So I found out a week later the left kidney was perfectly normal after it was acupunctured. That's the good news. What I don't understand is why my emotions were put on high alert making me sicker than I really was. I think the low dose prednisone fixed the problem before I got to the biopsy. If I wasn't on it, the results might have been more accurate. So for now, I'm on the same medication until next month's follow-up appointment. Based on these results, would rituximab still be an option now that everything looks normal?...or another path to follow?