Cohiba
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Just be careful, the kidneys don't heal themselves like the liver. I have a buddy in kidney failure from gear use. It's no bueno.Great question! No, my blood pressure is under control. I take 80 mgs of Telmisartan a day and 5 mgs of Amlodipine a day. That is enough to keep both systolic and diastolic numbers in the “normal” range.
The answer to your question is that my kidney values aren’t actually “fucked” enough to be of great concern yet. Certainly I do watch those numbers closely, though.
Two things of importance here -
First, my body weight runs around 300 lbs., give or take 10 pounds on any given day, and I try to eat at least 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight per day. A high protein intake tends to push those BUN an and creatinine levels pretty high. My levels are barely high.
In addition to that, my BUN/Creatinine Ratio is really nice, and that’s a solid indicator that my kidney health is not at red alert levels.
I do need a calcium score test. I would like to keep track of my arteries, as well.