After all the difficulty with trying to get my labs done at UCLA, the results came back very quickly. Here are results as compared to my lab results from Quest at the end of September:
| Test | Quest (Sept 2022) | UCLA (Nov 2022) |
| Creatinine | 1.46 mg/dL | 1.49 mg/dL |
| EGFR | 57 mL/min/1.73m^2 | 55 mL/min/1.73m^2 |
| Urea Nitrogen (BUN) | 34 | 30 |
| Potassium | 4.7 mmol/L | 5.3 mmol/L |
| Phosphate | 3.3 mg/dL | 3.7 mg/dL |
| Calcium (two tests) | 10.1 mg/dL or 10.9 mg/dL | 10.1 mg/dL |
| PTH | 207 pg/mL | |
| Hemoglobin | 17.6 g/dL | 17.2 g/dL |
| Hematocrit | 51.4% | 52.6 |
UCLA appears not to have tested my PTH levels. My tacrolimus levels were 10.5, which I believe is slightly higher than the desired range. At my local nephrologist, the value was slightly low. Strange.
The values from the two labs are different but they show the same out-of-range items. Even though creatinine was high for both, the readings are not that different from past tests.
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Huh. I guess I did not publish the post above so I will just continue. I had the actual appointment on 11/9 and it took only ten minutes. The only change was reducing the Tacrolimus from 7 mg to 6 mg since the UCLA lab result was high. The transplant nephrologist also asked me to get my annual ultrasound, and to get both the bivalent vaccine booster and then Evusheld. I will have to contact my local nephrologist and have her set up appointments with local providers.
Life with chronic diseases 