Remember This Infographic About My Last Labs?

Remember the infographic I shared about my latest dialysis lab results? I was excited because my pre-dialysis BUN had fallen into the normal range for the first time since I started tracking it in October 2025.


On Mondays, either my nephrologist or a Physician Assistant from the nephrology practice stops by the dialysis clinic to check in on patients. I had a feeling the conversation I had with Clark was coming.


He reviewed my labs—not just the BUN, but the entire panel—and simply said:


"We're going to run them again."


As encouraging as the BUN result was, a few other values were out of whack. My phosphorus was very, very low, along with a couple of other numbers that deserved another look.


By the time Clark reviewed everything, I was already well into my dialysis treatment. That meant it was too late to draw a true pre-dialysis sample and then compare it with a post-dialysis sample.


So, we may repeat the labs on Wednesday to see whether last week's results were an anomaly or the beginning of a new trend.


I'm as curious as you are.


Stay tuned!


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