Tuesday, May 18, 2010

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My father e-mails and calls rarely, but when he does, he can’t help but offer up a detailed list of the ailments his body is currently suffering from. His English is actually pretty decent… it’s the subject matter that leaves me in stitches and sometimes, needing to gag. Love the segue from foamy urine to the state of the global markets:

Hi,Ed:

I have not email you guys for a while,how’s every one? I am doing ok,I suspect my renal function is deterioting a bit although the calculated GFR is normal and my internist is not convinced that I suffered from CRF.

My urine is very bubbly and frothy is the last few months and there is an occasional lower leg edema which is controlled by increased the dose of my antihypertensive medication.(there is a small amount of diuretics in the medication).The first time I noticed lower leg edema was when I was in BOSTON a few years ago and I though that was due to sleeping on airbed for a week and lack of exercise.The edema disappeared in 48 hrs after I use the treadmill for an hour.

The episode was when I was in Jarkata after a 27 hrs long flight and it disappeared after a few hours of exercise.Then the edema comes once in a while when I had my normal routine daily living about the same time that I noticed the change of the gross appearance of the urine.(THE URINE INDEED HAS A TRACE OF PROTEINURIA and I am borderline anemic)

I have informed the Lab that I definitely will retire by the end of this year in spite of the fact the Lab keep asking me to work parttime. The equity market has rebound quite a bit in the last few months and FEXPX gained more than 10% this year! If you guys decide to come back for a visit,please donot hesitate to call me.

Have a great day!

Daddy

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