1. Last week Dr. Bieber thought my biopsy results would come back to him in 24-48 hours. The doctor who did the biopsy, Dr. Khorsand, thought it would be 5-7 business days.
It turned out that Dr. Bieber was right!
He called me this afternoon with the results.
To make a longer story short, the biopsy uncovered inflammation in my transplanted kidney.
Dr. Bieber wasn't absolutely sure how to move forward with this discovery (monitor? treatment?) and consulted with the transplant nephrologists at Sacred Heart.
2. Dr. Bieber called me back with the news that he and the Sacred Heart docs agreed to treat the inflammation with two steroid infusions, one Friday and the second on Monday with some adjustment to my steroid medication at home.
I will also go to Spokane next week for a visit to the transplant clinic as a way of making sure Dr. Bieber, the transplant program, and I are all on the same page regarding the results of this biopsy and the treatment.
3. As I understand things -- and I might not have this perfectly understood -- it's unusual that this inflammation is present and that protein is present in my urine, but I'm not showing symptoms -- no high blood pressure, no serious water retention in my feet or ankles, etc. The blood work I had done right before the biopsy was very solid. My filtration number (GFR) has never been better since the transplant. I have no idea when I last had a GFR reading of 56 -- possibly in the the 20th century!
So, I'll get treated.
I'll see what the docs have to say.
I'll hope I continue to feel great and that we can tamp down this inflammation.
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