Follow Up Appointment

Okay, so after our doctor's appointments last week I was pretty happy, not just for the reasons in my last post, but the next day when we got home from work there was a message on the machine from the doctor's office asking Gord to go back in to talk about the results from his blood test.  No message for me...I was pretty happy and perhaps a little smug that my skinny husband had to go back and unhealthy me didn't!  But then the next day there was a message for me...damn it.  Goodbye smugness.  We both had appointments for today, so had to wait forever it seemed, took a long time for today to get here.

But it finally did and we got to see our doctor together this afternoon.  I am happy to report that he had a lot of good things to say about me.  No diabetes, no cholesterol concerns, almost everything was really good, he was very happy.  Two things though - first is that my iron level is just a little low, nothing to worry about, don't need to take supplements, but I could eat more foods to help me with that.  Second thing was I am REALLY low in vitamin D.  Apparently the average range is 70 - 100 and I am at 38.  So he's got me taking excessive amounts of vitamin D for the next 4 days (50,000 ius per day) and then I have to keep taking supplements for the next year.  No big deal though, of all the things that could be wrong, this is pretty good.  With the supplements he tells me I will feel noticeably better.  In addition to the supplements I should spend a lot of time in the sun...um okay! lol  I love the sun and sitting on the deck in the summer.  He said I should go to Hawaii, have to see if my health plan will cover that, lol.  Anyway, it was nice to hear.

My husband's news was pretty close to the same, most things were good, prostate was good (a concern in his family) and no diabetes for him either (also in his family).  He is also a bit low in vitamin D so he has supplements too (not quite as drastic as what I have) and he does have high cholesterol, which of course runs in his family.  So he was super happy to not have diabetes concerns but knows he needs to make some changes with respect to his cholesterol.  I have to admit I quite enjoyed hearing what the doctor had to say to him...pretty much everything I had been telling him all along, lol.  And he knows he has me to thank for the fact that he doesn't have diabetes because I am the reason he has made the changes to his eating habits to date.  So now Gord knows he needs to work out and he needs to watch better what he is eating.  Doctor told him to have fast food once a month as a treat...that's hard for him who is used to having it once a week for sure, lol.

Overall, we are both feeling quite good about things, what we have to deal with is very manageable and considering how overweight I am, I am super happy at all the things I currently DON'T have to worry about.  I plan to keep it that way.

Final bit of good news...my doctor said he had already sent in my referral for my breast reduction *happy dance* and figures I should hear something about my first appointment fairly quickly *still happy dancing*.  In fact he wondered if I had heard anything already.  Basically within the next month I should hear from the surgeon and we can go from there.  Super yay! :)

So I have been to the dentist in the past six months and had any work done that I needed.  Now I have had a physical and am getting done what I need to there.  Next month will go get our eyes checked and get things done there if needed.  I think we are in pretty darn good shape so far!

Had a good workout after work today, even used our new kettles bells for a bit when I was done the treadmill and bike.  Feeling pretty good these days :)

Dr. Appt and Boobs

I had a great day today, lol.  That might seem odd when I tell you what I actually did this morning...

This morning my husband and I went in for our annual physical.  By "annual" I mean every 5-7 years...oops...anyway, as usual I had to talk my husband into going because he would avoid all things like that but at the same time we were both looking forward to it because we'd either get a clean bill of health or just know if we had something to deal with.  Win-win either way.  

I have been worried about my blood pressure, especially since my headaches seem to have ramped up again.  And my mom has high blood pressure and both my parents have diabetes so that's always a concern.  I hate when they ask for family history and then you realize all the things you are at risk for.  But that's why I need to be healthier because I can be in control of a lot of that.  Anyway, I heard all good things.  He was very happy with my blood pressure (yay!) and everything else, he saw no concerns anywhere.  And same with my husband, so we left there quite happy :)  Of course we still have to wait for the blood tests to come back but hopefully all will be okay there too.  And because my sister had breast cancer I also have to go for a mammogram but it's preventative so I am not worrying.  

Anyway...the thing that made me the happiest...and stop reading here cause this part gets quite personal...is that my doctor asked me if I was happy with my breasts.  I have very large breasts.  I know, I said I would post pictures and I will, I promise.  Anyway, I said of course I wasn't.  He asked if I considered surgery.  Him and I had talked about it many years ago (20?) when I first started seeing him and at the time my question was (because I had done some research and was pretty sure I already knew the answer) would I lose the sensation in my nipples.  The answer at the time was "yes".  I said I couldn't do it.  Sex is already low on my list of priorities, if I lost that we might as well call it a day (said it was personal...).  But...the answer has changed, now that doesn't happen anymore (or at least a very low percentage).  Of course with the passing of so much time many improvements would have been made but I was so happy to hear that!  I will never have "small" breasts, but I could have "smaller" breasts, like by 2 or 3 cup sizes.  The end result is that he is referring me and within a year or so I could have smaller breasts!  I love it!  I keep thinking about how that will be...for running...for golfing...for back pain...for shopping...how much weight will I lose that week I have surgery??  I don't know if it's weird or not but I am excited about it.  I'm not discussing this with my family at this point, just with my husband and you fine folks :)  Won't that make for some interesting before and after pictures? lol

One last note:  I was violated in all ways I knew were going to happen at my appointment and while my husband was worried about the ways he was going to be violated, it didn't happen for him!  We discussed this before hand where he was trying to tell me how awful it was going to be for him and I had to explain what they do to me, so we agreed it was fair we both had to go through it.  But he didn't...I felt ripped off.  So he apologized for not being violated by the doctor and I felt better...bit of a weird conversation, no? lol

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New Shoes :)

Well, it finally happened.  I turned 40.  But I'm handling it okay, lol.  Actually it was really good.  My family made it great when they surprised me with a visit from Ayla, Rob and the boys, that was so awesome :)  And on my actual birthday some of my family met me for lunch (restaurant gave me my lunch free as well as dessert) and some of my family met me for supper (restaurant gave me free dessert).  Supper in particular was great and relaxing.  And I learned that everyone should eat out all meals on their birthday with people who tell everyone that's its your birthday so you get all the free stuff, lol.

Anyway, I've been doing well with my eating but exercising has been on the back burner.  I haven't used my treadmill/bike for almost 2 weeks :(  My legs and ankles were suffering so I decided to take a break.  But when asked what I wanted for my birthday I told one of my sisters that I wanted to get fitted for new running shoes, so she got me a gift certificate for the place I wanted to go to.  This morning we went there and now I have new awesome running shoes that fit me properly.  Gonna have lunch right away, take drugs and then hopefully my headache will disappear so I can go work out.  I can't wait!  Hopefully later I can report on how great it was :)