Learn to Read and Understand Your Labwork

August 22, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

So, as promised my most recent labs are back. I did have them before I saw the kidney doctor, and primary care doctor, but I wanted to wait and get feedback from them too. I am basically stable, no ups, no downs. That is good. However, my kidney doctor kind of annoyed me because he […]

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