td>0.9<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
EGFR (ml\/min\/[height^2)<\/td>> 60<\/td>96<\/td>50<\/td>56<\/td>54<\/td>61<\/td>73<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Protein, urine (mg\/dl)<\/td>0-12<\/td>16<\/td>\ufeff<\/td>\ufeff<\/td>16<\/td>12<\/td>9<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Micro-albumin<\/td>< 20<\/td>12.6<\/td>\ufeff<\/td>\ufeff<\/td>< 12<\/td>< 12<\/td><12<\/td><\/tr>
Urine creatinine (mg\/dl)<\/td>20-275<\/td>183.5<\/td>\ufeff<\/td>\ufeff<\/td>164.4<\/td>144.2<\/td>100.2<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I had thought Hartford would be my last marathon because I was getting so slow. But when I resumed regular blood donation, I got deferred for low iron a few times in a row, and it turns out I was anemic! I’ve been vegetarian forever, but probably between age and dietary changes (no more breakfast cereal) it tipped over into a deficiency. I’ve been taking supplemental iron and B12 and my levels are normal now. I can donate blood again (maybe not as frequently – playing that by ear!), but also my running speed is back up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m still a little slower than I was 5 or 10 years ago, but I won’t shut the door on another marathon. I might want to do New York again… But until then, this blog goes back into mothballs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just had my final post-donation check-up at Baystate. It was nostalgic to make the drive and see the offices one last time – I spent so much time there in 2020! My numbers are even better, so it’s really like I never donated, and I forget about it for weeks at a time. Joyce, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kidney-donation","category-running"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/marathon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/marathon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/marathon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/marathon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/marathon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/marathon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/marathon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions\/987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/marathon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/marathon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/marathon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}