My 2025 Functional Blood Work – Part 2: Kidneys, Creatine & Context
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My 2025 Functional Blood Work – Part 2: Kidneys, Creatine & Context

In Part 1 of this series, I broke down my immune system results and what they meant through a functional medicine lens. Today, we’re diving into my kidney function — a system that showed up as needing attention in my report.

According to the functional blood work algorithm, I scored a 77% probability of kidney dysfunction.

Now, that might sound dramatic — but let’s take a breath and look at what’s really going on.

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My 2025 Functional Blood Work: Immune System - Part 1
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My 2025 Functional Blood Work: Immune System - Part 1

Earlier this year, as part of the Midlife Mavericks Blood Work Workshop, I took a deep dive into my own blood results. And let me tell you — it's a strange mix of confronting and empowering when your own blood starts whispering secrets about your health.

My results are in, and I’m sharing them with you — not because I want sympathy, but because I want more men to take their health seriously before the wheels fall off.

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