An update on my kidneys and I still hate Doctors

So my nephrologist, soon to be former nephrologist, was at the clinic today. She had the results from the tests for the last 2 weeks. Most things are in the normal range and what isn't, for the most part is barely outside of the normal range except for one number which is still really high. Normal is between 1-4 (not sure 1 to 4 what) and I am at 7.5 now and was at 9.2 week before last. When I went into the hospital it was around 33. Most people on dialysis are around 15-16. So it looks like the dialysis is working and hopefully I will be off of it soon.

Now that I have the good news over with let me rant on my nephrologist. I have never been impressed with her level of competency. She started today with saying that she thought another Doctor that is in her practice and that I saw originally in the hospital was going to be in charge of monitoring my care and asked if I had seen or talked with him. I said no and asked if that meant that nobody had been monitoring my care for the last 4 weeks or so since I left the hospital. She just kept repeating that she thought the other doctor was going to be in charge. I asked if she had gotten hold of the quack that had prescribed the drug that got me into this mess to begin with to see if he had ever done any tests on my kidney's function. She had not and asked for his name (which had to be the third or fourth time I had given her his name and his office location). I asked if she had the tests results from when I left the hospital. Nope. I am proud that I kept my voice down so only the nephrologist and a nurse heard my ranting. I also was able to refrain from using "colorful" words that you would hear on a naval base. But there is no doubt in her mind what I think of her.

Tomorrow I will have several phone numbers and names of excellent Nephrologists (it is helpful that I have done pro-bono work for the Kidney Foundation). Then I will have to check and see which are covered by my insurance and soon I will be switching doctors...

And an update on another front
A week from tomorrow I am having lunch with an attorney that specializes in medical malpractice. Any guesses on what we are talking about?