Health Update
You may (or may not ) remember the fun I had last year with my health. Well, since then there's been good news and potentially bad news.
Good news:
- Earlier this month, my hematologist finally took me off blood anti-coagulation medication (I was on that stuff for just over a year). Now we just "wait and see what happens next". If I have another episode - and it doesn't kill me, then I will have to go back on the meds for life. This also means that I can eat green veggies and drink green tea/green tea-based products again! XDD You see, green tea and green leafy veggies are good for you, but they also contain a lot of vitamin K compared to other sources. Vitamin K promotes blood clotting - normally this is good, but in my case it was the LAST thing we wanted to happen. -_-;;
Potentially bad news:
- The cholesterol test indicated near-borderline HDL (high-density lipoprotein, "good" cholesterol) and triglyceride levels (click this link for background on cholesterol levels). Since my LDL (low-density lipoprotein, "bad" cholesterol) levels also low (good thing), the doc didn't officially classify me as a borderline diabetic. So, to keep me from reaching borderline status, my doctor decided to place me on a no-carb, no-sugar diet (she wants me to lose weight too -_-;;; ) until we re-test sometime mid-June. I'm pretty optimistic that I'll get better numbers on the retest.... and I already went down at least one size in pants.
Seriously - when this is over, theres some sushi and a cauldron of curry udon with my name written all over it... It'll be on then and it won't be pretty!! X3
Good news:
- Earlier this month, my hematologist finally took me off blood anti-coagulation medication (I was on that stuff for just over a year). Now we just "wait and see what happens next". If I have another episode - and it doesn't kill me, then I will have to go back on the meds for life. This also means that I can eat green veggies and drink green tea/green tea-based products again! XDD You see, green tea and green leafy veggies are good for you, but they also contain a lot of vitamin K compared to other sources. Vitamin K promotes blood clotting - normally this is good, but in my case it was the LAST thing we wanted to happen. -_-;;
Potentially bad news:
- The cholesterol test indicated near-borderline HDL (high-density lipoprotein, "good" cholesterol) and triglyceride levels (click this link for background on cholesterol levels). Since my LDL (low-density lipoprotein, "bad" cholesterol) levels also low (good thing), the doc didn't officially classify me as a borderline diabetic. So, to keep me from reaching borderline status, my doctor decided to place me on a no-carb, no-sugar diet (she wants me to lose weight too -_-;;; ) until we re-test sometime mid-June. I'm pretty optimistic that I'll get better numbers on the retest.... and I already went down at least one size in pants.
Seriously - when this is over, theres some sushi and a cauldron of curry udon with my name written all over it... It'll be on then and it won't be pretty!! X3