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Bill,
My creatinine has been steadily climbing since last July. My baseline is 0.7 and it has climbed to 1.6. But the worst of it is the GFR calc on the lab report which indicates kidney filtering function (if I understand this properly). My norm before treatment in Jan 2007 was 87%. I just found out from a nephrology consult that last July it was 49, in Nov. it was 42, in Feb it was 39 and at the end of April it was 33. I just went to the nephrologist to figure this out. She says it is from the cyclosporine. When I called my regular hematologist, however, she was not so sure. I am very concerned right now because I feel a sense of urgency about this (apparently at 20% one needs dialysis???) but the two MDs have not yet spoken or consulted with me about a course of action. I do not believe there are a bunch of symptoms until one is in stage IV kidney failure. Right now the nephrologist says I am in stage III. Hope this at least helps you some. I am just learning about it and may not be completely accurate on it all. Hopefully some others on the forum can expound on this as well.
JEZ
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