There MIGHT be a correlation between my working with Thomas Lee Hull on the NXX project using the THUNDER campaign model in 2008 and the diagnosis of "congestive heart failure" and the decline of my kidney function. Can this be "stress" related?
The following table is from my Kaiser Permanente test results.
NOTE THE 30% DROP IN KIDNEY FUNCTION BETWEEN MAY 2008 and JUNE 2008 AFTER THOMAS LEE HULL STEPPED UP HIS "REMINDERS" AND ADDITIONAL "ENCOURAGEMENT" TO "CATCH UP" AFTER MY MISSING A WEEK OF WORK BECAUSE OF THE "CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE" IN EARLY MAY.
| GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE | |
| Date | GFR |
| | 56.00 |
| | 56.00 |
| | 39.00 |
| | 39.00 |
| | 37.00 |
| | 30.00 |
| | 47.00 |
| | 47.00 |
| | 47.00 |
| | 33.00 |
| | 33.00 |
| | 33.00 |
| | 31.00 |
| | 31.00 |
| | 33.00 |
| | 27.00 |
| | 28.00 |
| | 27.00 |
| | 22.00 |
| | 21.00 |
| | 21.00 |
| | 20.00 |
| | 21.00 |
| | 16.00 |
| | 18.00 |
| | 16.00 |
| | 16.00 |
| | 14.00 |
| | 10.00 |
| | 9.00 |
| | 5.00 |
| | 5.00 |
I was keeping all of my doctor's appointments, and took my meds as directed. The kidneys seemed to be getting better in the early part of 2008 under the care of the good doctor at Kaiser Permanente.
Having started the THUNDER work in January 2008, I made some progress, but not enough to satisfy Thomas Lee Hull, as I was not producing the desired results on schedule within budget.
He periodically reminded me of this by visiting me in my cubicle the mornings several times a week. Using his "command" voice (he's retired Navy), he would speak to me and tell me that I was failing to do what he wanted in such a manner that my cubicle mate, Joseph Kieras, thought that he was "yelling" at me.
This constant reminding continued, as he was very anxious about having his THUNDER work done. In the month of May, I was already growing weary, having to drag myself into work in the mornings, stopping every four or five steps to catch my breath coming in from the parking lot. I was concerned enough to make a visit to the doctor's office.
There the doctor had me walk down to get an EKG, and to the lab for blood tests. When he got the results, he sat me down, gave me a couple of aspirin with a Dixie cup of water.
The L.A.County Fire Department Paramedics were called. With lights flashing and siren blaring, they parked facing the wrong way in traffic at the curb in front of the building on Sunset Blvd where the doctor's office is located. The two nice young men strapped me onto their gurney and transported me with lights flashing and siren blaring to the to the other side of Sunset Blvd to the Emergency Room at Kaiser Permanente Hospital.
I spent the night in the hospital for observation. The diagnosis was "Congestive Heart Failure", or CHF. The doctor had me stay home for a whole week.
Upon my returning to work, Thomas Lee Hull greeted me with some questions, making sure that I was not going to die soon (somebody had to do the work). He told me that his schedule had been set back ANOTHER week because of my absence and that I needed to work HARDER and do whatever was necessary to get the study effort back on track and on schedule.
COINCIDENTALLY(??!), my kidney function fell by almost 30% from May to June after the "Congestive Heart Failure" diagnosis and increased pressure from Thomas Lee Hull to get his work back on track.
Maybe a correlation . . . ???
Disclaimer: SORRY - This is only what I know from my point of view. No lies, just what I see as the truth.
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