clrmehppygrl's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Triglycer - what? Okay, update on the health stuff. I finally talked to the nurse, but I'm not sure how helpful it was. I found out that my triglycerides are ungodly high (451, when the norm is below 150) and something else was high, I think she said "lipid something" but I couldn't hear her. She mentioned that I need to cut out sweets, saturated fats, etc. And that if anything changes, she'll call me. My thyroid, though, is fine, it seems. I know it's not the end of the world, nor a death sentence, but it's been on my mind all damned day now. Just so you know, I've been fat my whole life. My family is fat, I am fat, period. I've always been perfectly healthy in terms of blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, etc. This is the first time that I've been faced with my own mortality. It's one thing for someone to tell you you're fat and you need to loose weight. It's another to be told you need to loose weight because your life could, theoretically, depend on it. Yes, I'm probably overreacting something fierce here. But this is new territory for me and I think I'm entitled to a bit of freak out time. Thankyouverymuch! I'm sort of up in the air now. I don't know if I should call back Monday just to clear things up, or if I should just wait to hear something. I don't know if she wants to schedule a follow-up appointment in 3 months to see how things are regulating themselves. I just don't know right now. And the not-knowing is what kills me more than anything else. I think this scares me most of all because high triglycerides can lead to both heart disease and be part of diabetes. Two things that heavily run in my family. Just a bit of fright instilled into me today. I suppose there was still a bit of that teenage invincibility coursing through my veins, but the blood drawn from those same veins has shown me a totally different picture. I have to change now, or it could get worse. 12:01 am - 2005-06-25 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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