dianeseattle
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Just got my blood panel results from my doctor visit yesterday:
Here your labs.
Your vitamin B12 level is elevated so you can reduce the amount of B12 supplement that you take.
Your cholesterol improved from your last check it is down to 221.
Your diabetes test is just slightly elevated so I would try to work on increasing exercise.
Thyroid check is normal.
Your kidney check is normal.
You have 1 just slightly elevated liver tests but nothing significant.
Vitamin D level is normal.
Blood count is normal with no sign of anemia or infection.
This is thrilling to me because I did have hepatitis 40 years ago and have had worrying liver tests. Now I'm 70 and my biggest fear is dying slowly with required medications, like everyone else in my family. I had Graves Disease in 1985 and that meant I'd need thyroid replacement hormone the rest of my life. My highest known cholesterol was 365.
I'm so scared to mix with people, I just don't go out. I went to QFC after my doctor appointment and panicked so badly, i couldnt finish the shopping I'd planned. I'm mildly to severely agoraphobic anyway, which is why I usually have groceries delivered. I usually double-mask and wear a plastic face shield and latex gloves.
It may sound weird, but do you realize the most common way to transfer flu germs is touch? That means door handles, checking out produce fondled by others, standing near the aerosol from a sneeze or cough... breathing the air.
I live alone. I can't get sick. I'd rather die from Covid than expose my beautiful son to it. I've lived a life you could write a novel about. Now I just want to weather this storm and spend the next 20 or 25 years hiking, canoeing, camping, smiling back at strangers, enjoying this group and its stories.
And loving and being loved... I've been near death a few times. Never again. Live or die, nothing in-between.
My one regret is that I'm a clutterer, and I dont see that changing. But I'm gonna work on it, regardless.
Tips appreciated!
Here your labs.
Your vitamin B12 level is elevated so you can reduce the amount of B12 supplement that you take.
Your cholesterol improved from your last check it is down to 221.
Your diabetes test is just slightly elevated so I would try to work on increasing exercise.
Thyroid check is normal.
Your kidney check is normal.
You have 1 just slightly elevated liver tests but nothing significant.
Vitamin D level is normal.
Blood count is normal with no sign of anemia or infection.
This is thrilling to me because I did have hepatitis 40 years ago and have had worrying liver tests. Now I'm 70 and my biggest fear is dying slowly with required medications, like everyone else in my family. I had Graves Disease in 1985 and that meant I'd need thyroid replacement hormone the rest of my life. My highest known cholesterol was 365.
I'm so scared to mix with people, I just don't go out. I went to QFC after my doctor appointment and panicked so badly, i couldnt finish the shopping I'd planned. I'm mildly to severely agoraphobic anyway, which is why I usually have groceries delivered. I usually double-mask and wear a plastic face shield and latex gloves.
It may sound weird, but do you realize the most common way to transfer flu germs is touch? That means door handles, checking out produce fondled by others, standing near the aerosol from a sneeze or cough... breathing the air.
I live alone. I can't get sick. I'd rather die from Covid than expose my beautiful son to it. I've lived a life you could write a novel about. Now I just want to weather this storm and spend the next 20 or 25 years hiking, canoeing, camping, smiling back at strangers, enjoying this group and its stories.
And loving and being loved... I've been near death a few times. Never again. Live or die, nothing in-between.
My one regret is that I'm a clutterer, and I dont see that changing. But I'm gonna work on it, regardless.
Tips appreciated!
