October 26, 2007

• Rejoice with me!

  I just received the best news! . . .

  All but my thyroid blood work results have come in and everything looks excellent – except for a slightly elevated triglyceride level.  I hadn’t fasted when they drew the blood and they told me to not be surprised if it was elevated.  It probably could stand to be lower (fasting or not!) and I’m not surprised at it reading high because of my love for red meat and B-U-T-T-E-R!

  But, even my cholesterol levels looked very good.  I’ve made a concerted effort to think about food choices related to cholesterol when eating, as it was 224 about 18 years ago and  216 about 3 years ago.  It is 178 right now.  LDL and HDLC were all well within a normal range!  Yippee!!!

  The “thyroid testing machine” was down this week and the lab said my thyroid stuff was run yesterday and I should have the results next week.  My new doctor doesn’t work on Friday afternoons.

  I’m just pleased as punch with these lab readings and DO hope the thyroid testing comes back with an equally good report.  But, even if it doesn’t, I will finally know what I’m working with.  If all is good, I guess it just means I’m on the mend but not as quickly as I’d like!

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