I’ve had a Microalbumin Urine Test done the last few times I’ve gone to the doctor for my A1C. The first time I got the lab results back, it came back as 30 H. It listed on the same sheet that the normals were 0 - 20. The notes that came with the report listed this result as normal and there was no damage to my kidneys.

The last time I had this test done (May 2nd, 2005), it came back as a 30 H again. This time the notes listed “abnormal” as the result but there was no notes from my doctor.

So, obviously it’s been bugging me a bit. Which report do I go by? One says 30 is normal and there is no damage (even though the “Normals” are listed as 0-20) or do I go by the one that says that’s an abnormal result?

Today I read on another blog about this test and she posted a link to this page on WebMD. This page lists a normal reading for a Random (spot) urine sample is less than 30.

At first I thought that’s close enough. Obviously I’m close enough to normal for one lab tech to consider 30 “normal” while another lab tech thinks otherwise. And I assume that my doc thinks 30 is close enough too. But that kind of thinking scares me. Even a little tiny itty bitty amount of kidney damage is kinda scary, ya know? And maybe 30 *is* considered normal enough…. ???

Bottom line is, today I tried to make myself feel better about it (I’m not mega stressing or anything. It just nags at me a little) and only made things worse by reading all about kidney damage. Oi!