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I'm a 63 year old woman. My GFR went from 80 to 38 over an 8 month period. I'm hoping it's an anomaly, but how long am I supposed to wait before doing another test? Or should the doctor be doing some sort of further testing now since it was just a drastic drop?
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kathyt68777
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I'm finally updating. I had the surgery - nephroureterectomy - about 6 weeks ago. It was a very difficult surgery. They fill you full of gas to move your organs around, and it took at least a week before I could even walk without using a walker. I spent 4 nights in the hospital and when I got home still had to cut the waist of my pajamas so I could fit into them. I wondered whether I had suffered a stroke during the surgery and they just weren't telling me. I'm just beginning to feel like normal will be possible again. Then at my 3-week post-op checkup the doctor told me he was referring me to an oncologist because he wanted me to consider chemo. I have opted not to do chemo - the chance of a recurrence is 40%, I was already stage 3, but chemo isn't very helpful and I feel so awful from the surgery I don't feel able to withstand chemo (oncologist said it must be started 4-6 weeks after surgery). I'm hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.