In February of 2011,  I ended up in the emergency room due to terrible stomach virus. My blood pressure was out of control - "sky high". I was told to follow up with a nephrologist. I immediately googled "best nephrologist NYC". The Kidney Hypertension Specialists of New York City took my health concerns serious. My doctor required several rounds of labs and asked that I go for a kidney biopsy. He assured me that it was imperative to confirm my diagnosis from 16 years ago. 

My kidney biopsy was performed in April. I suffered from some internal bleeding and developed a hematoma. It hurt like @#%$ hell. I imagine that if a horse was really mad and kicked you in the back - it would feel just like that. Hi! Percocet aka lover.

After a few days in the hospital my diagnosis was confirmed. IgA Nephropathy, CKD Stage 3.

Now we must find a way to treat the disease. Lets leave that for a separate post.