Yes, jessie, I heard kidneys can function on 20%. Pretty scary.
So I am pretty sure it's the alcohol and the dehydration. I probably still have the kidney infection I was recovering from. I know it's not back pain, it only happens when I drink alcohol. I am a massage therapist, so I understand about referring pain. And I don't have any symptoms of stones or anything. So I guess I am not dying of anything terminal or crazy. Thank God. I was scared.
So Athena, I looked up kidneys and PCOS, and FML, one more thing we have to worry about. They are saying Vitamin D deficiency is a big part. I am gonna start taking more Vitamin D.
I am giving up alcohol. It's going to be hard because everyone drinks around me and pushes me to drink even when I don't want to. I took two bottles of sprite on a boat trip a while back cause I didn't want to drink. Everyone laughed at me and made fun of me and tried to make me drink. They pulled that "just have one". Next thing you know, I am sloshed. Sooo, I am just gonna start telling people I really do have a kidney disease so they will leave me alone. I dunno why people are so bent on getting other people drunk. I don't even like drinking that much. It makes me feel shitty.
Which brings me to the info I found on drinking and all the shitty things it does to your body. I was not aware of the insulin response drinking has. I am insulin resistant and my mother, father and most everyone else has diabetes in my family. My father went into a coma this Thanksgiving and his heart stopped.
So apparently drinking doesn't just screw your kidneys, it screws your liver, pancreas, blood sugar, brain, etc. I am not sure why alcohol is the last legal drug. It's just nasty.
http://www.alac.co.nz/BodyEffect.aspx?PostingID=671
Im gonna get to a doctor when I can. I don't have insurance, so it's hard to see a doctor. I might need to contact you about that insurance JD.
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