Kidney issues in Labwork

[Arthur Dent]

I'm 62, and on TRT of 125 mg of testosterone undecanoate every 9 days. UGL obviously, nobody prescribes it like that.
I was happy to see my hematocrit and estrogen is ok, and testosterone levels were ok, but not sure what's up with my kidneys. Maybe I was dehydrated?

 

[Billbo98]

Labs show early kidney failure levels EGFR. Were you dehydrated? What else have you recently ran? Is this the lowest you’ve seen it? What were your last labs before this? Did you have a hard lift session that day or day before? There is so many reasons this COULD be false low but if that was my EGFR I would be beating down the door of a nephrologist. Start astragalus root and stop any supplementing of creatine.

 

[bananafeet]

We need more tests bro:
- urine ACR
- cystatin C

The bun/creatinine ratio is good and so are your electrolytes so I think kidney panick isn't warranted yet.

Also blood glucose will mess up your kidneys quicker than anything else. Get that sorted first.

No more HGH. Ask your doctor about a glp1 and or Metformin.

 

[Arthur Dent]

Labs show early kidney failure levels EGFR. Were you dehydrated? What else have you recently ran? Is this the lowest you’ve seen it? What were your last labs before this? Did you have a hard lift session that day or day before? There is so many reasons this COULD be false low but if that was my EGFR I would be beating down the door of a nephrologist. Start astragalus root and stop any supplementing of creatine.

Really have never tested this before, and I've never cycled, only TRT. Blood pressure is sometimes a little high maybe 130 or 135 over 70 or 80, sometimes 125/70.
Not insured, cash paying, or medical tourism.
Might have been dehydrated a little. Been on a training hiatus, so can't be that. Haven't done creatine in a long time, been eating 200g protein a day.
Thanks for the tips, I'll look into the astragalus root, and get some follow up done.

 

[Arthur Dent]

We need more tests bro:
- urine ACR
- cystatin C

The bun/creatinine ratio is good and so are your electrolytes so I think kidney panick isn't warranted yet.

Also blood glucose will mess up your kidneys quicker than anything else. Get that sorted first.

No more HGH. Ask your doctor about a glp1 and or Metformin.

Thanks man, gonna get some followup labs.

 

[bananafeet]

Really have never tested this before, and I've never cycled, only TRT. Blood pressure is sometimes a little high maybe 130 or 135 over 70 or 80, sometimes 125/70.
Not insured, cash paying, or medical tourism.
Might have been dehydrated a little. Been on a training hiatus, so can't be that. Haven't done creatine in a long time, been eating 200g protein a day.
Thanks for the tips, I'll look into the astragalus root, and get some follow up done.

Ok mate. Heaps of guys who know their shit here.

@Ateam2023 has a lot of experience dealing with this personally.

I don't think you need to panick.

 

[Arthur Dent]

Ok mate. Heaps of guys who know their shit here.

@Ateam2023 has a lot of experience dealing with this personally.

I don't think you need to panick.

It did kind of freak me out a little bit lol, but the numbers don't seem too far out of range.

 

[bananafeet]

It did kind of freak me out a little bit lol, but the numbers don't seem too far out of range.

I've had my own kidney scares bro! Haha I know the feeling. Praying for the best.

If you can get urine ACR, creatinine and cystatin C done on the same day we can plug it into a calculator.