False bloodwork

[trophywifeMD]

Thank you for this post! I'm a double lung transplant recipient and have labs drawn every week. My kidney function levels have been horrible and I was worried it was from all the transplant drugs and immunosuppressants. I'm training my a** off right now and my macros are on point. When I shared them with my transplant team they freaked out about my protein consumption of 100g/ day. (I weigh 114 and Im working on weighing MORE). How do y'all manage to save the kidneys? My doctors don't get it. The nutritionist on my transplant team said I shouldn't be eating more than 50-60g/day.

[rado]

Docs have told me this. Not to be training before labs

[redback]

Good info bro.

Yeah I remember when I passed out at Costco a few years back they did all kinds of blood work. I had the same shit and they initially got all worried but then the specialist cleared it up for the average joe docs and told them "he's the healthiest looking kidney failure patient I've ever seen". :D I was worried as fuck but he completely reassured me I'm fine. I stopped training for 2 weeks and had the same test again and it was all completely normal.

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Lol good shit bro

[Bouncer]

Good info bro.

Yeah I remember when I passed out at Costco a few years back they did all kinds of blood work. I had the same shit and they initially got all worried but then the specialist cleared it up for the average joe docs and told them "he's the healthiest looking kidney failure patient I've ever seen". :D I was worried as fuck but he completely reassured me I'm fine. I stopped training for 2 weeks and had the same test again and it was all completely normal.

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[AvidFisherman]

My doc has me not lifting a week before my yearly physical otherwise my creatinine levels are skyrocketed.

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[redback]

Just wanted to let you guys know about the eGFR (Kidney function) testing when you get bloods.

Some stuff that regular GP's are not aware of...



1.) Most of us know that if you train and are muscular that Creatinine (a by-product of creatine) levels will show up above normal range.

Also liver enzymes (ALT) will show up above normal range. We know that ALT is not just found in the liver but also in damaged muscle tissue. So if you are training hard every week and breaking down muscle you will have more ALT circulating in your blood, which can be misinterpreted as poor liver function by a GP.

2.) There is also a newer kind of kidney function test (eGFR) estimated Glomerular filtration rate. The lab calculates this using your age, weight, creatinine levels etc etc....

This can be inaccurate for people who consume high protein, creatine and are above their BMI due to extra muscle.

My recent bloods came back with elevated Creatinine and an eGFR of 66 (stage 2 kidney failure).

You can imagine my mental state when I left the GP's office.

After doing some internetting I found a ton of cases where bodybuilders/gym goers etc had experienced the same thing. A google search will also bring up real studies of people being diagnosed wrongly with kidney failure. These people are usually ingesting creatine and/or protein and lifting.

The eGFR is an "estimation" and a poor one. A more accurate test for kidney function for guys like us is a urine test.

I have a follow up appointment with an Endocrinologist (hormone specialist) to confirm all this.

GP's should be more educated on this stuff before they scare the crap out of people.