Hello, first time poster here (M 28). I went to A&E with abdominal pain. While being seen I got a blood test done. After a few hours, the doctor got back to me and told me that my kidney blood results had come back abnormal. He explained that my previous blood test (6 months ago) had a GFR of 78 and that my current blood test was at 42.

As you could imagine, I was really shaken up by the whole thing. I've got an ultrasound tomorrow so that's a relief, but overall I've felt awful since finding out. If anyone has any advice, it would be greatly appreciated, but I'm really just posting this to vent.

UPDATE: I've got the results back from my ultrasounds and they came back good. The doctors found nothing bad. My kidneys look completely normal to them. I've got blood and urine tests scheduled to be re-taken, so hopefully it's good news with the GFR.

UPDATE 2: So, a month on, I have completed another blood test and my GFR has gone back up to 81. So... I have no idea what happened last month, but I want to thank everyone here for being so supportive and kind to me. I feel like I've just been really melodramatic for no reason now, but nonetheless, thank you all for giving me advice and showing me kindness when I was at such a low point. I'll be sure to keep an eye out for my kidney health in the future.

UPDATE 3: Urine test came back good. No elevated protein in urine. No micro-blood either.

UPDATE 4: I had another blood test in May and my GFR has remained stable around 80.