1. When I looked over my lab results last week, I thought they looked stable and strong. Today, when I met with Dr. Poudyal at Sacred Heart, she agreed. In fact, she lowered my dosage of magnesium pills and I will no longer take pepcid. We agreed that I do not tolerate Jardiance. It's gone. (With the team's permission, I quit taking Jardiance about a month ago and Dr. Poudyal could see that my going off of it had no negative impact.)
Dr. Poudyal also told me that after she read and analyzed my records and the biopsy report from June, she doesn't think my system was starting to reject my new kidney. So, why was there inflammation in my new organ?
That's a mystery.
I'm used to hearing that.
No problem.
She repeated what three other doctors have said to me: "no need to worry". My new organ is functioning very well. My heart sounds great. My lungs sound great. There's very little edema in my lower legs, if any at all.
The only prescription Dr. Poudyal gave me was to exercise (walk) regularly.
I have two specialty labs drawn every three months at Sacred Heart that test whether there are problems with my new organ and whether a risk of rejection exists. I strolled over to the hospital and had those labs drawn when I was finished at the clinic.
I will not return for a visit to the Sacred Heart transplant clinic until May for an anniversary (my two year) examination.
I will continue to have once a month labs drawn at Kootenai. If any problems surface, they might want to see me again at Sacred Heart.
I will see Dr. Bieber in Smelterville every three months.
I welcomed all of this news.
2. After my post-appointment blood draw, I decided to give the Grain Shed a try for lunch.
It's located on Newark Street, just off Arthur, on the lower South Hill.
I knew a little bit about the Grain Shed because way back in the weeks immediately following the transplant when I couldn't drive to my frequent labs and clinics at Sacred Heart, Carol went to the Grain Shed while I was occupied at the medical center.
She enjoyed it and now I know why!
It's a hybrid business, actually. It's a combination craft beer taproom and a bakery -- so it combines Grain Shed (the brewery) with Culture Bread Bakery, all under one roof.
I would have loved to have ordered a Grain Shed beer, but I ordered their non-alcoholic hop water instead.
I also ordered a turkey, avocado, coleslaw, and red onion sandwich made on superbly baked artisanal wheat bread.
This isn't a shiny establishment, rather a somewhat rustic one, creating just the sort of atmosphere I really enjoy -- for any Eugene readers, I'd use similar words to describe Sam Bond's, High Street, and The Hideaway.
3. I had thought about visiting the newly opened Davenport Hotel exhibit at the MAC today, but I'll be taking Debbie to the airport on Thursday morning, and I'll go to the museum then.
I did decide, however, that a trip to Sacred Heart would seem incomplete if I didn't drop in at Great Harvest. So I motored on Southeast Blvd up to 29th and when I walked into the bakery I immediately saw small bags of Monster Cookies.
Ah! I came to Great Harvest to enjoy a cookie and now, as a bonus, I could enjoy one here with a cup of coffee and take the rest home for Debbie and me to enjoy at our leisure.
That's what I did and then I returned to Kellogg for a late afternoon and evening of catching up on the puzzles I didn't work this morning.
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