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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisMaleType1" data-source="post: 922611" data-attributes="member: 22857"><p>Thanks for the reply and the explanation. I don't think I'll ever know what caused the kidney problems. My albumin/creatine level was normal in Dec 2007 straight after diagnosis, and then a year later it was high at 3.6. I think it went up and down after that for a bit and then stayed 'high' at which point I was put on Ramipril. I think my GFR was >90 in Oct 2014 which is a good reading. The doctor often put my high readings down to unreliable results but he was obviously wrong. Unfortunately I don't have most of my creatine levels with me because I lost the piece of paper. I'll definitely get a print out of my results when I next go to the consultant because I'm interested now. I also had one reading of background retinopathy in one of my eyes in 2010. Thankfully I think my creatine levels have only been moderately high and I think the last result showed a decrease. It doesn't seem to be getting any worse at least.</p><p></p><p>I'm quite optimistic. As soon as the doctor said he thought I should take an ace-inhibitor I decided to give up smoking, something I've wanted to do for a very long time. Giving up had an extraordinarily positive effect on my mental and physical well-being. I almost feel like a new person now. Almost immediately after giving up I was diagnosed with asthma which was strange but that's another story.</p><p></p><p>I didn't really check my bp before diabetes, I've always suspected it was high but but I had a lot of stresses to deal with. I was probably afraid to ever check it. I'm on a 7.5mg dose and it's reduced my bp, my average readings are around 120/75-80. It's difficult to say what my bp readings were before the medicine because it was only ever taken by the doctor and we all know how that can affect the readings. I think they might have been around 130/90 but that's a guess really. There's no doubt that I was very stressed in the time leading up to the kidney problems.</p><p></p><p>I don't explain things by half do I?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChrisMaleType1, post: 922611, member: 22857"] Thanks for the reply and the explanation. I don't think I'll ever know what caused the kidney problems. My albumin/creatine level was normal in Dec 2007 straight after diagnosis, and then a year later it was high at 3.6. I think it went up and down after that for a bit and then stayed 'high' at which point I was put on Ramipril. I think my GFR was >90 in Oct 2014 which is a good reading. The doctor often put my high readings down to unreliable results but he was obviously wrong. Unfortunately I don't have most of my creatine levels with me because I lost the piece of paper. I'll definitely get a print out of my results when I next go to the consultant because I'm interested now. I also had one reading of background retinopathy in one of my eyes in 2010. Thankfully I think my creatine levels have only been moderately high and I think the last result showed a decrease. It doesn't seem to be getting any worse at least. I'm quite optimistic. As soon as the doctor said he thought I should take an ace-inhibitor I decided to give up smoking, something I've wanted to do for a very long time. Giving up had an extraordinarily positive effect on my mental and physical well-being. I almost feel like a new person now. Almost immediately after giving up I was diagnosed with asthma which was strange but that's another story. I didn't really check my bp before diabetes, I've always suspected it was high but but I had a lot of stresses to deal with. I was probably afraid to ever check it. I'm on a 7.5mg dose and it's reduced my bp, my average readings are around 120/75-80. It's difficult to say what my bp readings were before the medicine because it was only ever taken by the doctor and we all know how that can affect the readings. I think they might have been around 130/90 but that's a guess really. There's no doubt that I was very stressed in the time leading up to the kidney problems. I don't explain things by half do I? [/QUOTE]
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