{"id":360,"date":"2007-06-22T17:15:37","date_gmt":"2007-06-23T00:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rynosoft.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/?p=360"},"modified":"2008-04-08T12:50:41","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T19:50:41","slug":"doctor-doctor-give-me-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rynosoft.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/doctor-doctor-give-me-the-news","title":{"rendered":"Doctor, doctor, give me the news"},"content":{"rendered":"

For several years now I have been paranoid about developing Type 2 diabetes<\/a>, formerly known as adult-onset diabetes<\/em>. My paternal aunts all developed it and so has one of my cousins (on both sides). Being overweight puts me at a higher risk, too. In recent years I’ve noticed what I imagined to be symptoms including slow healing of injuries and the occasional negative reaction to large amounts of sugar. After my sister, Mardy, developed it a couple of years ago, I felt sure I was going to get it if I didn’t have it already. However, I pushed it to the back of my mind and didn’t get tested because I was afraid of the results.<\/p>\n

This year, though, with Tina’s help I’ve really gotten my weight under control and I feel healthier than I have in recent years. So when I called to schedule an annual checkup with my doctor, I requested a glucose test. It was finally time to take control of the situation and deal with the consequences, if necessary.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday I arrived at my appointment early after fasting for 12 hours per doctor’s instructions. Fortunuately, I did not have to do the glucose tolerance test<\/a>. Instead, it was just a simple blood test and the doctor would call with the results that night. He warned that a high glucose concentration combined with other factors would also put me at a higher risk for heart disease. One of those factors was also blood cholesterol<\/a> so they tested for that, too.<\/p>\n

Blood glucose levels while fasting are considered “normal” when they fall below 100. 140 and above is considered diabetic and everything in between is a gray area which would probably indicate the eventual development of diabetes. My blood glucose level was at 97<\/strong> for the test. That’s very good and I’m pleased. The doctor was surprised and wants to have a second test done where they measure my blood glucose two hours after I eat a high calorie meal (or the highest calorie meal of my day). I’ll probably have that done when my regular doctor gets back from his stint in Africa (long story).<\/p>\n

The blood cholesterol story was almost as good. My triglyceride<\/a> levels were at 103 which is well under the 150 threshold for concern. My “good cholesterol”<\/a> level was 46 which is in the healthy range of 40 to 60. My “bad cholesterol”<\/a> level was 108 which is in the “near optimal” range. “Optimal” is considered to be 100 and below.<\/p>\n

So the news was almost uniformly great and if I can lose more weight it will continue to get better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year, though, with Tina’s help I’ve really gotten my weight under control and I feel healthier than I have in recent years. So when I called to schedule an annual checkup with my doctor, I requested a glucose test. It was finally time to take control of the situation and deal with the consequences, if necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[109,326,606,62],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-diet","tag-doctors","tag-health","tag-weight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t