December of 2010, I had a UTI that turned into a kidney infection. After multiple courses of antibiotics I was finally free of infection, but I still deal with chronic kidney pain. I was sent to a urologist to see if he could find a source for the blood and protein in my urine. He could find anything wrong. Because the high pain levels made me nauseated, they had me on anti-nausea meds. I finally jumped through all the hoops to get Medicaid and was referred to a nephrologist. We have run just about every test we can think of over the last year, some of the multiple times. The only thing we haven't done yet is a kidney biopsy.
My mom, my brother, and I are running out of patience. All I want to know is why I hurt and what we can do about it. Anyone have any suggestions for what I can say to the nephrologist to help me convince her to do the biopsy? My family and I are desperate for answers!