Kidney Test Results

For several months, my Doctor has been doing random urine tests on me. They have come back each time showing that I was leaking protein. Yesterday morning, she did a test on my first morning urine. She called me late this afternoon with the test result. I have chronic kidney disease, I am definitely leaking protein. There is no way to reverse the damage to my kidneys, or make them better. But, I am ok with this news, because my God is in control of my body, and my life. He is my true physician, and a mighty healer. I am leaning on His everlasting arms, and His sweet love. Eddie is not taking this very well, he was so upset. He said, it is not fair that all of this is happening to me, bless his heart. I told him that everything is going to be fine, God does not put more on us than we can bear, and He is with me through everything. Here is a little bit of information about kidneys.
When kidneys are working well, the tiny filters in your kidneys, the glomeruli, keep protein inside your body. You need the protein to stay healthy.
High blood glucose and high blood pressure damage the kidneys’ filters. When the kidneys are damaged, the protein leaks out of the kidneys into the urine. Damaged kidneys do not do a good job of cleaning out waste and extra fluids. Waste and fluids build up in your blood instead of leaving the body in urine.
Kidney damage begins long before you notice any symptoms. An early sign of kidney damage is when your kidneys leak small amounts of a protein called albumin (al-BYOO-min) into the urine. But the only way to know about this leakage is to have your urine tested.
With more damage, the kidneys leak more and more protein. This problem is called proteinuria (PRO-tee-NOOR-ee-uh). More and more wastes build up in the blood. This damage gets worse until the kidneys fail.
Diabetic nephropathy (neh-FROP-uh-thee) is the medical term for kidney problems caused by diabetes. Nephropathy affects both kidneys at the same time.