I returned to the transplant doctors and what I suspected by how I've been feeling was true, my kidney function has gotten a bit better. In fact, it's so much better now that I can't be listed for a transplant. The baseline kidney function is 19% or less to get on the list and I'm at 23% now. If I'm careful I could squeeze another five years out of my beans.

The new nephrologist did tell me, however, that your IQ goes up 5% or so with improved kidney function. Maybe less, but anyhow, it goes up. I'm wondering if all the problems I've been through in the last eight years since I was diagnosed are due to the fact that I've turned stupid?