My own Doctor

It has been over two years since I had a physical. My regular doctor was a wonderful woman but she left the practice for love. Her fiance lived in another city. It is pretty easy for doctors to move as they are so in demand. My new doctor is a PA.

Tom sees her also. He doesn't like her. She has a strong firm personality, and they have differing opinions. I found her very approachable. She spoke bluntly. In two years my cholesterol has gone from 135 to 219. My bad cholesterol which should be under 100 was at 145. On a scale of 1 to 5, I am now a 4 for candidate for stroke or heart attack. She wants me to start cholesterol meds right away. She says its not my fault, its genetics. I can blame my mother for everything (giggle). So eat more vegetables and protein and add 4, yes four, fish oil tablets to my diet, along with 2000 milligrams of vitamin D as I was borderline insufficient in vitamin D. You can't absorb calcium without vitamin D. I am such a white skinned person, she knew right away I didn't get enough sun. Add 20 minutes of walking outside daily to the "to do" list.

Good news was no thyroid problem or anemia. She also recommended adding ground flax seed to my diet. She said the ground was cheaper and worked better than the liquid. Regardless, I have reached that age in life where you have to start taking pills to stay healthy if you want to live a long life. I told the PA I would try diet and the vitamin approach first before leaping into drug therapy. It could have been all the bread and butter I ate that week. She said an aspirin a day was another very important element to prevent a stroke. I go back in three months to fast again and have another blood draw. See if the holistic approach improved my numbers.

When I started the fish oil I could tell it worked. Good thing we have as many bathrooms in this house as we do. The vitamin D improved my moods also. I could tell I was low before. I had already started taking D, but not regularly. Now I know there is a reason I was feeling the need.
I have to go to Costco for the rest. She recommended shopping there. She said she takes this stuff herself.

Nothing like a little stress to have age catch up with you fast. I have been golfing withTrev at a little neighborhood par three. Its been fun. Riley is so competative, he wont go with us. He doesn't like to lose to anyone so he wont try. We did get him bowling the other night, but there are arcade games at the bowling alley he wanted to check out.

We had fun once I set the rule no speaking during Riley's turn. He said it was a distraction and made him angry. I can't wait until school starts. He needs to get back to school and be social. Speak up in class. I am stressing his going to school at all, but boy does he need socializing.