Six Months Later.

I went to the doctor yesterday, and had some blood work done. My physician didn't see the need to order an A1c, or forgot, so I didn't get one. But I did get a lipid panel and a fasting blood glucose. As everyone knows here, I'm really worried about diabetes. Because it took my father's vitality, and has run rampant in my family and extended family. I really don't want to get it.

I'm amazed I didn't develop it during the years that I drank so heavily. It's kind of amazing that when I was about 50 lbs heavier than I am now, and drinking and smoking, I didn't succumb. I'm very fortunate.

So, six months ago, my LDL was 147 (high, but not extremely high), my blood pressure was 130/82 (high), my fasting glucose was 113 (high, but not diabetic), and my dressed weight on the clinic scale was 205. Yesterday my LDL was 130, my blood pressure was 128/72, and my fasting glucose was 104, and my dressed weight on the scale was 194. Naked, in the morning, I was 187.

So, everything was improved. Many things are still elevated, but nothing is a matter for concern. And I am specifically, demonstrably, not diabetic. Which is a win.