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 :)