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I suppose I could start if there was a good reliable home test kit for urinalysis - know of any?There's more to being unwell than just looking at a CBC. And doctors use the standard of care reference, which is very forgiving, and based on that no red flags are raised when there should be.
At home, you can check your temperature. You can also test your thyroid state (using a personal ECG), you can test your acid base balance (using very affordable pH test strips) and you can even test how well your blood sugar is regulated (using an affordable glucose meter). You can also tell if your blood is acidic by measuring your breath rate as a proxy for blood sugar pH. All these things cannot be seen by a CBC, although a CBC can tell you things these tests don't.
Since doctors are stuck to methods they learned at their medical schools in which the curriculum is shaped by big pharma interests, what they learn and apply is certainly not about fixing and curing you, but to make you depend on drugs that alleviate one condition only to cause another condition. So you end up on a personal journey that doesn't differ from being in a pachinko parlor playing a game of whack-a-mole.
My advice, which nobody here likes to follow anyway - because people like pushbutton convenience of a simple but useless test like HbA1c or a thyroid panel that does squat - is to start doing your own testing at home, and add a few tests like CBC - you can avoid a wild goose chase in rabbit holes created by the establishment.
There are test strips for urine that measure many things, and they may be fine although they don't test for bacteria. What are you looking to test with urinalysis? Glucose it would test for, but usually they are for diabetics where the blood sugar is so high that sugar has to be excreted through urine. But the absence of glucose in urine does not mean you don't have blood sugar problems though. It just says you're not in a super bad state.I suppose I could start if there was a good reliable home test kit for urinalysis - know of any?
I know I'm not well at times - diabetic like symptoms, bloating, whole body turned inside out feeling, but also reality.
I believe that during episodes of horrible stress, my kidneys shut down, or become impaired in a way where they are not functioning (filtering) properly, that perhaps, salt is not metabolized, or there's other wacky hormonal stuff going on. I've had blood tests done during these episodes and my cortisol levels were higher than usual, as well as thyroid levels lower than usual, but they bounce back when the stress is over.There are test strips for urine that measure many things, and they may be fine although they don't test for bacteria. What are you looking to test with urinalysis? Glucose it would test for, but usually they are for diabetics where the blood sugar is so high that sugar has to be excreted through urine. But the absence of glucose in urine does not mean you don't have blood sugar problems though. It just says you're not in a super bad state.
You can't convince doctors of much of anything. Most would think you are presumptuous in thinking you can theorize about anything related to your health. And most of the time, they are right. But then, they are often incapable either of helping you.I believe that during episodes of horrible stress, my kidneys shut down, or become impaired in a way where they are not functioning (filtering) properly, that perhaps, salt is not metabolized, or there's other wacky hormonal stuff going on. I've had blood tests done during these episodes and my cortisol levels were higher than usual, as well as thyroid levels lower than usual, but they bounce back when the stress is over.
'Can't seem to convince the Doc's something(s) are wrong.
You can't convince doctors of much of anything. Most would think you are presumptuous in thinking you can theorize about anything related to your health. And most of the time, they are right. But then, they are often incapable either of helping you.
Can you talk more about why you think this is a kidney health issue?
So you have high cortisol and you have blood sugar problems then. A CBC alone is not enough data in looking more into your problems.
Let me try making sense out of that.My urine has an odd unusual oder - but not always just after/during episodes.