Wednesday, September 7, 2011

The Results are In!

Blood work results came back today, there's good...and well...read on.

Triglycerides: 98 (should be under 150)
Cholesterol: 150 (should be under 200)
HDL (good chol): 50 (should be greater than 40)
LDL: (bad chol): 80 (should be less than 130)
Glucose: 84 (should be between 75-99)

I expected some things to be higher than June because I've added eggs pretty much every day. I am pleased that my good cholesterol is now where it should be and that my Glucose number is lower than it was.


These were JUNE 22 results for comparison.

Tryglycerides: 96 (should be under 150)
Cholesterol: 136 (should be under 200)
HDL (good chol) 39 (should be greater than 40)
LDL (bad chol)78 (should be less than 130)
Glucose 91 (should be between 75-99)

So here's the rather annoying, I want to kick someone news that made me get emotional and cry a minute. My TSH levels (thyroid/pituitary function) are low. TSH 2011 - .014
TSH 2009 - .893. So what are the symptoms of low TSH? Weight loss. I can't tell you how unbelievable upset it makes me to have my weight loss attributed to my thyroid (which I have unsuccessfully tried to blame for my obesity my whole life even though the results always came back as normal). I have worked HARD. I have stopped eating bad things, I have exercised nearly an hour EVERY day. So f*!$ you TSH levels. You may not have the credit.

I will have them rechecked in one month.

2 comments:

  1. Have you changed multivitamins? There are several vitamins and even foods that can make your thyroid levels wonky. I was diagnosed hypo in January...and it has been a long road trying to normalize my levels. Hang in there!!!
    You know the hard work you have put into this!!! No one can take that away from you!!!

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  2. That's interesting about the TSH levels...wondering if your weight loss caused them to go down?? hhmm... what'd doctor say about the drop?

    I left you an award today on my blog.

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