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I had trouble sleeping this morning as Mark left the house. I often do. His alarm doesn't wake me, but when he opens the front door and leaves, that gets my attention. Go figure. Plus, whatever he nuked this morning for breakfast smelled vile. :P
Anyway, I finally had drifted back to sleep when I got a call from my doctor's office. On Friday I had a physical done, including bloodwork to check for diabetes and cholesterol. Today the office was calling me first thing to tell me my cholesterol is high and I'm going to be put on Lipitor. I wasn't told my count, but I'll be able to check that on Wednesday when my tests are available to me on the messaging system.
Usually, when a person has high cholesterol mention of diet comes first, then if that doesn't work, medication is mentioned. Mine must be so high that he wants to get it down quickly. Meep!
So, I spent the afternoon looking up cholesterol information on the internet (wow, who knew it could be used for more than pornography?) I was surprised to discover that apples, carrots and sunflower seeds are actually good for reducing cholesterol. So, they immediately are going on my "approved snack list". The amount of protein I'm allowed varies from website to website, so I'm going for the high number (six ounces), since the high number is so freaking low compared to the amount of meat I normally eat.
I was shocked to discover, as I read, just what a bad diet I've been living. I've always thought that I eat in moderation, which may be true to a certain extent, but it's moderate numbers of really bad things for me! I bought Splenda. I'm going to catch flack for this since the whole "Splenda is not really made from sugar" blowup in the media a year ago. It certainly can't be worse than stomach cancer from excessive protein. It's also not like I use a hell of a lot of sweeteners.
Well else? I have no idea. I'd like to say I'm terrified, but my brain doesn't work like that on things like this. I'm denial girl and the only way I can get myself to believe is to just keep writing about it and remind myself that my father died of heart disease and I have two brothers with diabetes and an aunt who died from complications of diabetes. I had a grandmother who experienced multiple strokes and my mother and my aunts (her sisters) have had cancer. And to top it off I have had a history of tumors from my early childhood.
Anyway, I finally had drifted back to sleep when I got a call from my doctor's office. On Friday I had a physical done, including bloodwork to check for diabetes and cholesterol. Today the office was calling me first thing to tell me my cholesterol is high and I'm going to be put on Lipitor. I wasn't told my count, but I'll be able to check that on Wednesday when my tests are available to me on the messaging system.
Usually, when a person has high cholesterol mention of diet comes first, then if that doesn't work, medication is mentioned. Mine must be so high that he wants to get it down quickly. Meep!
So, I spent the afternoon looking up cholesterol information on the internet (wow, who knew it could be used for more than pornography?) I was surprised to discover that apples, carrots and sunflower seeds are actually good for reducing cholesterol. So, they immediately are going on my "approved snack list". The amount of protein I'm allowed varies from website to website, so I'm going for the high number (six ounces), since the high number is so freaking low compared to the amount of meat I normally eat.
I was shocked to discover, as I read, just what a bad diet I've been living. I've always thought that I eat in moderation, which may be true to a certain extent, but it's moderate numbers of really bad things for me! I bought Splenda. I'm going to catch flack for this since the whole "Splenda is not really made from sugar" blowup in the media a year ago. It certainly can't be worse than stomach cancer from excessive protein. It's also not like I use a hell of a lot of sweeteners.
Well else? I have no idea. I'd like to say I'm terrified, but my brain doesn't work like that on things like this. I'm denial girl and the only way I can get myself to believe is to just keep writing about it and remind myself that my father died of heart disease and I have two brothers with diabetes and an aunt who died from complications of diabetes. I had a grandmother who experienced multiple strokes and my mother and my aunts (her sisters) have had cancer. And to top it off I have had a history of tumors from my early childhood.
