Well, Shit.

I got my lab results on Friday. My kidney function is down to 32% (from 37-38% in January), which is discouraging. It's the single largest drop in function for any testing period in the last four years, and it probably indicates that things are moving more rapidly now.

Which is not entirely surprising, given how generally crappy I've been feeling, but it still sucks to see it in black and white. I'm still officially in Stage 3 of kidney failure -- 30% is the dividing line between stages 3 and 4 -- and most patients don't need dialysis or transplantation until they get down around 20%. This disease does not follow a steady progression, but if it did, that would probably mean I'm looking at 2 years or so.

Right now I'm thanking my stars that I loaded up on disability insurance when I did...