A phosphate binder is very important for me to take everyday everytime I would eat. I wish that I could be able to buy more of this because it will allow me to be more liberal in what I will eat, basically I will not absorb phosphorus form my foods if I will take this medicine which is crucial in how my body would respond to my parathyroid medicine.
If my phosphorus remains high if I am taking my Cinacalcet then it will make it hard for my iPTH to remain low if it is low at this point in time. But I guess that I am doing the right thing because I am not giving my Parathyroid glands to get hyperactive unlike in my former years where my phosphorus level is always high and in turn it just made my Parathyroid glad pumped from all those years with its bone calcium-depleting hormone.
That condition just made my bone weak and brittle without me knowing what is going on until it is too late that bone changes already happened. Now my goal is to just stop the bone degeneration or weakening and the pain that I am experiencing these past few years which is why I am trying to get the goal of having a Parathyroidectomy so that I will not be required anymore to take Cinacalcet.
This "Sevelamer carbonate" came too little too late but even though that I have learned about its use from my earlier time that I went into dialysis I will not be able to really afford it because of this medicine's prohibitive cost.
My budget for my everyday's Renvela use is only about two tablets per day but I guess that it is enough because of my recent test result of a normal phosphorus level. It was a couple of years ago but I guess that if tested again the result will show/tell a normal level because I am not eating much these past two years as well.
I also needed to top-up my Cinacalcet, I am just closed-eyed buying and using this drug because I needed it even though it is also a very expensive drug to procure for myself.
I am just thankful for now that I can be able to still buy this necessity so I thank every friends that I have here in this community for helping me out even in the background, may God bless you all.
At least I can treat my Parathyroid unlike other dialysis patients where they are now suffering from not only deformation of their backbone and facial bone but also suffering from pain, weakness, not to mention the hardship of being a dialysis patient.
I believe that God is with me because of the support that I am getting from my friends here, you all give me a sense of safety and security and freeing my thoughts of worries at the same time. I am truly blessed because of all of you and I pray to God to bless you even in this lifetime.