Waking up this morning with a sprain neck..!! sheeshh !! .... what a start to the day, ... well I thought that was bad until I started purging .... not once, but twice..!!!
In fact, it has been a routine like this for a couple of weeks , and if I can recall. ..... it might have started from the time when my doc put me on some extra medications..... namely...
a ) Iron(II) fumarate, also known as ferrous fumarate is the iron (II) salt of fumaric acid, occurring as a reddish-orange powder, used to supplement iron intake. It has chemical formula C4H2FeO4.
b ) Ascorbic acid is an organic acid with antioxidant properties. Its appearance is white to light yellow crystals or powder. It is water soluble. The L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid is commonly known as vitamin C
c ) folic acid or folate Organic compound essential to animal growth and health and needed by bacteria as a growth factor. Part of the vitamin B complex, folic acid is necessary for synthesis of nucleic acids and formation of the heme component of hemoglobin in red blood cells.
ok...... enough of those medical jargon ..( wish they are not so confusing to a layman like me!)
Now , these are, in addition to the regular 4 I have to take , .. so all in all a total of 7 ....wow.!!!
That started me pondering .....
Did these extra medications put unnecessary stress on my liver and kidneys ... ?
Are they a form of toxins which my poor and weakened kidneys need to filter out...?
Are they doing me more harm than good ...?
Is the purging ...... a sign that my kidney functions have deteriorated ... ?
If... the answer to the above is a resounding ' Yes !!' , than am I in a catch 22 situation ..??
To take or not to take .... that's the question....
Of course, the most logical thing to do ... is to ask our doc during our consultation period ....
..but... hey, they are supposed to be the professionals... we are supposed to take our medications as prescribed, ... right ?
Do we follow blindly and put our trust in modern medical science, ... do we seek a second opinion ..or do we just follow our instincts......
I had a few brushes with .. eh ..not so competent docs... there was a time I was prescribed with 6 types of high blood pressure pills at one go until I fainted at the office and got to be hospitalised..!
Another ... so-called expert on fertility who recommended me to have my scrotum operated on..!!
..... on the assumption that the veins around the area is overheating and affecting the production of sperms.
Luckily, ... I seek a second opinion and went through a programme at the Subang Medical centre and walla..!!! that's how my daughter was born..
As human beings ...we are not infallible .... life is always a gamble .. make the right decision.. good for us ... wrong... it's bye bye!!
ok.. back to my kidneys..
Just to put on record the latest test results .......
1) Urea .... 14.3 mmol/L ( normal betwn 2.5 to 6.4 )
2) Creatinine ... 322 umol/L ( normal betwn 80 to 132 )
3 ) Uric Acid ... 652 umol/L ( normal betwn 210 to 420 )
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