did I mention?

[aekiy]

I got some blood drawn for tests the other day.  They are testing for a bunch of things.  I among them I know are tests for hepatitis, diabetes, HIV, and some sort of thyroid tests.  I am not sure beyond that; the doctor was scribbling a bunch of notes on a paper, but I didn't really see everything she was testing.  I do hope that the tests yield

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[elwing2000]

Just give the docs a call in about 2 weeks and ask for your results. Everytime I've had bloodwork done, they gave me the results over the phone.

[aekiy]

::noddle:: Will try and keep note of that. I know that when I had blood tests done in New Jersey, they called me to ask when I was coming to get my antibiotics; I had to ask them why I would be going there to get antibiotics. I'm hoping they'll call me when they get my results, but if not, I'll call them periodically to check.

[rmash1948]

I have Type II Diabetes and control it with Glucophage (metformin's the generic one) and watching what I eat. I'm not sure how "adaptable" these would be with your other dietary problems, but I rely heavily on the recipes in the South Beach Diet cookbooks and am looking into the Mediterranean Diet cookbooks.

As for vitamins, I read an article today on Yahoo! News that said a lack of vitamin D can cause strokes and heart attacks. Considering that my doctor gave me a prescription for that particular vitamin (I guess the stinker didn't think he could rely on me purchasing same once I got back downtown ::giggles:: ), I'd say it's pretty important.

Take care and hang in there sweetie. ::hugs::

[aekiy]

::huggle:: Ya, limiting what I eat and taking a gluten-free B complex are the only ways I'm managing my diet right now. The doctor did give me a script for a multivitamin, so I guess I'll have to see about filling that. I'll wait to see what the test results say and go from there.

[rmash1948]

Yeah. It's always the wait and see when it comes to test results. ::hugs::