OK, back on track, or should I say treadmill, again. Pain-free workout yesterday, with no after effects on my silly Achilles thingy. Still in the holding pattern for the final testing day.

Thinking about how I will modify my Holiday eating and drinking patterns... Moderation, I guess, is the key word for the Christmas feasting. I'm told to watch the protein and alcohol consumption so I will have acceptable creatanine levels, which impact the GFR levels. I'm told that the GFR levels have to be normal or it's a no-go for the donation. Glomerular Filtration Rate is one test to measure your kidney function, and it can be done from a blood sample. I think that the UCSF Kidney Transplant Center also uses other, more sophisticated tests, too, which I will obviously undergo. However, I still can't figure out why they will want to do an endoscopy... Oh well, da ankle bone connecta to da thigh bone thing, I guess...

In any event, no party-hearty New Years Eve for me this year! Not with final testing day on January 3rd...