I flew to Yellowknife last Friday March 11 and met with Dr Nicole Redvers at the Gaia Clinic. Nicole is an excellent naturopath. Nicole had saved Sandra's life in the past so it only made sense that she could advise me on what natural remedies and nutrition would tackle my renal carcinoma, as well as advising on how to make my one remaining kidney healthier. Details on that discussion will appear in the next blog.
Then on Saturday Lynn organized a kidney goodbye party brunch. Derrick was there too of course, and their friends David C and Candice. We toasted (well, baconed and pancaked actually) the demise of my cancer-ridden left kidney. Sunday followed with our weekly worship, lunch at the Red Apple, and Yvonne's usually scrumptious supper at the Pikes where we talked until nearly midnight.
On Monday I went to Vixen Hair Den for a long awaited haircut. There Aileen gave her opinion that all that was wrong with my one remaining kidney, which is doing so poorly that it now falls into the "chronic kidney disease" category, is that my poor kidney is missing its now long gone twin. It is moping and unhappy about its new lonely life.
On Tuesday, March 15 I met with Lorie Crawford, an experienced Holistic Nutritionist, for further advice on how to use proper nutrition to help my malfunctioning solitary kidney. I will be receiving considerable followup information from her by email, including recommended recipes. This interesting nutrition info will be in my next blog as well.
The definition of chronic kidney disease is when the ability of the kidney to filter blood decreases according to the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). It seems that the GFR does not depend upon whether I have a solitary kidney or two kidneys. Apparently my kidney function was normal back in September 2014. However, now the GFR is 38 whereas the normal value for a healthy kidney is >60. However, this level is not yet serious, but is of some concern.
When kidney function is abnormal nutrition becomes very important. For example, animal protein in the diet causes more problems regarding waste elimination capability than vegetable protein. And red meat is much more difficult than white meat such as chicken or turkey. Fish is the best meat choice.
On Wednesday, early in the morning of March 16 I visited my friend Anson who works as an air traffic controller at the Yellowknife airport. He gave me a tour of how all their systems work. That made me excited about flying again. I presently hold a VFR Private Pilot license with a Night Rating. But I haven't flown as pilot in command for several years. I have resolved to publish a New York Times bestseller so that I have the money to buy a Cessna Citation jet, or a high performance turboprop aircraft!! Now I have to get back to writing writing writing! At 10:30 I flew back home to Inuvik. One short hop in a Boeing 737 from Yellowknife to Norman Wells, then another shorter hop from Norman Wells to Inuvik, arriving at 13:00. Then a nice winter's nap in the afternoon.
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